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"El Occidente"

Viņales - Pinar del Rio - Soroa

Day Trip
1 La Habana - Viņales (in the morning)
Tranportation: ASTRO / VIA AZUL
  • Enjoy the village. In the afternoon walk to the hotel Jazmines, there you will enjoy a fantastic view over the valley.
  • Ask Eloy what you want to do the following days, so he can look for some horses, a taxi driver or so. Note: He does this because you're his guests and don't because he wants to earn more money out of your pocket! (He's one of this rarely persons!)
  • Book the Casa Particular in Pinar del Rio.
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  • Aquaticos by hors, the caves, the North Cost or...

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  • Aquaticos by hors, the caves, the North Cost or...
4 Viņales - Pinar del Rio (at noon)
Tranportation: TRUCK or TAXI COLLECTIVO
5
  • Visit the city, the cigar factory, the Guayabita - liqueur factory
  • Buy your train ticket to Candelaria for the following day. Note: Try to pay in Pesos. I always could pay the train between Pinar del Rio and La Habana with Pesos...
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The waterfall of Soroa

Pinar del Rio - Candelaria - Soroa (leaves at 9:00)
Tranportation: TREN (to Candelaria), TRUCK or TAXI (from Candelaria)

  • Search a place where you can sleep, there's a hotel (about 40 CUC per night and room), a camping place and it could be that you find a non official Casa Particular.
  • Have a swim under the waterfall, go to the "view point", visit the orchid garden.

 

 

 

7 Soroa - Candelaria - La Habana
Tranportation: TRUCK or TAXI (to Candelaria), TRAIN or TRUCK (from Candelaria)

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"Trinidad"

Trinidad - Santa Clara

 

Day Trip
1 La Habana - Trinidad (in the morning)
Tranportation: ASTRO
/ VIA AZUL
  • Enjoy the city
  • Go to the train station and have a look when the train to Iznaga (Valle de los Ingenios) leaves.
2
  • Excursion to the valle de los Ingenios. Go by train to Iznaga (1 CUC). There you have to visit the famous slave watching tower. Afterwards you can visit the village o walk just a little bit around in the nice sugar growing area. Go back by train or by truck..
  • Look for a taxidriver which will drive you to Topes de Collantes the following day. The driver will wait a few hours at the top, the whole journey costs you about 20 CUC - 25 CUC. Don't pay more.
  • Buy the ASTRO ticket to Sta. Clara for day 5.
  • Book the Casa Particular in Sta. Clara
3
  • Excursion to Topes de Collantes and to the Salton Caburni. From Topes de Collantes it will take about one hour by foot to reach the Salton Caburni, good shoes are necessary. Go only by good weather. Visit the two places at the waterfall, that means the waterfall itself but also the natural pool where you can enjoy a bath.
  • Ask your driver if he will drive you the following day to playa Ancon. The normal price is 6 CUC - 8 CUC, both ways.
4
  • Playa Ancon
5 Trinidad - Santa Clara (leaves at about 6 pm)
Tranportation: ASTRO
6
  • Visit the Che museo
  • Enjoy the city of Santa Clara
  • Buy the ASTRO ticket to Habana for the following day. If there's no ticket or bus the following day and you have to go back, go the train station. Train #12 (train #14 could be a better possibility) will leave at a uncomfortable hour but you will get a ticket and you will be the next morning in Habana. 
7 Santa Clara - La Habana
Tranportation: ASTRO / VIA AZUL

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"El Oriente"

Santiago de Cuba - Baracoa

 

Day Trip
1 La Habana - Santiago de Cuba (train leaves in the afternoon)
Tranportation: TRAIN
2
  • Visit the city
  • Buy the CUBANA ticket from Baracoa to Habana (There are flights at Sunday, Tuesday, Friday)
  • Book the Casa Particular in Baracoa
3
  • Excursion to the fortress Morro and the Island Granma. Go by truck or by bus to Ciudamar. From there the fortress is a fifteen minute walk. Afterwards walk back to Ciudamar and go by the ferry to the Island.
4
  • Cobre / Parque Bacanao / Gran Piedra / South Coast / City...
  • Have a look at the timetable to Baracoa (ASTRO), buy the ticket for the following day if you can.
5 Santiago de Cuba - Baracoa (morning (leaves at about 7:30))
Tranportation: ASTRO
/ VIA AZUL
  • Visit the City
  • Go to the Hotel Castillo and enjoy the view over Baracoa
  • Look for a taxi driver which will drive you to Playa Maguana the following day (20 CUC - 25 CUC both ways).
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  • Playa Maguana
7
  • The city / River Yumuri / River Miel or others / hiking to the top of the Yunque...
8 Baracoa - La Habana (Sunday, Tuesday and Friday)
Tranportation: CUBANA Price about 120 CUC

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