Arrival
at Antonio Maceo International Airport,
Santiago de Cuba. Transfer to either Hotel
San Juan or Las Américas. Check-in.
Dinner. Evening free.
Day
2:
Breakfast.
Visit to the valle de la Prehistoria with
an impressive collection of life-sized stone
reproductions of animals from the Jurassic
era. Transfer to Costa Morena Hotel. Check-in.
Lunch. A 2-3 km afternoon hike to El laberinto
de la Caoba, a collection of enormous rocks
forming a beautiful and capricious labyrinth
where we will look for the famous centenary
Caoba tree (Swietenia mahagoni). Visit to
the Cueva de la C and the Sitio del tesoro.
Return to the hotel. Dinner. Evening free.
Day
3:
Breakfast.
Hike through the jungly coastal hills to
La Escondida y Cajobabo beaches. Swim. Packed
country style lunch at the beach. Return
to the hotel. Dinner. Evening free.
Day
4:
Breakfast.
Transfer to the Sierra de la gran Piedra,
a protected natural area. Check-in at the
Gran Piedra Motel. Climb on foot to the
Mirador natural, look-out point situated
at 1234 meters above the sea levelon top
of an enormous 75,000 ton weighing rock.
Descent on the track that leads to El Establo
(two hours). Return to the hotel. Lunch.
Afternoon visit to the Cafetal Isabelica
Museum, Cultural Heritage Site. Dinner.
Evening free.
Day
5:
Breakfast.
Hike through the botanical garden, The Finca
Manantiales vivarium and Los Olivos, remains
of a 19th century coffee plantation (8-10
km, 4 hours). Packed lunch. Return to the
hotel. Afternoon free. Dinner. Evening free.
Day
6:
Breakfast.
Hike through the Platón area. Continuation
to the remains of the Kentucky and La Gran
Sofía French coffee plantations which
are among the best preserved in all of Cuba
and entirely surrounded by woods (12-14
km, 4-5 hours). Lunch on site. Return to
the hotel. Farewell dinner. Evening free.
Day
7:
Breakfast.
Transfer to the city of Santiago de Cuba.
Tour of the center, including visits to
the Rum House, The Céspedes Park,
Enramada Street and other interesting parts.
Visit to the Castillo San Pedro de la Roca,
Cultural Herutage Site. Lunch at El Morro
restaurant. Check-in at either Hotel San
Juan or Las Américas. Afternoon free
for shopping or last minute visits of own
choice. Dinner. Evening free.
Day
8:
Breakfast.
Transfer to Santiago airport and return
to country of origin.
NOTES
· Hotels within this program unless otherwise stated in the program: Havana City: Vedado, Saint Jonh's Viñales: La Ermita, Los Jazmines o Rancho San Vicente Trinidad: Las Cuevas o Costa Sur Santiago de Cuba: San Juan o Las Américas Varadero: Herradura o Mar del Sur
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