Mi Habana Baila 2024,
2nd Edition
Damara Estévez Bresó
April 18, 2024
- info@saguaservicestravel.com
- 780 NW 42nd Ave Suite 320, Miami, FL 33126
- Fla. Seller of Travel Ref. No. ST40733
$2,950.00 – $5,980.00
Highlights:
HAVANA | VIÑALES
8 DAYS / 7 NIGHTS
Havana Jazz Festival is an annual music event that takes place every January in Havana, Cuba. Local and International renowned jazz performers gather in the Cuban Capital to share their passion for music with jazz lovers from all over the world. If you are a jazz passionate, do not miss the opportunity of meeting local musicians and artists as you take in the historical and cultural wonders of this colorful city.
Guaranteed departures:
To guarantee the departure of this group tour, a minimum of 4 people is required.
Don’t worry if you are traveling alone or with a friend. You can reserve your package for only $100 per person and once the departure is confirmed continue paying the balance due.
Te Esperamos!
Sagua Services & Travel (SST) offers opportunities to travel legally to Cuba under the OFAC General License category “Support for the Cuban People,” 31 CFR § 515.574.
Our programs include activities intended to strengthen civil society in Cuba and constitute a fulltime schedule that enhances contact with the Cuban people, and results in meaningful interactions between you and the locals.
HAVANA
Welcome to Havana! This musical adventure begins as you are met at the airport by your taxi driver and transferred to your accommodation in the city center. Once you check in and settle in, get ready for the orientation session and bus pick up for a Welcome dinner at a private Cuban Paladar.
Enjoy the evening Jazz Festival events. At midnight, your tour guide and driver will be ready to take you back to your accommodation.
Meals Included: Dinner
HAVANA
After a delicious breakfast, enjoy a wonderful walk through the main squares of Old Havana and discover its colonial architecture and the warmth of its people. Afterwards, continue to have lunch at a local private paladar and get on an Old American restored vintage car for a panoramic tour of Modern Havana, stopping by the Revolution Square and the viewpoint of the Morro Castle for an outstanding view of almost the whole city and the entrance to its Bay.
Time to go back to your accommodation, take a shower and relax. After dinner, continue enjoying the evening Jazz Festival events. At midnight, your tour guide and driver will be ready to take you back to your accommodation.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
HAVANA
Third day in Havana! After breakfast, take advantage of a cultural exchange at the Private Studio of a Jazz Plaza Musician.
Afterwards, enjoy a delicious lunch at a privately-run restaurant and continue your tour through one of the largest, most prestigious and well-known community art projects in Cuba and the world, Fusterlandia, a neighborhood adorned with mosaic artwork as artist, Jose Fuster, has converted his home and much of the surrounding neighborhood into literal works of art.
After dinner, continue enjoying the concerts scheduled for the Jazz Plaza Music Event mostly at the National Theater or another theater or club. At midnight, your tour guide and driver will be ready to take you back to your accommodation.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
HAVANA
After breakfast, take your time to visit the handicraft market Almacenes de San Jose, a nice place to buy souvenirs for your loved ones. Continue your visit to the National Museum of Music, dedicated to the preservation of the city’s rich musical heritage. This museum houses a vast collection of Cuban musical instruments, ranging from folkloric instruments to a large collection of early Cuban jazz instruments and the ones used in popular music.
After lunch, visit the Callejon de Hamel. Enjoy street art, much of it executed with recycled materials and hypnotic live rumba show. After dinner, enjoy the Jazz Plaza Music Concerts most of them held at the National Theater or another theater or club.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
HAVANA
After breakfast, bus pick up, enjoy an amazing farm-to-table experience at Finca Vista Hermosa, found a few kilometers east of the city’s main cultural and historical center. This is an agroecological farm that produces vegetables, milk, cheese, and meat according to the principles of social and environmental sustainability. Time to enjoy the place and delight your palate with a local lunch. Take a free afternoon to relax and enjoy the beach area of Havana del Este or the Jazz Plaza Music Events. Go back to your accommodation and get ready for dinner at a private paladar. Afterwards, enjoy the Jazz Plaza Music Events.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
VIÑALES
Enjoy a delicious breakfast at accommodation and get ready to visit the western part of the island. The Valley of Viñales is located in Pinar del Rio Province. Your first stop will be at Los Jazmines viewpoint to have a panoramic view of almost the whole valley. Continue your tour to the Indian’s Cave. Wear comfortable shoes since you’ll walk around 250 meters within the cave and enjoy a 10-minute boat ride through the underground river San Vicente. Once you go out of the cave continue to visit Macondo, a tobacco farm also called Vega where you’ll meet local farmers and learn a little bit more about the plantation and harvesting process of this important product and receive a rolling cigar demonstration. Afterwards, continue to the Prehistoric Wall, which shows the evolution of the human being at this part of the island.
Go back to Havana and enjoy a free evening to have dinner at your favorite restaurant and be amused by the jazz program options available at one of its venues.
