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Cuban Tour Guides

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We are working to develop a network of knowledgeable and friendly Cuban citizens that will offer travelers and businesses personalized, guided tours customized to their interests. We will cover Havana and the entire "Pearl of the Caribbean", Cuba. 

Bookmark this site and check back for updates regarding the availability of booking our multi-lingual Cuban tour guides. 

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Our specially trained guides are carefully screened and assigned to tour routes and destinations that will greatly enhance the experience of our clients on the ground in Cuba.

They will personally walk with you, drive with you, hike with you, bike with you, boat with you and even fly with you to, through and back from just about any number of destinations that you wish to experience in Cuba.

Our clients will be able to book one or more Cuban tour guides before they arrive in Cuba or book or they can be booked with a 24 hour notice as needed in Cuba from this central reservation site once launched.

Every guide will carry credentials and GPS enabled cellphones that will receive updates featuring routes, locations and times of events related to your customized and/or specialty tour of Cuba.*

Concierge services and dedicated taxi service available for an extra fee.

Each our or specially trained Cuban tour guide is knowledgeable about different geographic and cultural areas of Cuba so we may decide to provide our client with several different Cuban tour guides to provide services depending upon the preferences of each client. 

Travelers, businesses and cultural groups will enjoy a much better overall experience thanks to the knowledge and training of our multi-lingual Cuban tour guides.

Our guides may be able to provide introductions to decision makers and key players at target destinations for our clients upon request. Do to the network and experience of our Cuban tour guides and credibility of our program, if there is a festival, carnival, convention, etc in your area of interest, our guides will do their best to get you VIP treatment for that event.

Also, each tour guide will provide you with a trail map of your Cuban tour route and/or destination.

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We have plans to develop the following specialty tours featuring expert tour guides:

Aviation tours by airplane and helicopter to survey agriculture, potential real estate developments, airport inspections, etc.

Architecture and public places tours, Habana Vieja, Vedado, Trinidad, Santiago de Cuba, Havana University, Colon Cemetery, Gran Teatro, Edificio Bacardi, Plaza de la Revolucion, Plaza Vieja, etc.  

Art tours for painting excursions, art history, famous artist homes, museum tours, etc. If you are looking to buy Cuban music, posters, artwork and more, please visit our Havana Journal Marketplace.

Beach and Boating tours - Public beaches, recreational boating, sailing, watersports, scuba diving, snorkeling, fishing, windsurfing, etc.

Casa particular tours, take our tour before you book your next casa particular.

Cinema tours - fresa y chocolate locations, Cine Yara, Payret, Karl Marx, Cuban photography and film production tours for Cuba location scouting, equipment rentals, talent scouts, etc.

Clean energy tours like wind farms, sugar cane ethanol plants, solar, etc.

Eco tours in Vinales Valley , Baconao , Cuba National Parks, Guanahacabibes, Zapata Swamp , biosphere, Sierra Maestra, hiking tours, Flora and Fauna tours, wellness spas, etc.

Fashion tours - Our guides will introduce you to the modern Havana scene showing you where the fashion designers work, modern art galleries, modeling agencies, etc.

Family tours like the national aquarium and parque central.

Health and wellness tours for day spas, natural springs like Soroa, Las Terrazas, yoga classess and suggested locations, psychological retreats and more.

Hemingway tours - Visit Finca Vigia, Cojimar, Bodegita del Medio and El Floridita.

History and politics tours with educated guides who will explain the history of buildings, locations, monuments, statues, literature, Museum of the revolution, Che Guevara, Jose Marti birthplace, Spanish American war, Battleship Maine monument and location of explosion, San Juan Hill, Bay of Pigs, Granma boat, Mafia history, old casino and club locations, dissident commentary, Moncada barracks, military installations, Guantanamo bay naval station, Sierra Maestra, Frank Sinatra house and so much more.

Music tours to Eastern Havana to see Cuban Hip Hop performances, Havana and Varadero Jazz, Santiago de Cuba and Casas de la Trova, Casa de la Musica, outdoor concerts, live bands in night clubs, Buena Vista Social Club tours and more.

Nightlife tours for dancing, dating, parties, gay culture, concerts, music performances, Cuban rap, If you are looking to buy Cuban music please visit our Havana Journal Marketplace.

Oil and gas production facilities in Varadero and offshore.

Performing arts tours for theater, dance, ballet, etc.

Pub crawl to Floridita, bogedita, Tropicana, gato tuerto, rum production, museo del ron, havana club refinery visit. Old mob hangouts, Sugar Plantations, Refineries, Production and Museo de Ron

Outdoor Recreation tours for kite surfing, watersports, snorkeling, skydiving, treasure hunting, cycling, kayaking, hiking, cave explorations, etc. For scuba diving, go to CubaDiveCenters.com.

Railroad tours - tour the country from one end to the other with numerous historic and culture stops along the way. Travel in modern or antique trains.

Religion and macabre tours like church tours, colon cemetery, Santeria tours, ghost tours, famous death locations, plaza de la cathedral, moncada massacre, Jewish culture, Barrio Chino, Christ on the hill statue and more.

Sports tours to Latino Americano stadium, Cuban baseball games, volleyball, boxing, Judo, chess, dominos, Esquina Caliente or "Hot Corner" for heated sports discussions in Habana Vieja, etc.

Tobacco tours in Pinar del Rio vegas, Vuelta Abajo, Vuelta Arriba, Partagas factory, El Laguito Cuban cigar factory, Casas del Habano, factory tours, drying huts, etc.

Vintage Cuban Car tours - visit a famous Cuban car museum, ride in some old classics.

*Of course none of this is possible under the current Cuban government so we'll all just have to wait until Cuban citizens can work for themselves providing services to travelers and businesses.

You may have arrived at this site from one of these related domains. They may be developed in the future but for now they are pointing to this site. 

Related Websites and Information

Havana Journal Calendar of Events

If you are coming to Cuba by boat or by plane, check out EnteringCuba.com this site designed especially for travelers arriving by private yacht or aircraft. 

Be sure to read the Travel Section and the at the Havana Journal

Our Cuba Travel Forum might offer some interesting tips for traveling around Cuba

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