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An excellent trip which does what it says on the tin – gives you a great taste of Cuba
Visiting Vinales - for the beautiful landscape but also to see how the country is changing as the regime changes - embracing tourism etc
She was excellent - knowledgeable and well organised - and with a good sense of humour
Take some small, everyday things like soap and pens which you can give away. Be prepared to wait for things and go with the flow....
A very well run and interesting tour, getting a real flavour of a fascinating and unique country on the cusp of momentus change. The holiday was only let down by one night at one particularly poor hotel.
A night out dancing in Trnidad, taxi'd by a fleet of 50s american cars.And the last night in old Havana, watching the Buena Vista Social Club
Very attentive to everyone's needs, keen to involve everyone and informative. Good fun!
Take pencils to donate and save all the hotel shampoos etc for the same purpose. Have some salsa lessons before you go to get the most out of your holiday
From the first moment we all met our wonderful local guide Rayselis, she very much stressed we would ‘taste’ Cuba with all our senses – and we did! We packed in so many experiences and sensations into just 8 days it was fantastic! I felt the trip absolutely made the most of every minute and it was a sensational trip – literally! We danced, we drank rum, we smoked cigars, we savoured all the charms of Cuba! Great trip and highly recommended, very well planned.
So many great and inspirational moments. Old Havana is fabulous and we all loved the wonderful colonial hotel we stayed in for the last 2 nights in Havana Vieja. I loved the salsa class on the first day - leave your inhibitions at the door! I just felt it set me up for the whole week and I was able to dance with local Cubans at different venues for the rest of the week! Including with our wonderful driver Andres!The beautiful pastel painted colonial towns of Trinidad and Cienfuegos were lovely to visit. And I loved the day out in the countryside of western Cuba on the last day - Vinales, where we visited rum and cigar factories and a farm.I opted to do a catamaran day trip in Trinidad (optional) and had a fantastic time - snorkeling, relaxing on the desert island we ended up on, paella cooked up by the boat crew, stroking tame iguanas, rum and coke flowing all day. It was fantastic and a real highlight for me.There was also the dinner out in Trinidad arranged by our guide where we were taken in classic cars to a fantastic resataurant in the countryside where I had the most delicious lobster ever! Another huge highlight was dancing at the Buena Vista Social Club in Old Havana on the last night. And getting our photos with the band afterwards!
Rayselis (Rai) was amazing - she had abundant energy and incredible knowledge of Cuban history, culture, music, everything. She was fabulous! She kept us dancing the whole 8 days!Cuba is complex in tems of where to go to get the best food - she certainly excelled on that throughout, taking us to (or suggesting) incredible restaurants where we could have lobster, fish, or the best of local food. She took us to an incredible place on the last day in Vinales where we paid about £9 a head for this absolute feast - lobster, snapper, chicken, pork, black beans, rice. Totally Cuban food in a country setting - it was amazing.All in all, she was an excellent guide - she just made the whole trip so enjoyable throughout. I'd also say that our driver Andres was exceptional - Cuban roads are not great but he such a safe driver and most charming as well.
Take sterling cash and change plenty at Havana Airport (good rates there) because you don't get another chance to change at good rates until day 4/5 in Trinidad. Our guide when we were met at Havana airport helpfully told us to change at least £150 per person and I agree that was a sensible amount to change at that point. Be nicely patient at Havana airport - they are pretty slow at immigration....In fact really really slow! Prices are OK but don't expect mega cheap. Mojitos about £2. Lobster meal maybe £10. People in Cuba ask foreigners for soap and toiletries - bring some from home or stash the ones you get in the hotels and then give them out to locals, they appreciate it.Having a few words of Spanish goes a long way.
Fascinating trip; great guide & driver; smashing group of fellow travellers; wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this trip!
Can't pick out one experience above the many others, to be honest.
Fan-blooming'-tastic! Not an easy job but handled everything really well. ABCD - Above and Beyond the Call of Duty.
It's worth taking some snacks & don't expect haute cuisine, but you won't go hungry. Go with an open political mind.