Meals Included: Breakfast & Lunch
HAVANA
One more day in Havana before departure. After breakfast, bus pick up and dancing lesson with professional Cuban dancers. After lunch, visit the dancing company Lizt Alfonso, Acosta Danza or Havana Compass Dance (subject to availability). Enjoy your last dinner in Cuba, and take your time to talk about what you enjoyed the most during your stay. After the Jazz Plaza Music Events go back to accommodation and have a nice sleep.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
DEPARTURE
This morning you can pack your suitcase and all those souvenirs you have bought for your loved ones.
The driver will pick you up 3 hours before your scheduled departure flight time to take you to the airport. Remember to have your passport, airline ticket and all your belongings by hand.
Our SAGUA TEAM wishes you an excellent flight back home!
Meals Included: Breakfast
In case there is any activity of the program that for reasons beyond our control is not available on the scheduled date, our company will offer a second alternative to replace it.
As specified above, Flight tickets and Travel Insurance are not included, but SST team may assist you with the booking process if needed. Take into account that an extra fee of $50.00 USD will be charged for operating expenses.
Cuba requires all visitors to have travel insurance at the time of entry to the island to cover their entire stay. Please note that SST will book your flight ticket and travel insurance directly through the airline depending on their availability for the scheduled date. Most of these airline tickets are NON-REFUNDABLE. If you cancel your trip, the amount paid for the airline ticket and the travel insurance will not be refunded.
SST assists its clients in the choice and purchase of the travel insurance plans, limiting itself only to the assistance during the purchase and not to the implementation of said plans. Therefore, in case of unforeseen circumstances, you should contact your insurance company directly.
Prices shown above are per room taking into account single and double occupancy.
Find below detailed prices per person.
Sagua Services & Travel offers a simple and flexible travel payment plan to make it easy for you.
Payment processing fees will apply.
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Essential travel documents you must bring with you in order to travel stress-free and get the most from your visit.
A valid passport is required for the entirety of your trip. Make sure it has six months validity at the time of entry.
Cuba requires that all arriving travelers, except Cuban born travelers, have a Tourist Card or Visa to enter the country. If you are flying to Cuba via the US or you are a US citizen, then you will need a “pink” Visa. For those who travel from the rest of the world to Cuba, they will need a “green” one. You can get your visa online or purchase it at the airport during check-in for your flight. If you are a US passport holder residing in the United States you can also purchase it from us. We ship only within the US. Note it will arrive blank for you to fill out with your passport information. This tourist card is valid for 90 days. Make sure you do not misplace it while in Cuba since you cannot leave the country without it, and please, do not detach the two separate sides. Customs in Cuba is responsible for this.
Cuba requires all visitors to have a travel medical insurance at the time of entry to the island to cover their entire stay. Most of the U.S. airlines that fly directly to Cuba give you the option of purchasing it at the moment of booking your flight ticket. SST assists its clients in the choice and purchase of the travel insurance plans if needed, limiting itself only to the assistance during the purchase and not to the implementation of said plans. Therefore, in case of unforeseen circumstances, you should contact your insurance company directly.
Make sure to buy a roundtrip ticket or have onward travel from Cuba if you are buying one-way. US airlines flying to Cuba: American Airlines (AA), Southwest (WN) and Delta (DL). SST assists its clients with the airline ticket booking process if required. Please, take into account that your flight ticket will be booked directly through the airline depending on their availability for the scheduled date. Most of these airline tickets are NON-REFUNDABLE. If you cancel your trip, the amount paid for the airline ticket and the travel insurance will not be refunded.
This is an Advance Traveler Information form. As it is mandatory for each traveler to fill out the form, it is available in several languages and must be filled out 48 to 72 hours prior to arrival. It results in a QR code to be presented digitally or printed, in order to facilitate transit through customs. Access through this link, click Top Right Hand ‘Lenguaje’ tab for the dropdown language menu and choose Ingles/ English which will instantly translate the page for you. Then, follow the instructions. If you need more help filling out the form, check out our complete guide on how to fill out the D’Viajeros Travel Form.
If you are visiting the island and staying on your own, you will probably find that most of the private casas in Cuba do not have wi-fi service available, so guests usually go to the nearest hotels, buy an internet card and access the service in the hotel lobby. If this is too complicated for you, CUBACELTUR has the perfect solution. You can get a temporary phone line with internet access plans for an additional cost.
Note that CUBACELTUR is a service offered by ETECSA, the Cuban telephone operator. Sagua Services & Travel does not benefit from this operator. It only provides information for its clients.
Sagua Services & Travel offers a simple and flexible travel payment plan to make it easy for you.
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* If you find the perfect package for an unforgettable experience, reserve your spot for as little as $100 per person (non-refundable).
* Subsequently, you can decide how often you want to make payments and how much you want to pay (minimum $100 per person)
* Your package must be paid in full 45 days prior to departure.
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