Which tour is best for me
With our wide range of small-group Cuba tours, it’s easy to find the perfect fit for your travel style. Consider what type of experience you prefer—whether it’s cultural immersion, independent exploration, or outdoor adventure—and let that guide your choice. What kind of traveller are you?
The Culturally Curious
You want it all during your time in Cuba: food, nature, art, music, history and daily life. You crave more than the usual tourist attractions but don’t want to spend hours planning your vacation. You value comfort and minimal out-of-pocket expenses, for a smoother experience.
Best Cuba Tour Style for you: Ultimate Cuba
Recommended Tours: Havana Weekend, Cuban Life, Holiday Rumba, Cuba Heritage
Features:
- Explore with our most experienced tour leaders
- Slower paced - more time in highlighted destinations
- Sleep in our best boutique hotel-style accommodations
- A daily schedule of fun and diverse cultural activities
- Taste a variety of flavours, most lunches and dinners included
- Airport arrival and departure transfers included
- Most gratuities are included, you only need to tip your tour leader
These tours simplify legal travel for our US customers
The Independent Explorer
You’re not a tour person, but Cuba can be complicated, and you know a tour makes it easier. You want the convenience of having the basics arranged, and a local expert to guide you, but you also want lots of freedom to do your own exploring.
Best Cuba Tour Style for you: Classic Cuba
Recommended Tours: Western Cuba, Essential Cuba, 8-day Original, 15-day Original, Complete Cuba
Features:
- Accompanied by a tour Guide
- Sleep in simple but comfortable casas particulares (guesthouses), on these tours we use standard or comfort casas.
- Start your day with a hearty included breakfast, choose your own lunches and dinners
- Begin with a guided introductory tour in each city, then lots of free time to explore
- We will greet you with an arrival airport transfer, arrange your own taxi to return, or ask your casa for assistance
- US travellers welcome, a great foundation or Support for the Cuban People travel
Women-only departures available
The Outdoor Adventurer
You love to explore nature and are keen to stay physically active while travelling Cuba. You dream of enjoying hobbies such as birding, cycling, or hiking among the gorgeous backdrop of Cuba’s breathtaking landscapes.
Best Cuba Tour Style for you: Cuba Adventure
Recommended Tours: Birdwatching Cuba, Cycling Tour, Active Cuba
Features:
- Specialist tour leaders with a passion for the outdoors
- Included activities to experience Cuba’s natural treasures safely and responsibly
- Cuba cultural and historical highlights throughout
- Casa particular (guesthouse) accommodations with breakfast included, some itineraries include additional meals
- US travellers welcome, a great foundation or Support for the Cuban People travel
Women-only departures available
Features of different tour styles. Check each tour itinerary for specific inclusions.
| Inclusion | Ultimate | Classic | Adventure |
| Accommodations (w/breakfast) |
Premium | Standard/Comfort | Standard/Comfort |
| Accompanied by Tour Leader | X | X | X |
| Private transportation | X | X | X |
| Airport arrival transfer | X | X | X |
| Airport departure transfer | X | ||
| Activities | X | X | |
| Lunches and dinners | X | X | |
| Gratuities | X |
More Advice for Choosing a Cuba Tour
Which Cuba tours are best for Americans?
Ultimate Cuba tours. While all of our tours are an excellent way to comply with OFAC regulations for legal Cuba travel, our Ultimate Cuba tours make an ideal choice because they include a full daily itinerary to meet the conditions of the OFAC Support for the Cuban People (SCP) general license, which requires a “full-time schedule of activities”. We consider these tours “SCP-ready”. Read more about complying with US legal Cuba travel rules
Which Cuba tours are best if you have less than a week?
Havana Weekend- Choose 5- or 4- action-packed days.
Short Stays- These guide and accommodations packages start at 1-2 nights and include roundtrip transfers. You can add extra nights with or without guide.
Day Tours- We offer over 15 different day tours to explore Havana and beyond; you can also customise your own tour or hire a guide for a half-day or full day tour.
Which Cuba tours are best if you don’t want long travel days?
Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean, and domestic flights are logistically difficult and unreliable, so we use ground transportation to visit provinces outside of Havana. This means multiple journeys of 6-8 hours. If that isn’t for you, here are the best options to avoid long travel days:
Western Cuba Tour- Exploring only the Western region means that travel times are short, the total route from Havana to Viñales is 3 hours, broken up over two days.
Havana Weekend Tour- Stay around Havana except for the last day which includes a full-day road trip to Viñales, round trip it is around 6 hours. Request the 4-day version of this tour to skip the last day.
Combine Short Stays- with short stay packages, you can stay as long as you want in each destination, Havana, Vinales, Varadero, Trinidad
Which Cuba tours are best for solo female travellers?
Check out our women-only departures if you enjoy the camaraderie of fellow adventurous females, and want unique opportunities to connect with local women.
Which Cuba tours are best for birding?
If you are a serious birder, or twitcher, take our 9-day Birdwatching Cuba tour.
Casual birders can take our Birding in Havana tour (available as a custom day tour) or the Classic Cuba style tours which offer plenty of free time for birding sessions.
Which Cuba tours are best for going off the beaten path?
Eastern Cuba is relatively difficult to access, so most cultural tourists don’t usually venture past Trinidad, but our tours make it easy to visit Santiago and the remote town of Baracoa. Take the one-way Cuba Heritage tour (Ultimate Cuba), for a more relaxed pace and more inclusions, or the 15 day Original (Classic Cuba) with fewer inclusions and more flexibility, both of these tours visit Camaguey, Santiago, and Baracoa. Find out what makes these locations special.
Our Active Cuba tour lets you explore Cuba’s pristine nature, and includes a night under the stars camping in the national park. Our Cycling Cuba tour takes you to hidden gems Matanzas and Santa Clara, plus up close and personal with the streets of Cuba.
