Modules: short Cuba Trips

Our Cuba travel modules are short Cuba Trips lasting between 2 and 5 days. By stringing these modules together you can build a Cuba holiday at your own pace.

Get started by choosing one of our Cuba travel packages, known as a starter pack. Then simply add your favourite Cuba Trips, choosing the ones that appeal to you the most. The most comfortable way to travel from the location of one module to the next is by rental car. If you prefer not to drive during your holiday, you can also travel by public bus from one destination to the next for some of our self drive tours - arranging tickets on location is quick and easy. Since many travellers choose to travel from west to east Cuba, the outline of our Cuba Trips is set up in this direction.

Most of the modules you'll find below are also included in our suggested Cuban holidays. These itineraries are a combination of our Cuba Trips that fit together well and they include the price of car hire. Once you've decided where and when you want to travel through Cuba, fill out our online Cuba travel quote request form.

Prices below are valid until 31st October 2012, are based on two people travelling and exclude international flights. Prices for departures beyond this date and for international flights are available on request. For departures during peak seasons (e.g. Easter, summer holidays, Christmas and new year) supplements may apply.

Cuba starter packs Easy Going Havana

Duration:	3 days
Price:	From £105 per person - based on 2 people
Departs:	Daily

Havana, the colonial heart of Latin America, is the starting point for many Cuba holidays. Walking through the city is like experiencing a blast from the past, complete with the sights & sounds of the 50's. The jolting, thumping and humming of brightly coloured classic cars makes it feel as if the city is stuck in some kind of time warp. Walking past colonial buildings with cracked and pealing paint jobs, you'll hear the upbeat sounds of the Cuban salsa. Roam through the maze of narrow, winding city streets, let the faint breeze blow through your hair as you stroll past the seafront along the Malecon and cool down with a mojito at one of Havana's inviting plazas. On this Cuba trip, a classic American vintage car will collect you from the airport on arrival and take you to your hotel where you'll spend 2 nights. Click here for more about our Havana Cuba tour.

Short Cuba Trips Rolling through tobacco hills

Duration:	3 days
Price:	From £75 per person - based on 2 people

Cuba's most popular export product comes from a region slightly west of Havana - the Cuban cigar. The vast fields of tobacco are surrounded by Karst mountains that shoot up into the heavens of the unspoiled Cuban countryside. Right in the heart of this tobacco province, you'll find the provincial town of Vinales - the starting point for Cuba Trips in the area.You can choose from exploring the surrounding area on foot or by a very Cuban method of transport: a horse. Even if you've never been horseback riding before, you'll certainly enjoy it here. A guide will accompany you on a trek through tobacco and banana fields, past farms and barns. You'll spend the night in local accommodation overlooking the valley. Click here for more about our tobacco tour in Vinales Cuba.

Short Cuba Trips Hacienda in the coffee fields

Duration:	2 or 3 days
Price:	From £98 per person - based on 2 people

Las Terrazas is a sleepy eco-tourism community in an idyllic and green area between Pinar del Rio and Havana. A cool, crisp river runs down through hills, over rocks and into the area's trout lake. Perched up on a hill overlooking the lake lies an eco-hotel where you'll spend the night on this Cuba self drive tour. Looking out from your hotel room, you'll see local women doing their laundry in the river, farmers working the fields and oxen pulling carts along narrow dirt roads. Where once slaves worked in sprawling fields of coffee, there's now a lush green protected biosphere reserve. The river is only a short walk from the hotel you can go for a refreshing swim whenever you feel like it. Click here for more about our Las Terrazas Cuba tour.

Short Cuba Trips Cuba, the Cuban way

Duration:	4 days
Price:	From £60 per person - based on 2 people

It doesn't get more Cuban than this! On this Cuba self drive tour, you'll be a guest at the home of a very warm and welcoming Cuban family in one of the most colourful towns in Cuba. Their guest rooms look out over a colonial church steeple and the red roofs of the wooden homes in the neighbourhood. Become a part of the family for a few days and go on treks through the area's spectacular hills, rivers, forests and small towns. Click here for more about our Trinidad Cuba holiday.

