Overview & Highlights
Travel around Cuba by self-drive hire car. Your accommodation is pre-booked. From Havana, drive through limestone landscapes in the Viñales valley and forested Las Terrazas. Move on to historic Cienfuegos and colonial Trinidad.
- Half day guided walking tour of Old Havana
- Activities at Las Terrazas
If you are adventurous in spirit, the most rewarding way to travel around Cuba is to drive your own hire-car. This two-week tour of Cuba’s highlights is an explorer’s delight.Take your family - children, parents or other relatives - and you will relish the flexibility and the ability to choose how fast and how far you travel before stopping to enjoy a sight or chat to the locals.
Your hotels are all pre-booked for you. Walk round Havana’s historic centre; drive through limestone landscapes in the Viñales valley and forests around Las Terrazas. Move on to Cuba’s historic cities, Cienfuegos and colonial gem Trinidad.
Outline itinerary
Day 1
Arrive in Havana. Transfer to hotel on the waterfront close to the historic centre.
Day 2
Guided walking tour of Old Havana.
Day 3
Collect hire car.
Day 4
Drive to Viñales, western Cuba. 2 nights.
Day 5
At leisure to explore the Viñales Valley.
Day 6
Drive to rural Las Terrazas. 2 nights.
Day 7
At leisure in forested countryside.
Day 8
Drive to Cienfuegos port, Pearl of the South. Overnight.
Day 9
Drive to Trinidad. 3 nights
Day 10-11
Explore the area by road and/or on foot.
Day 12
Drive back to Havana; drop off car. Overnight
Day 13
Transfer to airport for international flight home.
What our clients say
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Very efficient with the booking process and very helpful with his service throughout. Adam was always prompt and helpful in answering all our questions prior to departure.
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After graduating in Computer Science, Paul spent seven months travelling from Colombia to Argentina and came home hooked on Latin America.
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It’s hard to believe that Evie has had time to cram so much in to her life so far. Having lived as a child in the Americas and Europe she found herself immediately attracted to Latin America.
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Ben fell in love with Latin America on a six month backpacking trip from Colombia to Mexico in 1995. Since then he has explored most of South America, including living in Peru for a year. He is now Manager of the Tailor-made Department.
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Hannah had an early introduction to Latin America when her family moved to Ecuador and she returned to study in Buenos Aires for a year before backpacking across the continent.
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Having spent part of her childhood in Colombia and worked in Brazil and Costa Rica, Hannah's ties to Latin America run deep. Hannah is an invaluable part of our Group Tours team.
