ITINERARY – CENTRAL & WESTERN ADVENTURE RIDES CUBA
Itinerary – Central & Western Cuba Adventure with Exit Tours MC & Profil Reisen on BMW GSf 700’s
Jan 10-20 / Feb 10-20 2025 11 days, 10 overnight stays, 8 stages.
All-Inclusive Adventure Ride Tour with Support Van and Guide.
Day 1 Havana Vieja / Day 2 Havana Vieja / Day 3 Bay of Pigs / Day 4 Trinidad / Day 5 Trinidad- Rest Day/ Day 6 Remedios / Day 7 Varadero or Matanzas / Day 8 Viñales / Day 9 Viñales Rest Day/ Day 10 Havana Vieja/ Day 11 Departure
Day 1: Meet in Havana
Meet this evening at your B&B in Habana Vieja (Old Havana). Ride convertible classic cars to your welcome dinner in Old Havana.
Meals: Dinner Overnight: Posada de Chacón or similar (B&B), Havana.
Day 2: Habana Vieja / Greater Havana
After breakfast, we take a guided walk through the historic center of Havana. We then have lunch and return to our accommodation. We put on our motorcycle gear and are taken to the motorcycle parking lot, from where we set off on a Longer tour of Havana. We enjoy the evening in Old Havana.
Meals: Breakfast Dinner (BD) Overnight: Posada de Chacón or similar (B&B), Havana.
Day 3, Stage 1: / Bay of Pigs/Playa Larga (150 miles)
After breakfast, pick up your motorbikes. Then head east via the Escaleras de Jaruco hills and Madrugada, and along the Autopista (the freeway) and via the Zapata Peninsula to Playa Larga (“Bay of Pigs”). Overnight by the beach where the CIA- trained Cuban-American exile army came ashore in April 1961.
Meals: BD Overnight: Hostal Sol Caribe (B&B) or similar, Playa Larga.
Day 4, Stage 2: Cienfuegos / El Nicho / Trinidad (120 miles)
This morning you’ll be glad for the F700s as you follow a dirt track along the Caribbean shore to reach the bay city of Cienfuegos. After lunch here, continue along the Caribbean coast to the UNESCO World Heritage City of Trinidad.
Meals: BD Overnight: Casas particulares (B&Bs), Trinidad.
Day 5, Stage 3: The surroundings of Trinidad (80 miles) Rest Day
Excursion from Trinidad to the surrounding area. The beach of Ancón, the Escambray low mountain range and the Iznaga open-air museum to the east of the city are tempting. We return to Trinidad in the afternoon.
Meals: BD Overnight: Casas particulares (B&Bs), Trinidad.
Day 6, Stage 4: Topes de Collantes / El Nicho / Santa Clara / Remedios (100 miles)
Take a switchback to Topes de Collantes, high in the Sierra Escambray mountains, then (riding skills permitting) follow a steep dirt track down to El Nicho waterfall for lunch. Then head via Manicaragua to Santa Clara, stopping to visit the Conjunto Escultórico Comandante Ernesto Che Guevara. Continue the short distance to Remedios, a beautifully preserved UNESCO World Heritage Site colonial city.
Meals: BD Overnight: Hostal La Estancia & Casona Cueto, or similar (B&B), Remedios
Day 7, Stage 5: Sagua la Grande / Varadero (184 miles)
Follow the Circuito Norte (North Coast Road) through the Vuelto Arriba tobacco country. Lunch beside the sea in the fishing village of Isabela de Sagua. Then continue to Varadero, Cuba’s premier beach resort or Matanzas (Matanzas, closer to Havana, makes tomorrow’s long ride far more feasible).
Meals: B Overnight: Casas particulares, Varadero
Day 8, Stage 6: Matanzas / Havana / Viñales (200 miles)
Head west to skirt Havana to visit Museo Ernest Hemingway (Hemingway’s former home) and then Las Terrazas, an eco-resort in the Sierra de Órganos mountains. Lunch here before continuing west to Viñales, a charming village in the heart of tobacco country and Cuba’s most scenic valley. Dinner at Finca Agroecologico El Paraiso.
Meals: BD Overnight: Casas particulares, Viñales
Day 9, Stage 7: San Luis y Martínez / Viñales (120 miles) Rest Day
Full-day excursion offers a sinuous ride into the tobacco growing region of Vuelto Abajo. Visit and then lunch at a private tobacco farm before a scenic return through the mountains via Isabel Rubio and Pons to Viñales.
Meals: BD Overnight: Casas particulares, Viñales
Day 10, Stage 8: Viñales / Havana (100 miles)
Follow the Carretera Central or the Circuito Norte coast road back to Havana. After return of the motorbikes, transfer to your B&B in Habana Vieja. Tonight enjoy a farewell dinner in one of Havana’s best private restaurants.
Meals: BD Overnight: Posada de Chacón or similar, Habana Vieja.
Day 11: End of trip Transfer to the airport for your departure flight.
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