UNFORGETTABLE A PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE JOURNEY with Diane Rehm on the sailing yacht Panorama

APRIL 8 –15, 2017

EARLY BOOKING SAVINGS: Save $500 per couple and receive free airfare from Miami when you book and pay in full by November 30, 2016 (see pricing page for details) UNFORGETTABLE CUBA A PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE JOURNEY

Now that it’s possible to see Cuba for yourself, join us on this enlightening journey to and beyond! Enjoy the tropics and the Caribbean, dance to the captivating sounds of salsa, and admire the prized classic cars. We’ll go beyond that, meeting Cubans and gaining insight into their work and lives. The focus of your visit will be daily engagement with the warm and welcoming people of this island nation: teachers, sculptors, organic farmers, musicians and naturalists. Traveling on the hospitable 48-guest motorsailor Panorama , you’ll be with a Cuban guide and with Diane Rehm, who as host of The Diane Rehm Show has held broadcast conversations about people’s ways and views for over 30 years.

This People-to-People program is offered in conjunction with IST, an authorized agency. We’ll board in Havana and disembark in Trinidad, a Spanish colonial city on the island’s south coast. Between are historic cities, wildlife preserves, farms, mountains, seacoast, and music nearly everywhere. Come and discover Cuba’s cities and countryside, its traditions and innovations, and most of all its extraordinary people. www.ccjourneys.com l 800.491.1148 l www.smallshiptravel.com 1 A message from Diane Rehm For the last fifty years Cuba has meals aboard we’ll have several dinners and been so close but so distant! most lunches at restaurants, including the Many changes are underway, privately-owned paladares that are a new and we’ll witness them first-hand feature of Cuban life. on this week-long journey. Join On our itinerary are four UNESCO World me in April to discover this Heritage Sites: , the “museum city” island nation past and present. Spend several of Trinidad, , designed by French days in vibrant Havana; then set out to visit three settlers, and the Viñales Valley, where nature has diverse smaller cities and some extraordinary sculpted the limestone and organically grown natural sites. We’ll enjoy music and dance crops are flourishing. Everywhere we’ll hear performances, visit an organic farm, galleries, music, as abundant and colorful as Cuba itself! a school, Ernest Hemingway’s beloved Finca Vigia and a shop where classic U.S. cars are The pleasures of discovery and insight await us, maintained. There will be opportunities to as do the pleasures of landscape, seascape speak with the people who bring their creative and life aboard. The ship accommodates just spirit to all these enterprises. 48 travelers, and interest in Cuba in this time of transformation is high. To reserve the cabin We’ll travel aboard the three-masted sailing of your choice, call Cross-Culture Journeys at yacht Panorama , spending six nights on the ship 800.491.1148 today! and one at a hotel in a seaside village. A Cuban guide and a seasoned Program Manager will Diane Rehm travel with us throughout. Along with the Host/Executive Producer, The Diane Rehm Show