Short Cuba Trips Cosy Cayo Levisa Island

Duration:	3 days
Price:	From £99 per person - based on 2 people

Although Cuba has a reputation for being a beach destination, approximately 95% of all Cuban beaches do not have any type of local accommodation. Because of this, travellers more or less cling to popular beach towns such as Varadero and Guardalavaca. While most resorts in these areas are filled to capacity, the west coast is extremely tranquil and unspoiled. Cayo Levisa is the only island on Cuba's west coast that has accommodation available and its sandy beaches are just as white and soft as the beaches at Varadero. On this Cuba trip, you'll spend the night at the island's only hotel in one of several modest stone bungalows lined along the edge of the beach. There are also a number of diving and snorkelling facilities available. La vida tranquilo. Due of the limited number of bungalows available we recommend booking as soon as possible. Click here for more about our Cayo Levisa accommodation.

Short Cuba Trips Buena Vista Santiago

Duration:	3 days
Price:	From £70 per person - based on 2 people

Santiago de Cuba is the birthplace of a variety of Cuban music, such as the Son. Stiff hips can't help but loosen up in this city where the music almost never stops. You'll spend the two days of this Cuba self drive tour right in the centre of the city, close enough to the heart of Santiago and just a few steps away from live music performances in the evening. There are also plenty of sights to see as you drive out of the city and into the countryside. Visiting the outlying areas will give you a better understanding of Santiago's tumultuous past and the struggles it endured to become the city it is today. Click here for more about why you should visit Santiago de Cuba.

Short Cuba Trips Castaway Caribbean beaches

Duration:	4 days
Price:	From £210 per person - based on 2 people

Guardelavaca is a famed beach town in northeastern Cuba with beautiful beaches lined with resorts. After a bit of searching we were very lucky to find a few spectacular, immaculately kept, less touristy and more tranquil beaches just a short ride down the road. Playa Pesquero, where you'll stay on this Cuba self drive tour, is an idyllic beach with white powdery sand and warm shallow turquoise water; it almost looks like the set of a Hollywood shipwreck movie. There are three all-inclusive resorts in the area. This is the ideal way to end a Cuba itinerary, only 45 minutes away from the airport at Holguin. Click here for more about our module in Playa Pesquero Cuba.

Short Cuba Trips Abandoned Island Paradise

Duration:	3 days
Price:	From £85 per person - based on 2 people

Cayo las Brujas is a tiny island paradise hidden away behind the Cuban mainland, with unspoilt tranquil beaches and small-scale lodgings. Add to that swaying palm trees, exceptionally fine, white sandy beaches and a submarine world awash with the most brilliant colours and you'll understand why Cayo las Brujas is one of our favourite beach destinations. Spend the days on this Cuba self drive tour in a leisurely beach mood, get your adrenaline pumping on a catamaran snorkelling trip or drive to the surrounding keys. This self drive tour is the perfect beginning, centre or end to any Cuba trip. Click here for more about this Cayo las Brujas tour.

Short Cuba Trips Ranchos of Camaguey

Duration:	2 or 3 days
Price:	From £45 per person - based on 2 people

Deep in the heart of Cuba lies the historic city of Camaguey. It's surrounded by beautiful nature and cattle farms and is a place of wonder and charm. This Cuba self drive tour links those who have travelled in western Cuba to eastern Cuba. You'll spend the night in middle of 'the maze', as Camaguey is affectionately known thanks to its confusing jumble of streets. You'll also visit a working ranch in the countryside. The ranch's elderly owner doesn't mind having guests and usually sleeps through most visits. The ranch is also the perfect starting point for a horseback trek on one of the stable's thoroughbreds. Click here for more about our Camaguey Cuba tour.

Short Cuba Trips Baracoa coast and jungle drive

Duration:	3 days
Price:	From £65 per person - based on 2 people

Baracoa, Cuba's first Spanish settlement and the country's first capital, is far removed from the popular Cuban tourist destinations. Because of its remote location in the northeastern corner of Cuba, the city has maintained a very easygoing, no-fuss mentality. Baracoa has rugged golden beaches fringed by endless groves of coconut trees and the surrounding area is bathed in a tropical green hue. The people here are very mellow and friendly and there's always fresh fish waiting for you on the grill. On this Cuba self drive tour you can escape from the tourist throngs and flee to this tranquil, jungly, authentic seaside retreat. Click here for more information on visiting the Baracoa beaches in Cuba.

