day 1 HAVANA.
Destinations to visit:
Havana
Transports used:
Without transportation
Preparation and indications for the beginning of the tour, one day before we start our trip
- Accommodation in a cozy private house which has always been previously checked.
- Pick up at 8:00 am and presentation of the tour guide, this will be recognizable by the logo "Cubyke" that is present on your bike, shirt or cap.
- Brief introduction about the correct use of the bikes and their individual adjustment, according to your own physical characteristics.
- Explanation about the state of the streets and information about the functioning of the Cuban road traffic.
Important
During the whole tour you will have 5 nights in at least 4 different accommodations, so we ask you to bring adequate luggage. We will take care of transporting your luggage, so please pack only what is necessary for your daily trips as these cannot be taken on the e-bikes.
day 2 HAVANA - LAS TERRAZAS
Destinations to visit:
Las Terrazas, Artemisa
Transports used:
Electric bicycle (e-bike)
Las Terrazas
- Departure from La Habana towards Las Terrazas Tourist Complex, a rural experience of sustainable development located within the Sierra del Rosario Biosphere Reserve, belonging to the Municipality of Artemisa.
- We will travel along the entire northern coast of Artemisa.
- In transit we will pass through the airport of Baracoa, Mariel town, with its special development zone, where we will see from afar the largest container port in the Caribbean.
- Lunch time. As a precaution, during this time, we will recharge our batteries, because the energy consumption can be quite high, however we always have spare batteries available.
- After lunch we will continue to Cabañas and from there, on rural roads we will continue to San Juan, until we reach Las Terrazas. The route becomes more demanding and always mountainous.
- It is estimated that we will arrive to our lodging in the afternoon-night, located in the middle of a natural park, surrounded by rivers, waterfalls, lakes, small mountains and a fascinating flora and fauna.
- Dinner and free time for your enjoyment.
- We will show you how to load your e-bike, so you can have it ready for the next day.
day 3 LAS TERRAZAS - SOROA - LAS TERRAZAS
Destinations to visit:
Soroa, Artemisa
Transports used:
Electric bicycle (e-bike)
Soroa - Las Terrazas
- Departure to Soroa at 9:00 am. Natural place of great beauty and variety, considered a Biosphere Reserve in the west of Cuba. Visitors from all over the world come to this wonderful place to admire and enjoy the beautiful work that nature created in this abrupt place, surrounded by mountains and rivers.
- We will cross the natural park of Las Terrazas and travel at a certain altitude, perhaps even having to push our bikes a little, despite the electric impulse they have.
- We will spend the whole day in the oldest biosphere reserve in Cuba. See beautiful views in these places. There are 70 different species of birds in the park, more than 850 species of plants and 11% of the plants and 50% of the animals are found only in this region.
- If you wish you can enjoy the Canopy, where thousands of people from Cuba and the world have seen from the heights, the landscape of the community Las Terrazas.
- Visit a small, but very old, coffee plantation, which is located in the region.
- Back to the lodging place
- Dinner and free time for your enjoyment.
day 4 LAS TERRAZAS - ARTEMISA
Destinations to visit:
Artemisa
Transports used:
Electric bicycle (e-bike)
Artemisa
- Departure at 09:00 am to Artemisa, capital of the municipality of the same name.
- We will ride through remote places and apparently forgotten villages, but full of friendly and hospitable people. We will ride through places that are hardly mentioned in any travel guide, because they are practically not visited by the classic tourist, but that have a very particular charm.
- We will pass through the villages of Cayajabos, Cuatro Caminos, La Granada, until we finally arrive in Artemisa.
- Accommodation in the city.
day 5 ARTEMISA - HAVANA
Destinations to visit:
Havana
Transports used:
Electric bicycle (e-bike)
Return to Havana
- We will travel inland to Havana.
- We will visit places like Las Cañas, Los Naranjos Sur, Rancho Grande, Cayo La Rosa, Ben Tre Community and Lazo de la Vega.
- During the journey we will see forgotten sugar mills, symbols of a time when the sugar industry was the most important line of the Cuban economy.
- We will taste typical Cuban food that some people sell us on the road, for this you need to have National Currency.
- We follow the road until we reach the city limits in direction to our last lodging in the capital.
- Until here our adventure, if the group wishes it can be additionally organized (not included in the price of the tour) a dinner to exchange opinions and experiences during our tours.
- If you wish, we can arrange an optional transport to take you to the international airport or we can also organize an individual transport to your next lodging place (price not included).
- If you wish you can see other excursions and make another exciting tour with us.
- We will gladly help you in any way possible, as long as it is in our hands.