2 Unforgettable Cuba: Havana to Trinidad/Casilda April 8–15, 2017

Saturday, April 8 an orientation briefing, gather for a reception and your first FLIGHT TO HAVANA • OVERVIEW OF CITY • VISIT HEMINGWAY’S FINCA VIGIA • LUNCH dinner aboard. L/D AT A PALADAR • GARAGE FOR MID-CENTURY U.S. CARS • HABANA COMPÁS DANCE • Note: To reach Havana this Havana EMBARK PANORAMA • ORIENTATION & morning, you may need to arrive WELCOME DINNER the previous day at the airport CUBA Board your flight to Havana’s José Martí International where your Havana flight departs. Gulf of Batabanó Cienfuegos Airport, where you will be met and accompanied to Cross-Culture will be glad to make Nueva Gerona Trinidad the city center. A panoramic tour will introduce you reservations for your domestic Maria la Gorda to landmarks including the Plaza de la Revolución flights as well as your flights Casilda and the Malencon, the esplanade along the sea wall. between the U.S. and Cuba, and Isla de la Havana is arguably the best-preserved Spanish Land Route Juventud Caribbean to reserve a room at a suitable Cruise Route Sea colonial city in the Americas, with many of its stately hotel near the connecting airport Flight Path palaces now housing museums. Since Old Havana (Miami, Atlanta or another, Cruise route is approximate. (Habana Vieja) was named a UNESCO World depending on your route) for Heritage Site in 1982, many buildings have been Friday, April 7. restored and others are in progress. Average temperature and precipitation Sunday, April 9 ranges in season (in degrees Fahrenheit) We’ll drive to the small town of San Francisco de City High Low Precipitation Paula, about ten miles from Havana, to see Finca WALKING TOUR OF OLD HAVANA • Vigia, Ernest Hemingway’s beloved home from 1939 FUSTERLANDIA • LUNCH AT A PALADAR • Havana 86 66 0.6 ART STUDIO & MARKET • DINNER AT to 1960. Lunch will be at a paladar, one of the CAFÉ TABERNA (OR SIMILAR) Maria la Gorda 82 68 0.8 privately-owned restaurants now permitted in Cuba. After breakfast, take a walking tour of Old Havana Cienfuegos 70 64 0.8 Then visit a garage devoted to maintaining the to see the beautiful baroque and neo-classical U.S.-made cars of the 1950s that have served Cubans monuments, arcades and balconies around the main ever since. They are emblems of style and of ingenuity, squares. The buildings that line the Plaza Vieja the neighborhood that it’s called “Fusterlandia.” having been preserved and adapted over a half-century span four centuries. Among the highlights are the The exuberant style of his ceramic and other work even though U.S. car parts were unavailable. We’ll Catedral de San Cristóbal, the Governors’ Palace is inspired by Gaudí and Brancusi, with the powerful also enjoy a performance by dancers and musicians that is now the City Museum, the St. Francis Basilica stamp of Picasso hovering in the background. from Habana Compás Dance, whose choreography and the National Theater. Nearby is the fortress combines contemporary styles with Latin American Lunch today will be at a different paladar. We'll built by Spain in 1558 to repel pirate attacks. folk dance, flamenco gestures and all the rhythm visit The-Merger Art Studio, where the focus is sources at hand. Visit the seaside barrio of Jaimanitas to see the on steel-and-plexiglass sculptures that draw on work of artist José Rodriguez Fuster. His ceramic popular culture. The three artists who formed In the late afternoon embark Panorama at the Sea tile roofs, walls, doorways and benches so define Terminal in Havana Harbor. After the boat drill and 3 — TOUR INCLUSIONS — • Cost of round-trip airfare from Miami (whether or not • Services of a Tour Manager from IST and a you fly to Cuba from MIA), with airport-ship transfers Cross-Culture Journeys/Small Ship Travel host in Havana and Cienfuegos-Trinidad • A Cuban guide who will sail with the group and escort • Six nights accommodation in cabin on motorsailor land excursions throughout the trip Panorama • Daily people-to-people interaction in workplaces, art • One night accommodation at Hotel Maria la Gorda and performance studios, and homes on • Visits to sites of interest including four UNESCO World • All meals (roughly half the lunches/dinners at Heritage Sites restaurants; other meals on board) • On-board programs including discussions with public • Selected alcoholic beverages and soft drinks with radio host Diane Rehm lunch and dinner on board • Mandatory Cuban medical insurance • Land transportation in private coach as indicated • Pre-departure materials including reading lists and in the itinerary packing suggestions • Luggage handling, with gratuity, for one bag per person

— NOT INCLUDED — • Cost of airfare between home airport • Gratuities for ship staff, excursion • Excess baggage charges and Miami (whether or not you fly guides, site guides and drivers • Visa ($75) and passport expenses from MIA) • Personal expenses such phone • Travel insurance • Port charges and taxes of $410 charges or Wi-fi use

— ACCOMMODATIONS — LOCATION ACCOMMODATIONS RATING (Hotel & Travel Index) Cruise Sailing yacht Panorama Superior First Class equivalent Guanahacabibes Peninsula Hotel Maria la Gorda Not rated

www.ccjourneys.com l 800.491.1148 l www.smallshiptravel.com 4 See our website for full terms and conditions. The organic farming program began in Cuba in the 1990s, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, when the island had to feed its population and maintain its farmland. Farm staff will elaborate on this initiative during your visit.

From the Viñales Valley we’ll drive to Maria la Gorda, a settlement at the southwest corner of the island best known as a diving center. We will check in at the Hotel Maria la Gorda for the night and meet Panorama here tomorrow. B/L/D

