13D 10N MIAMI AND VINTAGE CHARMS OF CUBA from Chan Brothers Travel

Highlights:

Tour Code: US13C

USA
Miami
• Fort of Miami
• Little Havana
• Coconut Grove
• Art Deco District
• Bayside Marketplace

Everglades
• Airboat Adventure

Cuba
Havana
• Old Havana
• Christ of Havana
• Morro Castle with Cannon blast ceremony
• Plaza de Armes
• Plaza de San Francisco de Asis
• Plaza de la Revolucion
• Havana Club Rum Museum
• Cigar Factory

Pinar Del Rio
• Tobacco farm
• Cueva del Indio with motorboat ride
• Mural de la Prehistoria

Trinidad
• Zapata Swamp
• Criadero de Cocodrilos
• Laguna del Tesoro with speedboat ride and Taino village replica
• Valley of the Sugar Mills
• Manaca Iznaga
• Plaza Mayor
• Church of the Holy Trinity
• Romantic Museum
• Cuban bar experience

Santa Clara
• Che Guevara Mausoleum

Varadero
• 2-night resort stay

San Francisco De Paula
• Finca Vigia

Cojimar
• La Terraza seafood lunch

13D 10N MIAMI AND VINTAGE CHARMS OF CUBA

From $6138 SGD

Singapore – Miami

Assemble at Singapore Changi Airport for your flight to Miami, a renowned and ultra-hip vacation spot. Upon arrival, transfer to your hotel.

Meals: (Meals on Board)

Miami – Everglades – Miami

After breakfast, embark on a city tour that includes Port of Miami, Little Havana, Coconut Grove and the Art Deco district. Next, proceed to Bayside Marketplace, an open-air market that houses more than 100 shops. Then, proceed to Everglades, one of North America’s unsung wildernesses. Take on an airboat adventure as you glide over the water while learning about the area’s complex ecosystem and history. Watch an alligator wildlife show as you get up close to wetland reptiles and take a stroll through jungle trails filled with crocodilian exhibits before you return to your airboat.

Meals: (Breakfast/Dinner)

Miami – Havana

Today, transfer to the airport for your flight to Havana, the capital of Cuba and the largest city in the Caribbean. Upon arrival, enjoy a city tour of Old Havana, a favourite meeting point for locals to relax after a long day. View Christ of Havana, a massive marble statue of Jesus Christ that has become an icon of the city over the decades. After dinner, take a journey back in time at Morro Castle and enjoy watching the famous cannon blast ceremony, one of the oldest traditions of Havana. The sound of the cannonball was used to alert Habaneros of the presence of pirates and corsairs.

Meals: (Breakfast/Dinner)

Havana – Pinar Del Rio – Havana

After breakfast, transfer to Pinar del Rio, home to the world’s finest cigars. Visit a quaint tobacco farm, where most of the plantation work happens by hand. Next, venture into Cueva del Indio, a stunning and unique caverock formation. It was inside these caves that the Guanajatabey Indians built their primitive homes hollowed out of the limestone mogotes. As you walk in, observe the beauty of the limestone caves with very high ceilings. Towards the end of the trail, enjoy a motorboat ride and sail through the pristine underground waterway. Exit the cave and see one of the most iconic mogotes, Mural de la Prehistoria, a colourful wall painting that depicts the evolution of life in Cuba.

Meals: (Breakfast/Kiln Roast Pork Lunch/Dinner)

Havana – Trinidad

Today, go off the beaten path into the wilderness of Zapata Swamp, where the crucial battle between the Cuban army and US-sponsored parties happened. Visit Criadero de Cocodrilos, which houses hundreds of crocodiles separated in pools by age and species. Visit Laguna del Tesoro, also known as Treasure Lake, where you will take a speedboat ride to visit a Taino village replica.

Meals: (Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner)

Trinidad

After breakfast, learn the bittersweet history of sugar trade and slavery. Go back in time to a glorious period of prosperity at Valley of the Sugar Mills, once the centre of the country’s flourishing sugar cane trade. Visit Manaca Iznaga and climb to the top of the tower for amazing views of the ample plantations below. Return to the city centre to explore Trinidad, the best-preserved colonial town of Cuba, filled with brightly coloured buildings and cobblestone streets. Stroll through Plaza Mayor, the historic centre of town and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Visit the Church of the Holy Trinity, which contains the Lord of the True Cross, an 18th-century wooden statue of Christ. Next, visit Romantic Museum, housing a small collection of decorative art that provides insight into Cuba’s colonial period. The museum also offers a look into the life of a rich slave master and the luxurious life of wealthy Cubans. Next, enjoy a local Cuban bar experience and try a refreshing Cuban cocktail or a canchanchara, a local speciality drink, at your own expense.

Meals: (Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner)

Trinidad – Varadero

Depart for Santa Clara, home of the Che Guevara Mausoleum. The vast square is guarded by a bronze statue of Che Guevara that was erected in 1987 to mark the 20th anniversary of his murder in Bolivia. The mausoleum contains 38 stone-carved niches dedicated to the other guerrillas who fell in the failed Bolivan revolution. Next, proceed to Varadero, one of the largest resort areas in the Caribbean.

Meals: (Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner)

Varadero

Spend a relaxing day at leisure in this popular resort town. Enjoy the 20-kilometre-long beach, one of the main reasons that travellers from all over the world come to Varadero for.

Meals: (Breakfast)

Varadero – Havana

After breakfast, return to Havana. Along the way, visit Finca Vigia, home of the American Novelist, Ernest Hemingway. It is also in the village of San Francisco de Paula where the author wrote the famous “The Old Man and the Sea”. Stop at Cojimar, a picturesque fishing village where Hemingway docked his boat, El Pilar. Enjoy a scrumptious seafood lunch at La Terraza and marvel at the splendid seaside view at the same time. If time permits, you may wish to join an optional city tour of Havana and tour around the city in an antique vintage car at your own expense.

Meals: (Breakfast/La Terraza Seafood Lunch/Dinner)

Havana – Miami

After breakfast, embark on a city tour of Havana that includes Plaza de Armas, Plaza de San Francisco de Asis and Plaza de la Revolucion. Next, visit Havana Club Rum Museum, where you may get an insight into the origins of Cuba’s most popular spirit. Thereafter, visit a cigar factory to learn the process of how top-quality cigars are made. Next, transfer to the airport for your flight to Miami and spend the rest of the day at leisure.

Meals: (Breakfast/Dinner)

Miami – Singapore

Spend the day at leisure. If time permits, you can do some last-minute shopping before you transfer to the airport for your flight home.

Meals: (Breakfast/Meals on Board)

Cross International Date Line

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Arrive in Singapore

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Agency: Chan Brothers Travel

13D 10N MIAMI AND VINTAGE CHARMS OF CUBA

From $6138 SGD

Agency: Chan Brothers Travel

13D 10N MIAMI AND VINTAGE CHARMS OF CUBA

From $6138 SGD

Agency: Chan Brothers Travel