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Presents…Presents… CubaCuba AgAg TourTour JanuaryJanuary 16th16th toto 23rd23rd 20172017

ExperienceExperience “Auténtica“Auténtica ”Cuba”

Day 1 Arrival at Varadero International Airport. Meet and Greeting at the Airport by your tour guide Transfer In to Hotel, Check In Accommodation in All Inclusive Plan at Hotel Blau Varadero 4* Free evening L,D (lunch and dinner included )

DAY 2 VARADERO Free day in Varadero to relax and enjoy of this wonderful beach and hotel´s facilities Accommodation in All Inclusive Plan at Hotel Blau Varadero 4* B,L,D (breakfast, lunch and dinner included )

DAY 3 VARADERO 08:00 Breakfast 09:00 Departure to Finca El Retiro an organic research farm located on the edge of Cardenas. The farm features a careful inte- gration of live-stock, field crops, intensive vegetable production, tree crops, on-farm biogas production and small scale food preserving and processing. The farm provides food to numerous seniors centres and daycares in the Cardenas area and is a teaching centre for farmers in the region. Packed picnic lunch Near province, the town visit a farmer named Héctor Correa - his farm, Finca Coincidencia Visit the family farm of Hector and Odalis Correa. This highly integrated farm employs so much thought in design, function, beauty and pro- duction that one could stay here for a week. Hector and Odalis have also developed a high end pottery business on site (you may buy pottery here) and the family succession plan is worth asking about! Back to the hotel in the afternoon Dinner at hotel´s restaurant Free evening Accommodation in All Inclusive Plan at Hotel Blau Varadero 4* B,L,D (breakfast, lunch and dinner included) DAY 4 VARADERO Free day in Varadero to relax and enjoy of this wonderful beach and hotel´s facilities Accommodation in All Inclusive Plan at Hotel Blau Varadero 4* B,L,D (breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

DAY 5 VARADERO – 08:00 Breakfast - 09:00 Check out and departure to Havana (Around 2:30 hrs drive) Visit family farm of Fernadito Funes. Fernando Funes is a younger academic with a Doctorate degree in agro-ecology. Not satisfied with sticking to theory, Fernando has created a model eco-logical farm with a high degree of diversity and integra- tion from bio-gas to bees and vegetable to vermiculture. Visit the Organopónico Project in town, a project about urban agriculture sustainable. In the way stop at The Castillo de la Real Fuerza (the Castle of the Royal Force) is one of the main attractions in Cuba and a sure stop on any visit to Cuba. Built by Spanish authorities to defend Havana from invasion from pirates or a rival European power, the Castle of the Royal Force now houses a pottery museum, a café, and a small gift shop. It is the main architectural feature of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Old Havana Cuba and remains a poignant reminder of Cuba’s rich history. Entrance to the external areas or Morro Fortress. 13:30 Arrival and free time to have lunch (not included) Lunch stop will be suggested by your guide After lunch City Tour of Havana. Starting at where Havana Villa was found in 1519. Tour of Old Havana, walking through the Plaza de Armas and all other Squares of Old Havana: San Francisco de Asís Square, then to Old Square, visit the Cathedral Square. Seeing the monuments, the Palacio del Segundo Cabo, the Cathedral, La Bodeguita del Medio. Entrance to National Museum of Arts. Continuation the Paseo del Prado Avenue, enjoying a majestic Avenue, visit the Grand Theater of Havana, the Central Park José Martí the Capitol Building. Visiting the Revolution Square, the Cemetery Colon (from the outside), the area with its amazing Avenues, residenc- es, buildings, the , La Rampa on 23 Street, the Seaboard (Malecon). Ending at National Hotel Gardens (grab a mojito here, they are awesome) (included). 18:30 Check in at hotel in Havana Free time—Optional dinner (Dinner places will be suggested by guide) 20:30 Departure to Art Factory in Vedado Town. This is a very original place with combination of art exhibitions, life music group performance, workshops about art, culture, books, painting, theater, where young people use to hang out. Back to the hotel Accommodation: Hotel NH Capri 4* B (breakfast included) DAY 6 HAVANA – VIÑALES - VARADERO 08:00 Breakfast 09:00 Departure for Tour to the western region of Cuba Pinar del Río to do the Tour The Secrets of Tobacco. This tour allows us to know some of the secrets that make of our tobacco, the best in the world. We will visit all the stag- es and processes possible to see depending of the season (seedbed, plantation, harvest, drying), besides the visits to the despalillo and the cigar factory. We use the car or taxi to go to the different places to visit: cigar factory (place where the cigars are made by hand), the visit to a despalillo (stage between the farmer and the cigar factory, this is an unknown process for you and very important , were the leaves are fermented and selected), Visit to the Vueltabajo region, consid- ered the best place of the world for the cultivation of the aromatic leaves, mainly covered tobacco, used for the wrap- pers that will cover the most famous cigars in the world. Live the unique experience of visiting Héctor Luis Prieto, the youngest Hombre Habano (Havana cigar man) in the world and his farm, where top quality leaves are produced; discov- er the true secrets of the tobacco among the smoke and the plantations. During the visit to the tobacco farm where we can taste a handmade cigar made by the farmer, learning about his costumes, cultures and traditions, as well as their work methods, we´ll also visit the farms where the wrappers (capas) are cultivated the finest leaves used to cover the cigar. At the end of the tour have lunch in an organic farm “Finca Paraiso”, place unique by its beauty and quality of the food, where they grow, ecologically, all the vegetables, fruits and roots that they offer. 15:00 Departure to Varadero (around 5 or 6 hours, 400 KM) Arrival and check in Dinner at hotel´s restaurant Free evening Accommodation in All Inclusive Plan at Hotel Blau Varadero 4* B,L,D (breakfast, lunch and dinner included) DAY 7 VARADERO 09:00 Breakfast 10:00 Tour of the Bellamar Caves begins with a visit to an enormous cavern, with awe-inspiring structures of stalagmites and stalactites growing from the floor and ceiling. You then descend about 100 feet through the Bellamar Caves along narrow cor- ridors and through wide caverns. Glimpses of the natural crystal formations are well worth the visit. Guides encourage visitors to drink from the natural fountains in the Cuevas de Bellamar: the “Fountain of Youth” and “Fountain of Love.” Back to the hotel and relaxing Accommodation in All Inclusive Plan at Hotel Blau Varadero 4* B,L,D (breakfast, lunch and dinner included IN ALL INCLUSIVE)

DAY 8 DEPARTURE Breakfast Transfer Out in time to Varadero International Airport to take the flight out of the country (clients must check the flight at the airline desk 3 hours in advance) B (breakfast included)

Cuba Ag Tour Pricing 22 to 25 Passengers = Twin Share: $3176 per person (Single rate $4019) 26 to 30 Passengers = Twin Share: $3132 per person (Single rate $3975) Pricing package includes: International Flights ex Calgary, 6 night all inclusive Hotel Blau Varadero, 1 night Havana Hotel NH Capri 4*, Bellamar Caves visit, all farm visits per itinerary, city tour of Havana, local tour guide, all transfers, coach transportation & driver, meals as per itinerary.

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