Tuesday, April 11

VISIT RURAL SCHOOL • GUANAHACABIBES NATIONAL PARK • BEACH BARBECUE • SAIL FOR ISLA DE LA JUVENTUD Drive to the village of San Juan del Valle, where we will visit the local school and meet children and their teachers. Take part in a people-to-people exchange on differences between the educational systems of Cuba and the U.S., especially in rural schools. The-Merger in 2009 now work “across the divide,” two around the west end of Cuba to Maria la Gorda, we will in Havana and one in Miami. Later we’ll have some drive through the beautiful Viñales Valley with time for We’ll visit Guanahacabibes National Park, part of time to wander the San José Arts and Crafts Market, activities as described below, and will spend the night at the the Biosphere Reserve established in 1987 on the Havana’s major market for art and decorative objects, Hotel Maria la Gorda. The hotel, used primarily by divers, remote Guanahacabibes Peninsula. It is a complex which occupies an 1885 warehouse near the pier. does not offer luxury but does provide a clean room and landscape of mangroves, woodlands, reefs, beaches, essential services. We think you will prefer this itinerary scrubland and evergreen forests, home to many In the evening, enjoy dinner to the sounds of Cuban to spending almost 24 hours on board. wildlife species including iguanas and alligators, and music at the Café Taberna or a similar restaurant on the migration route of over 170 bird species. in this most musical city. Then return to Panorama Drive southwest through the Viñales Valley, where This peninsula is also of interest as one of the last in Havana Harbor for the night. B/L/D undulating karst landscapes are dotted with rocky refuges of the aboriginal Guanahatabeyes, who fled outcroppings, small towns and villages, interspersed here from the Spanish conquistadors. Some 140 Monday, April 10 with farmland. The vernacular architecture, traditional archaeological sites in the area document their agriculture and striking terrain have earned the area VIÑALES VALLEY • VISITS TO TOBACCO FARM presence and their culture. Learn more about this AND ORGANIC FARM • LUNCH AT ORGANIC UNESCO World Heritage status. Visit a tobacco farm environment and its history in conversation with RESTAURANT • ARRIVE AT MARIA LA GORDA and talk with farmers about the production of Cuba’s local people and naturalists. Note: Before disembarking you will need to pack an famed cigars. We will have lunch at an organic overnight bag or backpack with whatever you need through restaurant before visiting one of Cuba’s many tomorrow afternoon. While the ship follows the coast organic farms. 5 Enjoy swimming, snorkeling and a barbecue lunch in Maria La Gorda before you re-board Panorama . As we sail toward Isla de la Juventud, Diane Rehm will lead a discussion on one of the many topics suggested by our experience of Cuba. B/L/D

Wednesday, April 12

ISLA DE LA JUVENTUD: VISIT UNIVERSITY IN NUEVA GERONA • SEE PRESIDIO MODELO & MEET ISLANDERS • RETURN TO SHIP & SAIL TOWARD CIENFUEGOS Enter the Bay of Singuanea on the west side of this small island and moor in front of the Colony Hotel, where Christopher Columbus is thought to have dropped anchor in 1494. After breakfast, disembark on the beach and drive to Nueva Gerona, the island’s capital city. Visit the University of the Isla de la Juventud, founded in 1973 and named in honor of Jesús Montané Oropesa, a leader in the Cuban Revolution. Engage in a People-to-People conversation about the centrality of education to this island.