Short Cuba Trips The mountains of the Sierra Maestra

Duration:	3 days
Price:	From £55 per person - based on 2 people

The heavily forested Sierra Maestra mountains in southeastern Cuba are the island's largest mountain range and its a fascinating area to explore on foot. You'll spend the night in a rustic ecological mountain hotel on the banks of a river, near a cooling crystal-clear waterfall. During this Cuba self drive tour, you can go on an optional guided hike through the green mountains and visit a friendly mountain village for a cup of coffee. Keep in mind that temperatures in the Sierra Maestra can be warm during the day, but can plummet in the evening - so don't forget to bring something warm. After a lovely hike through the mountains, you can indulge in a soothing massage back at your hotel... the perfect end to a perfect day. Click here for more about our Sierra Maestra tour.

Short Cuba Trips Cuba's coral beaches

Duration:	5 days (or less if you so desire)
Price:	From £125 per person - based on 2 people

Just off the northwestern coast of the island, you'll find one of the world's largest coral reefs. Its pristine condition makes it some of the richest coral in the Caribbean. This part of Cuba has long stretches of white sandy beaches where you can relax and enjoy the view in between diving and snorkelling runs. There are plenty of deserted paradise beaches and abandoned keys off the coast that will give you that castaway Cuban feeling.

You'll spend the night on this Cuba self drive tour at a seaside resort on the shores of Santa Lucia. This is one of Cuba's fabulous virgin beaches and, despite there being a few other hotels in this area, it's still very peaceful. Click here for more about our Cuba diving holiday.

Short Cuba Trips Lazy days in Varadero

Duration:	4 days (or less if you so desire)
Price:	From £165 per person - based on 2 people

Varadero, Cuba's famed beach destination in the North West part of the country has been a favourite amongst beach lovers for years. It has long stretches of unspoiled white sandy beaches and an excellent location near Havana. Varadero has quite a few modern resorts and many small restaurants, shops and diving schools. The sea's warm, turquoise, calm waters are wonderful for swimming, snorkelling and diving. Immerse yourself in the tropical beach lifestyle and enjoy the comfort of this all-inclusive Cuban beach getaway... the perfect way to start or end your Cuba Trips. Click here for more about our .

Short Cuba Trips Bungalow by a palm-fringed beach

Duration:	4 days
Price:	From £90 per person - based on 2 people

Maria la Gorda is a remote tropical paradise on an isolated peninsula on the South West tip of Cuba - a sublime location to enjoy sun, sea and sand. This Cuba trip is the perfect combination of sweeping, palm-fringed beaches, a small friendly hotel, one of the best-preserved biospheres in the world, abundant marine life and extraordinarily beautiful corals. Drift along with the tide as schools of brightly coloured tropical fish swim past and watch colourful tropical birds fly off during a walk through the national park. You'll spend the night in a bungalow hidden away in a tropical garden just a few steps from the white sandy beach. A cuba trip that includes a relaxing beach break at one of Cuba's secluded palm-fringed beaches... who could ask for more? Click here for more about our Diving Cuba tour.

Short Cuba Trips Soft white beaches of Cayo Largo

Duration:	4 days
Price:	Please see our Contact Us page for more details

Cayo Largo is a natural island paradise in the Caribbean located between Cuba and Central America and across from Isla de la Juventud. You'll spend the night of this Cuba self drive tour within walking distance from the most breathtaking beaches we've ever seen. Enjoy that Robinson Crusoe feeling - spending your days as leisurely as you choose to. If you do get an urge to get out of your hammock, you can float around in the crystal clear waters and spot the brilliantly coloured tropical fish and stunning coral. With a little luck you'll see one of the many sea turtles that bob up and down in the coastal waters. Click here for more about our Cayo Largo Cuba tour.

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