HIGHLIGHTS
All of are tours include a segment on visual arts, music, architecture, dance, history, and Afro-Cuban culture. We will personally introduce you to artists, musicians, dancers, professionals, entrepreneurs (cuentapropistas), and cultural figures that are shaping the future of Cuba.
Visual Arts and Design - Explore contemporary Cuban visual art and design with a curator. Visit art venues and meet Cuba's most intriguing visual artists and designers in their homes and studios.
Architecture - Join an architect for an educational walk through colonial Old Havana discussing history, architectural styles, the continued restoration efforts and their impact on the community. Explore the beautifully renovated plazas in Old Havana and the many private businesses and boutiques. Take a tour of mid-century modern Havana and learn about the Cuban modern architects of the era.
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Photography by Tony Cordoza
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Dance - Partake in classical, contemporary, and modern dance performances and private rehearsals. Take dance lessons and connect with dancers and choreographers.
Music - Enjoy private musical performances by Cuba's most acclaimed emerging and established musicians: classical, jazz, traditional, rumba, salsa....
Photography by Tony Cordoza
Afro-Cuban Culture - Explore the richness of Afro-Cuban culture and it's influence on contemporary Cuban life. Learn about the slave route and experience the syncretization between Catholocism and Cuban religions with African roots. Enjoy folkloric music and dance performances.
Photography by Tony Cordoza
Specialists - Meet with Cuban scholars, filmmakers, economists, urban development specialist, and other cutting edge thinkers of your choice.
Cuentapropistas - Cuban cuentapropistas (entrepreneurs) are launching small businesses, such as restaurants, BnB's, and boutiques of handmade items. Visit the many privately owned shops and boutiques sprouting up throughout Cuba. D Brujas, Alma, Piscolabis, Dador
Cuban Cuisine, Rum, and Habanos - Learn about Cuba's food culture and production. Visit an organic farm and meet independent farmers. Feast on delicious Cuban and international cuisine at the best paladares (private restaurants) in beautifully renovated homes. Enjoy Cuban rum and a cigar (Known as Habanos) while discussing local culture with your new Cuban friends.
Day Trips - Enjoy a day trip with a private specialist/guide to the countryside, the nearby city of Matanzas, the botanical/orchid gardens of Soroa, the seaside town of Guanabo, Jaruco Park with a hike to artist Ana Mendieta's famed Esculturas Rupestres, the ghostly town of Hershey with its abandoned sugar mill, Hemingway's Estate Finca Vigía, Cojimar, and more.
Our tours can also take you on excursions to
Viñales, Matanzas, Cienfuegos, Trinidad, Santa Clara, Remedios,
Sancti Spiritus, Holguín, Santiago,
as well as eco-tours of Cienaga de Zapata and other nature reserves
Our programs feature accommodations at private boutique hotels or comparable fully-staffed private residences, breakfasts, lunches at the finest paladares, personal introductions to artists, cultural figures and entrepreneurs, transportation in a private air-conditioned vehicle, a private bi-lingual guide, a full schedule of activities, and a memorable travel experience.
We have curated Cuba travel programs for the following select organizations
- Central Reform Temple, Boston, MA - click to download letter from Rabbi Howard Berman
- Santa Fe College, Gainesville, FL
- Pacific Council on International Policy, Los Angeles, CA
- Dubois Center for African and African/American Studies at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
- Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
- University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
- Massachusetts College of Art and Design Foundation, MA
- Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement, MA
- Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA
- LILA, International School of Los Angeles, CA
- Universiy of Missouri, Columbia, MO
- Private groups that are looking for an authentic Cuba travel experience and engagement with the Cuban people
Our programs comply with the US Office of Foreign Assets Control Cuba travel requirements under the general license CFR. 515.574, and have been sanctioned by the US and Cuba