Then take a panoramic sightseeing tour of the island and see the Presidio Modelo, where Fidel and Raúl Castro were held from 1953 to 1955 along with many other opponents of the government. Castro closed the prison in 1967, declared it a national monument, and “repurposed” the island, the southern portion Thursday, April 13 settlers from Bordeaux who founded the city and as a national park and the rest an area to be newly created its distinctive layout. Cienfuegos became a populated by young Cubans. We will meet some of CIENFUEGOS: WALKING TOUR & VISIT TO GRAPHIC ARTS WORKSHOP • BENNY MORÉ significant port for trade in sugar, tobacco, coffee, the islanders before returning to Panorama for a SCHOOL OF ART • CONCERT BY CHORUS mangoes and other products of the fertile region late lunch. OF CIENFUEGOS OR STRING QUARTET • that surrounds it. The city received UNESCO CAPTAIN’S FAREWELL DINNER • SAIL TO World Heritage status in 2005 for the treasured Later in the afternoon join Diane Rehm for another CASILDA/TRINIDAD neo-classical, art nouveau and art deco buildings conversation while you cruise toward Cienfuegos. Enjoy breakfast onboard in beautiful Cienfuegos that line its squares and boulevards. B/L/D Bay before disembarking in the city fondly known as “The Pearl of the South.” The limestone fortress Among the distinctive buildings are the domed at the entrance to the bay, the Castillo de Jagua, Government Palace (City Hall), the cathedral with its was built by Philip V of Spain to protect the area asymmetric red bell towers and stained glass 6 from pirates. However, it was a group of French work, the Colegio San Lorenzo and Teatro Thomas Friday, April 14 His work was recently shown at a Minneapolis Terry, the Spanish-Moorish Palacio del Valle and the gallery under the auspices of the US Cuba Artist TRINIDAD: WALKING TOUR WITH CITY Palacio Ferrer, along with many charming houses HISTORIAN’S OFFICE REPRESENTATIVE • Exchange. We will return to Casilda to board and shops. Our walking tour will take in some of VISIT ROMANTIC MUSEUM • LÁZARO Panorama , celebrating all we have experienced and the highlights of the city’s architectural heritage. WOODCARVING STUDIO • DINNER & discovered. The ship will remain in the harbor OVERNIGHT ON BOARD overnight. B/L/D In addition to the architecture, the seacoast, After a relaxed breakfast onboard, disembark the beautiful José Martí Park and an outstanding to visit Trinidad, which lies between the sea and Saturday, April 15 botanical garden, Cienfuegos also offers abundant the . This meticulously well- arts activity. We will visit the Graphic Arts workshop preserved Spanish colonial city, founded in 1514, is a DISEMBARK PANORAMA • TRANSFER TO for discussions with local artists about their work CIENFUEGOS AIRPORT • FLY TO U.S. GATEWAY place of cobblestone streets and plazas, neoclassical AND CONTINUE HOMEWARD and lives, and stop at the Benny Moré School of palaces and beautiful wrought-iron balconies. The Disembark Panorama after breakfast and drive to Art, where students prepare for careers in music, principal church, Santísima Trinidad, is the oldest Jaime González Airport in Cienfuegos, about 1 1/2 dance and the visual arts. Lunch in one of the local church in Cuba. The city and the hours away. Part of the route runs between a nature restaurants will feature typical Cuban dishes and (Valley of Sugar Mills) around it are designated a reserve in the Sierra del Escambray and the azure lilting music. In the afternoon we’ll attend a concert UNESCO World Heritage Site. We’ll take a guided Caribbean. Board the flight to your U.S. gateway by the Chorus of Cienfuegos or a string quartet, and walk through the town and meet some residents and continue to your home airport. B have a chance to speak with the performers. along the way. We’ll also visit the Museo Romántico, a collection of 19th-century paintings and decorative Return to the ship, gather for one more lively Note: Cuba is still developing its facilities for visitors. The objects housed in the palacio of the sugar baron discussion with Diane Rehm, and join the Captain standard for accommodations, meals and road conditions is Nicolás, Count of Brunet. for a special Farewell Dinner this evening. Later not yet what U.S. travelers are accustomed to. In addition, the availability of excursions changes frequently. The more Panorama cruises east to Casilda, the port of After stopping for lunch, visit the studio and gallery flexibility and adventurous spirit you can bring to this trip, Trinidad. B/L/D of Lázaro Niebla Castro, known in Cuba simply as the greater its rewards will be. Lázaro, who creates bas-relief portraits in wood. 7 8 Panorama

www.ccjourneys.com l 800.491.1148 l www.smallshiptravel.com 9 Panorama Ship Description

The sailing yacht Panorama is a modern three-masted sailing ship that fosters a congenial and unhurried cruise experience. Launched in 1993, it has been renovated several times, most recently in 2014.

The ship provides aspects of the traditional sailing experience, enhanced by teak decks and gleaming nautical trim, though it carries motors so is not subject to the vagaries of wind and sea. The interior of the ship is fully air-conditioned and features a lounge on the Main Deck with a small library and full-length windows, and a spacious indoor and outdoor bar-lounge area on the Upper Deck with large windows that provide ever-changing views.

All cabins are outside, Category A cabins on the Upper Deck with windows, Category B cabins on the Main Deck with windows, and Categories C and D cabins on the Lower Deck with portholes. The cabins are decorated in warm, light colors with nautical dark wood trim and are furnished with double beds or twins (See Deck Plan and cabin descriptions). All cabins are equipped with individual climate control and have TV, a mini-refrigerator, direct-dial internal-use telephones, safe boxes, hair dryers, and bathrooms with showers.

During the day life on board centers on the outdoor areas, the Sun Deck and the shaded exterior deck on the aft of Panorama . The swimming platform at the stern enables guests to swim when weather and anchorage conditions permit. Snorkeling equipment and inflatable kayaks are available.

The light-filled dining room within the ship accommodates all guests in one dinner seating, with cuisine reflecting local and international influences. Meals may also be served outdoors. Generous breakfast and lunch buffets are provided, and most special dietary requirements or preferences are available if arranged in advance.

