LODGING - CUBAN ADVENTURE RIDE | Dirt Bike Adventure Rides

LODGING AND DINING

The U.S. “Support for the Cuban people” license allows Americans to travel freely to Cuba as they wish.

The U.S. license REQUIRES THAT YOU STAY AT PRIVATE B&Bs AND DINE AT PRIVATE RESTAURANTS WHILE IN CUBA.
We will stay in excellent clean private B&Bs and privately owned hotels while in Cuba.
Eat at Outstanding private Restaurants.

U.S. LAW PROVIDES FOR ANYONE UNDER U.S. JURISDICTION TO VISIT CUBA ANY TIME THEY WISH, PRE-APPROVED AS LONG AS THEY SINCERELY BELIEVE THEY FULFILL ONE OF THE 12 LICENSE CATEGORIES AND ABIDE BY THE REGULATIONS WHILE IN CUBA.

The U.S. “Support for the Cuban people” license REQUIRES THAT YOU STAY AT PRIVATE B&Bs AND DINE AT PRIVATE RESTAURANTS WHILE IN CUBA.

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 at a fantastic restaurant in Old Havana.

Meals: Dinner

Overnight: Posada de Chacón or similar (B&B), Havana Vieja.

Day 2: Habana Vieja / Greater Havana

After breakfast, we take a guided walk through the historic center of Old Havana.

We then have lunch and return to our accommodation. 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)

After lunch in Cienfuegos, we 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 follow a steep dirt track down to El Nicho waterfall for lunch. 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)

Lunch beside the sea in the fishing village of Isabela de Sagua.

Then continue to Varadero, Cuba’s premier beach resort or Matanzas.

Meals: BL

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 at Las Terrazas 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