ANCON & CAYO SANTA MARIA CUBA DIVING TOUR

Highlights

• 6 Diving immersions in most incredible quiet diving sites on the Caribbean Sea waters close to Ancon Peninsula and another 6 dives at Atlantic Ocean waters in the area of Cayo Santa Maria kay.
• Tours in Havana City, Cienfuegos City and City of Trinidad , 3 of 4 world cuban heritages cities declared by UNESCO.
• Tour of very pretty Remedios City, one of the 8 first Spaniards villas founded on the XVI Century.

Places you will visit:

Travel Itinerary

DAY 1 HAVANA

Welcome to Cuba!.

Arrival at Havana International Airport.

Meet and Greeting at the Airport.

Private Transfer to accommodation.

Accommodation in B&B at Hotel Panorama 4* or similar.

Day 2 HAVANA CIENFUEGOS TRINIDAD

08:00 Breakfast.

Departure to Trinidad via Cienfuegos.

Tour of the City of Cienfuegos declared by UNESCO as Heritage Site of Humankind founded by the French settlers who came from Louisiana in the XIX Century.

Visit the emblematic building of the city the neoclassical Palacio del Valle, then tour of the city, visiting the Marti park, the Alameda, the Nautical Club, the Seaboard in one of the prettiest Harbor of Cuba.

Continues trip to Trinidad.

Tour of Trinidad, established by the Spaniards in 1514 and lined with cobblestone streets and colorful houses, the town of Trinidad is easy to wander around and almost every scene offers superb photographic opportunities – from locals casually smoking their huge cigars on the doorsteps of their homes to old Chevrolets cruising by. Visit Santa Ana and the Major Square.

Check in.

Accommodation in All inclusive Plan at Hotel Memories Trinidad del Mar 4*.

B,D (Breakfast and Dinner included).

Day 3 TRINIDAD

08:00 Breakfast.

Departure to Diving spot on Ancon Peninsula, a long arm getting inside the Caribbean Sea, with two picturesque beaches: Maria Aguilar and Ancon. Across from the peninsula and towards the East, up to Cayo Blanco, the dive site is located on a privileged location because there is always a quiet dive zone whatever the direction and strength of the wind can be.

2 Dives (immersions) per diver a Day .

• Paradise of the sponges (8 wall / 26)
• Deep Tunnel (30/98).
• The Labyrinth (30/98).
• The Wall of Neptune (30/98).
• The Tritón road (10/33).

Accommodation in All inclusive Plan at Hotel Memories Trinidad del Mar 4*.

B,L,D (Breakfast, Lunch and dinner included).

Day 4 TRINIDAD

08:00 breakfast

Departure to Diving sites in the Caribbean Sea, close to Cayo Blanco kay.

The service includes diving equipment, air tank, belt with weights, the assistance of an internationally certified instructor guide, who will do a briefing of dive to be made, and the use of the boat that leads from the dive center to dive sites.

Back to Hotel.

Accommodation in All inclusive Plan at Hotel Memories Trinidad del Mar 4*.

B,L,D (Breakfast included).

Day 5 TRINIDAD

08:00 Breakfast.

Departure to Diving sites in the Caribbean Sea, close to Cayo Blanco kay.

The service includes diving equipment, air tank, belt with weights, the assistance of an internationally certified instructor guide, who will do a briefing of dive to be made, and the use of the boat that leads from the dive center to dive sites.

Back to Hotel .

2 Dives (immersions) per diver at a Day.

Accommodation in All inclusive Plan at Hotel Memories Trinidad del Mar 4*.

B,L,D (Breakfast included).

Day 6 TRINIDAD – SANTA CLARA – REMEDIOS- CAYO SANTA MARIA.

08:00 Breakfast.

09:00 Departure to Cayo Santa Maria via Santa Clara.

Entrance to the Che Memorial at the Square Che Guevara, from there to the Monument to the Derail Armored Train and then visit the Vidal Park at the Center of the City, walking Tour.

