viñales: the tobacco route
Duration: 10 hours
$80
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viñales: the tobacco route
Enjoy a visit to the land where the best tobacco in the world is grown: Viñales Valley. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999, Viñales is undoubtedly one of Cuba’s most magnificent settings. This natural paradise is known for its mogotes (limestone formations), its caves, its traditional farming methods, its tobacco plantations and its people. It will be the perfect place for a city break where the complicity between silence and nature will make you feel the calmness and beauty of this exotic countryside area.
schedule details:
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Walk around the Viñales Valley.
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Visit a local tobacco farm.
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Meet farmers and learn about their lifestyle.
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Learn how cigars are made from the hands of an expert.
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Enjoy an authentic Cuban lunch at an organic farm.
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Meeting point: Your airbnb or hotel.
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Starting time: 8:00am
included:
tour highlights:
excluded:
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Local guide for the tour waiting for you in Viñales.
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Air-conditioned transportation throughout the excursion.
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Walk through the valley.
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Traditional lunch on organic farm with one beverage included.
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Water for the trip.
Additional beverages at lunch, other activities that are not specified, tips/gratuities for driver and guide.
tours orientations:
The Cuban weather is always extremely hot! Please make sure you bring comfy shoes, put on some sunscreen and bring a hat if possible. If you’re allergic, bring also some mosquito repellent.
Please let us know if you have any dietary restriction.
what will we do?
The journey to Viñales takes about two hours and thirty minutes. During your trip, you will be able to observe the Cuban fields and the houses where peasants live in the western region of the country. Upon arrival, the first stop will be at the Mirador de los Jazmines, where you will appreciate a perfect view of the Viñales Valley, its mogotes and the colorful vegetation that surrounds it. Get your cameras out!
Your local guide will be waiting for you in the town center and together you will enjoy a pleasant walk through the valley. You will visit tobacco farms where you will learn about the manufacturing process of the cigars (and taste one if you dare!) and coffee farms, where you will be able to share with many of the locals who live in the area. At the end of the walk, you will be delighted with an authentic traditional lunch in an organic farm.
To finish the excursion you will enter the Cueva del Indio, an ancient cavern adorned by hundreds of mineral structures where you will enjoy an underground boat ride.
