Day 1
Arrival at Antonio Maceo International Airport, Santiago
de Cuba. Transfer to either Hotel Horizontes San Juan
or Las Américas. Check-in. Dinner. Evening free.
Day 2
Breakfast. Tour of the center, including visits to the
Rum House, the Céspedes Park, Enramada Street
and other interesting parts. Transfer by bicycle to
the Baconao Park Biosphere Reserve. Tour of the Park.
Visit to the Valle de la Prehistoria, with a collection
of life-sized stone reproductions of animals from the
Jurassic era. Transfer to Hacienda Horizontes El Indio
(28 km). Check-in. Lunch. Rest of the afternoon free
to enjoy nature, the beach or to explore other interesting
sites in the area. Dinner. Evening free.
Day 3
Breakfast. Transfer by coach or by bicycle to the Sierra
de la Gran Piedra, a protected natural area. Visit to
the Mirador Natural, look-out point situated at 1234
meters above sea level on top of an enormous 75,000
ton weighing rock. Tour of the Botanical Garden and
the remains of La Isabélica French coffee plantation.
Lunch. Transfer by coach to the city of Holguín.
Check-in at your hotel in the city. Dinner. Evening
free.
Day 4 Breakfast. Excursion by bicycle to Guardalavaca
beach (57 km one way). Lunch on site. Free time at the
beach. Return to the hotel at the end of the afternoon.
Dinner. Evening free.
Day 5
Breakfast. Transfer by coach and bicycle to the city
of Camaguey, founded in 1528. Check-in at Hotel Horizontes
Camaguey. Lunch. Afternoon cycling tour of the historic
center, including Plaza San Juan de Dios, the Nuestra
Señora del Carmen and Nuestra Señora de
la Merced churches (including a visit to the crypt in
the latter) and Agramonte Park. Return to the hotel.
Dinner. Evening free.
Day 6
Breakfast. Early departure by coach to the Topes de
Collantes mountain range. We will pass through small
rural communities on our way to the top, where a famous
hotel and health center is located at 780 meters above
sea level. Lunch in La Represa Park. The tour continues
by bicycle, descending to Trinidad (21 km). Check-in
at Hotel Horizontes Las Cuevas. Tour of the historic
city center, declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Optional bicycle tour of 8 km to La Boca beach, at the
mouth of the Guaurabo river. Swim in the Caribbean Sea.
Return to the hotel by coach. Dinner. Evening at the
Cueva de Ayala discothèque situated in a gigantic
cave. Welcome cocktail included.
Day 7
Breakfast. Departure by coach or by bicycle to the city
of Santa Clara (88 km). Check-in at Hotel Horizontes
Los Caneyes. Lunch. Afternoon bicycle tour of the city,
including visits to Vidal Park, the library, La Caridad
Theatre and the Casa de las Modas, among other interesting
places. On the way back to the hotel we will visit the
monument in honor of Ernesto Ché Guevara. Dinner.
Evening free.
Day 8
Breakfast. Transfer by coach to the Zapata Peninsula.
On the way we will stop at the Fiesta Campesina country
house to enjoy the site’s attractions. From there
we will cross Montemar Natural Park on a short bicycle
trip to Hotel Horizontes Guamá. Check-in. Lunch.
Rest of the afternoon free to rest or to stroll the
Aldea Taína, the architecture of which brings
to memory the building constructions of the first native
inhabitants of the island. Dinner. Evening free.
Day 9
Breakfast. A 15 km bicycle trip over flat land to Playa
Larga, Pigs’ Bay. Visit to La Salina wild life
refuge (16 km over flat dirt road) to observe the many
flamingos and other autochthonous and migratory water
birds. Pinic. Return to the hotel by bicycle or by coach.
Rest of the afternoon free. Dinner. Evening free.
Day 10
Breakfast. Transfer by bicycle or by coach to Havana.
Check-in at Hotel Horizontes Panamericano. Lunch at
the hotel. Afternoon cycling tour of the Malecón
de La Habana and Third Avenue, Miramar. Return to the
hotel. Dinner. Evening free.
Day 11
Breakfast. Transfer by bicycle to Soroa (68 km over
flat land). Check-in at Hotel & Villas Horizontes
Soroa. Lunch at El Salto restaurant. Afternoon visit
to the nation’s largest collection of orchids,
containing over 600 autochthonous and foreign species,
and to the Castillo de las Nubes look-out point. Enjoying
the swimming pool and other recreational activities.
Dinner. Evening free.
Day 12
Breakfast. Choice between two alternative bicycle tours:
First (for experienced cyclists): departure from the
hotel. Mountainous stretch of 40 km to the village of
Niceto Pérez. Stops at different natural look-out
points. Packed lunch. Continuation by coach to Viñales
Valley. Check-in at Hotel Horizontes La Ermita. Dinner.
Evening free.
Second (for moderately experienced cyclists): departure
by coach to La Guira National Park. Bicycle tour of
50 km from the La Guira cabins to the Valley of Viñales
National Natural Monument. Packed lunch on the way.
During the trip we will have beautiful views of this
typical western Cuban landscape. Check-in at Hotel Horizontes
La Ermita. Dinner. Evening free.
Day 13
Breakfast. Bicycle tour through the entire Viñales
Valley, passing through the village of Viñales
and following the road that skirts the Sierra del Infierno
until the village of Pons (32 km). Another 9 km over
flat dirt road to the Sierra del Pan de Azúcar
area. Dip in the river. Lunch on site. Return to the
hotel by coach. Optional afternoon visit to the Gran
Caverna de Santo Tomás (approx. 30 minutes).
Dinner. Evening free.
Day 14
Breakfast. Transfer to Havana. Bicycle tour of the historic
city center declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO (5-10
km). Lunch at La Terraza de Cojímar restaurant,
one of Ernest Hemmingway’s favourites some four
decades ago. Check-in at Horizontes Panamericano Hotel.
Rest of the afternoon free. Dinner. Farewell party at
the hotel’s discothèque. Free entry and
welcome cocktail.
Day 15
Breakfast. Transfer to Havana airport and return to
country of origin.
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