On this meaningful journey, our days will be filled with unforgettable experiences
With so much uncertainty on the horizon for the United States and foreign policy, we implore everyone, new and past participants, to take action by helping the Cuban people while travel to Cuba is still possible!
Also, if you are interested in participating in a short 4 day humanitarian trip going to Havana through the month of January, please email Drea directly at drea@globaexchange.org. This is ideal for anyone including small faith, solidarity and community groups.
What’s Included
Accommodation
Five Star Accommodations
Single Supplement
Single supplement $100
Airport Transfers
On designated arrival and departure dates
Private bus
Or cars depending on group size
Meals
As listed on the itinerary. Generally 2 meals a day
Private events
And speakers as listed
Translator
Trip leader
A local guide who will travel with the group through the program
Admission fees
To all program activities
Donations
To organizations, speakers, communities we visit
What’s excluded
Airfare
Visa and passport fees
Tips to guides, drivers, hotel staff, wait staff
Items of personal nature
Travel Insurance
- Arrive in Havana, Greeted by your guide and driver at airport
- Enjoy a late Welcome lunch with our GX in-country representative, Leslie Balog.
- Afternoon visit with ICAP, the Cuban Friendship Institute, and your host institution while in Cuba.
- Discuss Cuban/US relations and solidarity.
- Dinner and evening on your own
- Arrive in Havana, Greeted by your guide and driver at airport
- Enjoy a late Welcome lunch with our GX in-country representative, Leslie Balog.
- Afternoon visit with ICAP, the Cuban Friendship Institute, and your host institution while in Cuba.
- Discuss Cuban/US relations and solidarity.
- Dinner and evening on your own
- Breakfast at hotel
- Visit with Cuba Libro, a coffeehouse and English-language bookstore committed to ethically and socially-responsible local development in the Plaza de la Revolución municipality
- While at Cuba Libro, meet with local residents to discuss the challenges they are facing daily, what their hopes and fears are about US/Cuba relations, etc.
- Meeting with an economist to learn about the economic conditions of the country and more.
- Visit to Corral Falso 259 Community Art Project enjoy lunch prepared by members of the community. After lunch we will tour the project to learn about this thriving community space.
- Visit with an expert to discuss race and gender in Cuba.
- Return to the hotel
- Dinner included
- Evening on your own
- Breakfast at the hotel
- 9.00am Today, we will spend the morning in Habana Vieja, a designated UNESCO Heritage site. We will begin with a walking tour of the three main plazas; Plaza de las Armas, Plaza Vieja, Plaza del Catedral, Plaza San Francisco de Asís.
- 10.30am We will see the museum of the Revolution located in the beautiful former presidential palace and now closed for renovations (if open by the time the group visits, we will arrange a tour). Nearby, we will also visit the Granma yacht, the historic boat used to transport Fidel Castro, Che Guevarra and other fighters for the Cuban Revolution from Mexico to Cuba.
- Last, we will make a quick stop to La Esquina Caliente in Havana’s Central park where Cubans go to debate their national pastime, Baseball.
- 12.00 pm visit to Callejon de Hamel for their Sunday music event.,
- Lunch
- Return to the hotel.
- Enjoy dinner and evening on your own.
- Breakfast at the hotel
- Visit Alamar Urban Garden to learn about the role Urban Gardens play in community development and food access in Cuba.
- Visit a polyclinic to learn about the Cuban Healthcare system
- Lunch
- Meeting with an Economist to learn about the impacts of sanctions on various areas of the economy and the current state of the Cuban economy.
- Return to the hotel
- Dinner and evening on your own
- Breakfast at your hotel
- Visit to the San Jose Artisan Market, an example of small business enterprise in Cuba
- lunch and then afternoon on your own.
- Reconvene for our New Year’s Dinner, our final dinner together, and a midnight toast with a nod to the 66th Anniversary of the Triumph of The Cuban Revolution.
- location TBA
- Breakfast at your hotel
- Depart for the airport with a quick stop at Plaza de La Revolucion for a final group photo
- Return to the US