A good taste of the culture, music and history of Cuba. A fairly relaxing trip, with 3 beach stops, short walks, dancing and plenty of Mojito opportunities
Where to start....?! The whole trip was amazing, but if I had to pick my top 3..- Being picked up in an Old Classic car and driven down back roads with no street lights near Trinidad, through a local village and pulling up outside what looks like someone's house. Then walking round the back to be faced with the most wonderful restaurant. The food was lovely and the owners were so happy to serve us.. the best meal of the trip!- Smoking my first ever Cuban cigar (badly!) on a farm in the countryside.- All 18 of our fantastic group Salsa dancing at the Buena Vista Social club on the last night. That's when I knew I would miss the country, the music and everyone I had met in the group
Mirta was amazing, funny and crazy! She became a mother figure to us, organising extra trips and even got us into the Buena Vista Social club when it was sold out! It was my birthday during the trip, and she organised 2 cakes and a card for me. She was socialable with the whole group and we all got a dance with her on the last night. Ernesto, our driver, was always on hand to help us off the coach.. a real gentleman!
Change more money than you think you will need in Havana on your first day, as it will be almost impossible to change anymore until the last 2 days of the trip. Try and save a handful of small change for tipping (toilets / music etc)
A very enjoyable, varied, easy-going holiday, with a range of different activities balanced with free time to mix with other group members.
Trinidad - the atmosphere of the town seemed like.a good overall expression of Cuba itself. A bit run-down, a bit of a struggle for the locals who were nonetheless phlegmatic during the day and then flamboyant during the dancing at night. An interesting society, not at all hierarchical, so poor but inclusive and well-balanced in human terms.
Lazaro was good, interesting and gave us a true appreciation of the attitudes of Cubans. I believe he reflected their reality in a straight-forward way, without too much personal gloss.
No, I think the description was accurate, and it's just a case of going, seeing for yourself, and maybe getting it right or getting it wrong in your own understanding.
Cuba is one of the most complex and amazing placing I have travelled to. On this trip we cover a lot of ground in only 8 days but most of the fellow travellers found that the trip offered right mix of activities and free time. Service offered i.e. transportation, accommodation, guide and driver were very good throughout the trip.
Too many to mention...Early morning strolls by the beach front in Havana. Early morning light lit up the deserted streets and add a glow to the fabulous Spanish colonial beach front buildings. When it rained like cats and dogs in Trinidad. I was given some mangoes by a local which we all enjoyed at the spot - It was messy!
Toni and Andreas worked very hard to make our holiday enjoyable. Andreas (Ex-Cuba navy) was probably the best driver I ever had on any of my trips.
Go as soon as you can as Cuba is becoming increasingly commercial and changing fast. Classic cars are on the way out as are being replaced by fresh French and Korean imports.
Cuba has to be up there with probably one of the most amazing destinations I have had a chance to visit. I loved the culture, food, sights and the weather.
I spent alot of my
Toni and our expert driver Andreas were a very good team. They looked after us all very well. I spent hours talking to Toni and Andreas as they both very very interesting company. They helped me understand a lot about Cuba, the culture and way of life. They really made the trip for me.
Cuba is changing. The sooner you can go the better it is. The rate of change is not very fast but it is all changing.
Really enjoyed the trip with only one or two gripes as follows. I don’t understand why you booked a trip to be in Cuba over May Day. This meant we didn’t get to see any of the parade because we were in Vinales, couldn’t see Che Guevara’s mausoleum and, although I don’t smoke cigars, some people might have liked to see the inside of a cigar factory and there were some very long days on buses although, in fairness, we had been warned.
Loved Havana; nice extra time on the beach which was a bonus; nice food after lots of comments before leaving that you don't go to Cuba for the culinary experience. I didn't think there was anything wrong with the food; almost too many meals on many occasions. The sun was shining, what more could we want! Lots to see and do.
Nice. The driver was exceptional and he didn't speak much English.
Don't lumber yourself with sick people on a trip! For that alone I deserve the £250 vouchers.
A fabulous experience in a warm climate with friendly Cubans, led by an expert guide and in the company of really interesting and fun fellow travellers.
The most fun was learning to make a mojito and then dancing the salsa.The whole trip was inspirational in that it gave us an understanding of life in today's Cuba.
Humberto was fantastic; knowledgeable and fun.
We extended this visit by a week staying in hotels and casas particulares in a couple of locations. It was really beneficial for us to have got used to travelling within Cuba by taking part in the Exodus trip and we also started our independent travelling with a much better understanding of the country. It did help that one of us could speak basic Spanish. In Cuba buses run on time. We felt totally safe wandering round in Cuba even at night, there is very little crime against tourists.