Travel to Cuba With Tauck Tours

Thanks to policy changes by President Obama earlier this year designed to encourage more contact between Americans and citizens of the Communist-ruled island, the Treasure Department is once again granting "People to People" licenses, which greatly expand travel opportunities for Cuba-bound visitors. These new "people to people" measures make it easier for United States citizens who do not have special status as working journalists or scholars to visit Cuba legally, as long as they go with a licensed operator. Our Experts have chosen Tauck Tours as one of their preferred choices when sending their clients to Cuba. Tauck Tours has been crafting vacations for their clients for many years and do so seamlessly whether they are traveling to Cuba, Europe, Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Central America, Australia and New Zealand, Canada and throughout the United States. Although crafted with the same attention to detail and care as every Tauck trip, their "People - To - People" educational exchange program to Cuba offers a different experience from their other Tauck trips. While modern and comfortable, Cuban hotels will not reflect the same standards and amenities found in other Tauck hotels elsewhere in the world. Also, the pace of Cuban life is pleasantly slower than that experienced in North America or Europe, and may take some getting accustomed to. While their Cuba development team was challenged to be able to deliver the same meticulously crafted Tauck experience found in other destination, the magic of Cuba won out. The result is a unique trip that will best be enjoyed by keeping an open mind and open heart to the experience. Their Tauck Directors are amount the best in the industry and are knowledgeable professionals whose efficiency and warmth earn high praise from their guests. They are able to choreograph each day's activities and manage all day to day travel details for you. The Cuba trips are led by seasoned Tauck Directors who are fluent in both English and Spanish and are highly experienced in Latin America. Tauck Directors team up with local Cuban experts and guides to ensure that you make lasting cultural connections with Cuba and its people. Tauck Tours is currently offering an 8-day "People - To - People" Educational Exchange tour. Day 1 your Cuba trip begins in Miami with a welcome reception and briefing. On day 2 you arrive in Havana on a charter flight. You will have a city orientation and a talk on United States - Cuban relations at Museum of the Revolution. On Day 3, experience Cuban culture through the arts at Hemingway's Cuba in Cojimar & Finca Vigia. Later in the day, dinner is served at an organic orchard and restaurant while you will engage in a conversation on private enterprise. Day 4 starts at Jose Fuster project in Jaimanitas, where you will have a community art talk and meet students at ISA (National Arts School) and meet CIM jazz players. Day 5 is spent learning about Cuba and the land. Tauck Tours takes you to a cigar factory for a demonstration then Agrarian talk at a tobacco farm. Afterwards it's off to meet rural school students. In the evening over dinner, discussion is about organic farming in Cuba. Day 6 is enjoying the spiritual side of the multicultural Cuba. A visit to Colon Cemetery, meeting with charitable organization volunteers, talks on Santeria & Afro-Cuban traditions and dinner in Habana Vieja wrap up your day. Day 7 you will learn about Cuban education and the future. Discussions will be held regarding education and historic preservation, FMC women's issues and a visit to the Latin American School of Medicine to meet and talk with students and faculty. Day 8 is your journey home from Cuba to Miami via charter flight. Your People - To People Tauck Tour will include all hotel accommodations including one night in Miami and 6 nights in Cuba, round-trip charter air transportation between Miami and Havana, six days of educational exchange in Havana, Hemingway's Finca Vigia, Cojimar, Vinales and Pinar del Rio, visits and discussions with representatives from Cuban schools, arts and charitable organizations, ground transportation and airport transfers, all meals in Cuba and much more.

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