Departure to Remedios town.

Start the Colonial city tour of Remedios, Visit the Eighth village founded by the Spaniards, in 1515. There is a preserved Historical Center declared National Monument. Churches to visit Nuestra Señora Del Buen Viaje (the Good Trip Notre Dame) and San Bautista.

The Cafeteria the Louvre, where you can taste a cocktail Ponche de la Parroquia (the Parish Ponch); The museums of Music Alejandro García Caturla, the History and the Parrandas´s, it is the unique in the country to safeguard the memories of this authentic fest celebrated from the 19th century.

Continues trip to Cayo Santa Maria.

Accommodation in All inclusive Plan at Hotel Valentin Perla Blanca 4* or similar.

B,D (Breakfast included).

Day 7 CAYO SANTA MARIA.

08:00 Breakfast.

Transfer to dive center.

The service includes diving equipment, air tank, belt with weights, the assistance of an internationally certified instructor guide, who will do a briefing of dive to be made, and the use of the boat that leads from the dive center to dive sites.

2 Dives (immersions) per diver at a Day.

Accommodation in All inclusive Plan at Hotel Valentin Perla Blanca 4* or similar.

B,L,D (Breakfast, Lunch and dinner included).

Day 8 CAYO SANTA MARIA.

08:00 Breakfast.

Transfer to dive center.

Coral reefs, wrecks, and a variety of fish, turtles, and occasionally even sharks can be spotted in the dive zone. The dive center varies immersions between 15 identified dive sites.

2 Dives (immersions) per diver at a Day.

Accommodation in All inclusive Plan at Hotel Valentin Perla Blanca 4* or similar.

B,L,D (Breakfast, Lunch and dinner included).

Day 9 CAYO SANTA MARIA.

08:00 Breakfast.

Transfer to dive center.

2 Dives (immersions) per diver at a Day.

Accommodation in All inclusive Plan at Hotel Valentin Perla Blanca 4* or similar.

B,L,D (Breakfast, Lunch and dinner included).

Day 10 CAYO SANTA MARIA – HAVANA.

07:30 Breakfast .

09:00 Transfer to Havana.

Optional quick lunch.

16:00 Visit to the External area of Morro Cabaña Fortress with a wonderful view of Havana from the other side of the Bay. Special opportunity for photos, you can also visit the monumental Havana Christ Statue. Panoramic tour of Havana through classic and prestige Prado Avenue, the Grand Theater of Havana, the Central Park, stop at the Capitolio Building. Continue to Colon Cemetery (from the outside), one of the most historical cemetery of the world and the most significant in Latin American with more of 500 mausoleums, chapels and family vaults; enjoy some of the most relevant mansions of the Vedado on Paseo Avenue, President Avenue, 17 Street between others, visit the University of Havana, the Coppelia building, the Rampa, the first Hilton built outside USA in the fifties, The Revolution Square, The Seaboard,etc.

Accommodation in B&B at Hotel Panorama 4* or similar

B ( breakfast included).

Day 11 HAVANA- DEPARTURE.

08:00 Breakfast.

Free Morning for last minute shopping or Havana Vieja walking tour.

If staying longer we can arrange extra nights in Havana or the resorts of Varadero or anywhere else you might like to go.

Private transfer to Havana International Airport to take flight out of the country (clients must check the flight at the Airline Desk 3 hours in advance).

B ( breakfast included).

END OF SERVICES

Included:

• 4 Nights’ accommodation in Trinidad.
• 4 Nights’ accommodation in Cayo Santa Maria .
• 2 Nights’ accommodation in in Havana.
• Private transportation with Tour guide in full command of foreign language for tours and transfers, his salary, lunches and dinners.
• Meals as indicate in the program.
• Staff assistance during the stay in Cuba.
• Emergency Phone available 24 Hrs .

Not included:

• Airfare.
• Visa
• Insurance of any kind
• Anything not mentioned in the program.