VARADERO AND HAVANA DIVING TOUR

Highlights

• Tarara Scuba Diving Center.
• Varadero Diving Center Barracuda.
• Note: It is mandatory that client have international diving certifications, if not should receive an introductory course not included in the price

Places you will visit:

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 CITY TOUR

08:30 Breakfast.

Havana has to be one of the most exciting, intriguing and unique cities in the world. We have a full day to explore Havana.

09:00 Visit Partagas Cigar Factory and Rum Museum, to learn about the process to produce the Cuban rum from the sugar cane.

City Tour of Old Havana starting the walking tour of Old Havana from the Templete, where Havana villa was founded in 1519. Walking through the Plaza de Armas and all other Squares of Old Havana: San Francisco de Asís Square, then to Old Square, visit the Cathedral Square. Seeing the monuments and buildings more relevant from the different centuries all well preserved, the Palacio Del Segundo Cabo, the Cathedral.

13:00 Optional Luncheon at Family/Private Restaurant.

14:00 Panoramic Tour of Modern Havana driving with the Tour Guide in Old American Vintage Car (two Cars) passing through the Revolution Square Stop to take pictures, then continuing through the Colon Cemetery, 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 visiting Paseo Avenue & President Avenue, 17 Street between others majestics avenues of the City , going through the University of Havana, the Coppelia building, the Rampa, the first Hilton built outside USA in the fifties, visiting the Promenade on the Sea , then Fifth Avenue ending at Hotel Nacional de Cuba.

Back to the accommodation.

20:00 Optional dinner.

Free evening / optional:

• Cannon Fire Ceremony at Morro Cabaña Fortress
• Art Factory (art exhibitions, life music group performance, workshops about art, culture, books)
• Music House
• Cabarets like Tropicana or Parisién
• Latin Jazz Night Clubs like the Fox and the Raven

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

B (Breakfast included).

Day 3 HAVANA DIVING

08:00 Breakfast.

Transfer to Tarara Scuba Diving Center.

Tarará is a resort town in the municipality of Habana del Este in the city of Havana, Cuba. It is about 19 km east of the city centre and west of other beaches including Santa Maria del Mar and Guanabo.

The east of the capital contains beautiful beaches and a fascinating seabed with walls, marvelous gorgonian gardens, sponges, coral and sunken ships that have become sanctuaries for brightly-colored coral fish.

2 Dives (immersions) per diver included.

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.

Dinner at the Hotel restaurant.

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

B,D (Breakfast included).

Day 4 HAVANA VARADERO

Breakfast

09:00 Departure to Varadero .

A visit to Bacunayagua Bridge, where you can take a look to the magnificent work considered one of the seven wanders of the Cuban civil engineering. This is the highest and longest bridge in Cuba, it is 314 meters long and 110 meters high.

Panoramic city tour through the city of Matanzas.

Navegation in Canimar River.

Snorkeling in a virgin Coral Reef named Punta de Maya, with guide service included.

A visit to La Dionisia Farm which was an Old Coffee Plantation. Lunch with a drink included and free time to rest.

Continues trip to Varadero.

Accommodation in All inclusive Plan at Hotel Iberostar Taino 4* or Similar.

B,L,D (Breakfast included).

Day 5 VARADERO

08:00 Breakfast

Transfer to dive center.

Located in the famous Varadero beach area, the dive center provides 16 sites in crystal waters, with incredible variety of marine flora and fauna, among which you can find schools of fish including yellowtail snappers, snapper, as well as barracuda, spectacular eels and coral. You’ll also discover sunken ships of different types, adding an exclusive touch to this dive center.

2 Dives (immersions) per diver at a Day.

Accommodation in All inclusive Plan at Hotel Iberostar Taino 4* or Similar.

B,L,D (Breakfast included).

Day 6 VARADERO

08:00 Breakfast

Transfer to dive center.

2 Dives (immersions) per diver at a Day.

Accommodation in All inclusive Plan at Hotel Iberostar Taino 4* or Similar.

B,L,D (Breakfast included).

Day 7 VARADERO

08:00 Breakfast

Transfer to dive center.

2 Dives (immersions) per diver at a Day.

Accommodation in All inclusive Plan at Hotel Iberostar Taino 4* or Similar.

B,L,D (Breakfast included).

Day 8 VARADERO – HAVANA.

07:30 Breakfast.

Free Morning in Varadero beach.

Lunch at the Hotel.

14:00 Transfer to Havana.

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.

Arrival and check in.

Free Evening.

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

B,L (breakfast and lunch included).

Day 9 DEPARTURE

08:00 Breakfast

Free Morning for last Minute Shopping.

If staying longer we can arrange extra nights in Havana or Trinidad 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).

END OF SERVICES

Included:

• 4 Nights accommodation at 4* Hotel in Havana .
• 4 Nights accommodation at 4* Hotel in Varadero.
• Private Transfer In/Out.
• Tour Guide in full command of English his salary, accommodation and meal.
• All the tours as indicated with the Entrances pointed out in the Program.
• Private transportation.
• 2 diving session per day in Varadero Diving Center.
• 2 diving session in Tarara Havana Diving Center.
• 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.