Best of Western Cuba + Beach Extension

Trip started off ok in Havana although an extra day there would be better. Vinales was very interesting and a beautiful place to visit although again more time there would be nice. Trinidad is only worth visiting for a day as there is nothing there and no electricity in the evening . Casa Particulares was very bad and staying 3 nights was not good. Too much of a whirlwind tour with too much time spent in places with nothing to see or do.

Great experience with excellent guide. Loved the itinerary, torch and power pack essential items. Did not need to exchange money into Cuban, US dollar and Euros taken in tourist location.

Great insight into the country, culture and key sights. Our guide Edelso brought the trip to life with great recommendations and knowledge. Overall a very memorable time. Would highly recommend.

Really enjoyed the trip. Would of liked time in Havana to be less jet lagged. Home/Appartments in St Vincent very poor. I understand problems on the island with power and water but very poor. We had no water as we left in the evening and told hosts, returned and still no water. Pointed it out again and they fixed it. St Vincent was great though

The Explore tour was very good and our experience was heightened by the knowledge and helpfulness of our tour guide, Joan Alvarez. The only difficult experience was our stay at a Casa Particolares which was not really set up properly for guests.

Overall a very good trip with good guide and itinerary. There were some things that could have improved to make the experience better in my opinion, in particular the far away location of the casa particular in Havana meant that in reality it was not possible to walk around the old town and I wished I had spent longer in Havana, also in my opinion we spent too long in Trinidad where there was not as much to do as in Havana and would have preferred to spend more time there

Ycel our tour leader was exceptional, very knowledgeable about Cuba's history and very organised! Due to a hurricane we have to move Casa's but there was no problem at all and the issue was dealt with at short notice. Cuba is such a beautiful island and the Vinales region is in particularly special. As a group we would have all liked to stay overnight here and spend some more time here. We definitely got to experience life as the locals do and experienced numerous blackouts , added with a hurricane that knocked out the power for 2 days across the whole island! Despite this the locals are so resilient , welcoming and are happy to help. Our itinerary might not have gone entirely to plan due to things being closed due to the Hurricane but this in no way affected us thoroughly enjoying our holiday.