This week-long eco-safari takes in some of Cuba’s most beautiful natural features, along with visits to national monuments, museums, plantations and beaches. Despite its reputation as a country in a time-warp, Cuba is one of the most forward-thinking communities when it comes to the environment and ecological living. Unspoilt scenery and small rural communities make Cuba’s countryside the ideal destination for holiday makers with a conscience and a desire to ‘go green’.
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Day 1: FROM HOLGUIN TO SANTIAGO DE CUBAArrive at Holguin and transfer to Santiago de Cuba. Book into the Sierra Maestra Hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 2: BAYAMO CITY TOURThis morning you’ll travel to the city of Bayomo by the ultimate in green transportation – horse and cart. Once at Bayomo, a tour of the city will take you to several national monuments and museums and to a traditional Cuban music house for live music. After lunch you’re free to explore the city until it’s time to drive up to the spectacular Sierra Maestra mountains, where you’ll check into the Hotel El Salton for dinner and the night.
Day 3: EL SALTON NATURE WALKTake a trek in this beautiful land of towering waterfalls, lavish vegetation and plenty of local wildlife. There’ll be time for a swim in the crystal clear water beneath the falls and you’ll also visit coffee and cocoa plantations. After lunch, you’ll depart for Santo Domingo, where you’ll dine and spend the night in the Santo Domingo Villa.
Day 4: HIKE TO LA PLATA, CASTRO’S REVOLUTIONARY BASEDeep in the heart of the Sierra Maestra lies the Tourquino National Park, where you’ll find Cuba’s highest mountain. Nearby at La Plata, Castro based his Rebel Army headquarters. After the hike to La Plata, you’ll be driven to La Platica for lunch, where you’ll be able to plant a tree with the local community and explore this ecological village. Later there is a barbecue dinner with live Cuban music at Hotel La Platica, where you’ll spend the night.
Day 5: CITY TOUR OF MANZANILLOMA bustling port with a reputation for music, Manzanillo is your next destination. On a fascinating city tour you’ll visit a cigar factory and the famous Moorish gazebo in the centre of the town. In the past, this was a bolt hole for smugglers and, more recently, Cuba’s first Communist group was established here. After lunch, a visit to a crocodile farm before your transfer to the Hotel Marea del Portillo. Here, overlooking a unique beach of black sand, you’ll enjoy dinner by the sea and stay overnight.
Day 6: HIGHLIGHTS OF GRANMAYour busy morning includes a trip to Decembarcodel Granma National Par and a visit to the Cabo Cruz fishing community. Then it’s on to Granma Memorial, which commemorates where Fidel Castro landed in his yacht on Los Coloradas beach. Arrive at the Niquero Hotel in time for lunch and then a free afternoon in Niquero, where you will stay overnight.
Day 7: JEEP SAFARI THROUGH THE MOUNTAINSFrom Niquero this spectacular jeep tour will take you through a stunning succession of Cuba’s most wonderful scenery. Start by driving along the banks of the Cilantro, Mota and Macio Rivers, where you’ll be able to swim in waterfalls and thermal pools. Fantastic views await you from Las Yaguas cliff tops, after which you’ll wind your way through the Sierra Maestra mountains to Marea del Portillo. A two-hour hike will bring you to a mountain farmer’s house, where there will be time to rest, watch birds or swim in a cool mountain pool. A traditional Cuban lunch will be followed by a sampling of native sugar cane juice and Cuban coffee. Tonight you’ll dine and stay at the Hotel Marea Del Portillo.
Day 8: RETURN HOMETransfer to Holguin Airport.
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