10 Panorama Deck Plan

UPPER DECK Category A Category B Category C A1 Category D

A2 Overall All cabins are equipped with individual controlled

MAIN DECK air conditioning, television with satellite channels, telephone for internal use, mini safe box, mini-fridge and hairdryer adapters (220V). 5 3 1

CATEGORY A 6 4 2 Upper Deck (Twin Beds or Double Bed) Category A cabins are located on the upper deck offering windows and bathroom with showers.

LOWER DECK CATEGORY B Main Deck (Twin Beds or Double Bed) 25 23 21 19 17 15 11 9 Category B cabins are located on the main deck offering windows and bathroom with showers.

24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 CATEGORY C Lower Deck (Twin Beds or Triple Beds) Category C cabins are located on the lower deck offering portholes and bathroom with showers. SHIP DATA Launched: 1993 Cruising speed: 11 knots Renovated: 2014 Decks: 3 CATEGORY D Masts: 3 Passenger cabins: 25 Lower Deck (Double Bed) Length: 173.8 feet Passengers: 49 Category D cabins are outside cabins located fore Beam (breadth): 39.3 feet Crew: 16 –18 and aft on the Lower Deck. They have portholes and private bathrooms with showers. Draft: 16.4 feet Registry: Greece 11 Unforgettable Cuba: Havana to Trinidad/Casilda Additional Information

Participation Group IST has been issued a license (#CT-2014-309395-1) by the Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) authorizing them to organize and operate People to People exchange program, one of twelve categories of travel U.S. citizens are permitted to undertake to Cuba. To comply with the terms of authorization, participants are expected to attend the exchange events (barring illness or physical limitations).

Passport and visa You will receive instructions on obtaining your visa. At Cuban Immigration & Customs, you will present your passport and your visa. If you hold a U.S. passport, the officer will stamp both portions of the visa and return one to you, which you must submit when leaving Cuba.

Itinerary The itinerary is at the discretion of the captain, who may make changes in consideration of sea and weather conditions or other factors. Since space at the dock in Havana is severely limited, this itinerary may involve having to transfer to/from shore by tender instead of docking at one of the two piers. Onshore programs may be changed because of factors beyond our control. Your days will be filled with enlightening experiences, though some may differ from those described here.

Dietary needs Some dietary restrictions can be accommodated on board, though some foods are not available or plentiful. Paladores are small, family-owned restaurants that may not have a wide selection of dishes available. If you are vegetarian or vegan, or must follow a gluten-free or similarly restricted diet, please discuss your needs with a Cross-Culture Journeys representative before registering.

12 Unforgettable Cuba: Havana to Trinidad/Casilda Dates & Prices

April 8–15, 2017 Tour Code: RCBA

CATEGORY D CATEGORY C CATEGORY B CATEGORY A Price before $5,645 $6,345 $6,745 $7,345 NOVEMBER 30, 2016 Price after NOVEMBER 30 , 2016 $5,895 $6,595 $6,995 $7,595 Please note, pricing is per person with double occupancy.

Pricing includes airfare! Free airfare from Miami is included in the pricing chart above. We are happy to arrange airfare from the airport of your choice, please call 800.491.1148 for details.

Port charges, Cuba visa, medical insurance and fees $525 of which $410 is port charges Single supplement 75% for Categories C & D; 100% for Categories A & B We are able to book First Class—please call 800.491.1148 for more information.

Deduct $400 if you are making your own air arrangements. Airport-ship transfers may be purchased at an additional cost if you are arriving and departing on the scheduled cruise dates.

Hometown airports* Pricing from your home airport to Miami Atlanta, Baltimore, Charlotte, Orlando, Raleigh-Durham, Tampa, Washington DC only an additional $200 Boston, Hartford, Newark, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh only an additional $250 Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas-Fort Worth, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Minneapolis, St. Louis only an additional $350 Denver, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Portland, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle only an additional $400 BONUS *Please call for prices from other airports

SAVINGS Group IST has been issued a license (#CT-2014-309395-1) by the Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) authorizing us to organize and operate People to People programs to Cuba in accordance FREE AIRFARE PLUS with OFAC regulations. Group IST, working with local suppliers, arranges visits, exchanges and excursions in Cuba SAVE $500 designed to promote people-to-people contact and cultural exchange. PER COUPLE Book & pay in full by November 30, 2016 www.ccjourneys.com l 800.491.1148 l www.smallshiptravel.com 13 Unforgettable Cuba: Havana to Trinidad/Casilda Registration Form

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14 Unforgettable Cuba: Havana to Trinidad/Casilda Terms & Conditions

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