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Birdwatching
Day 1: Arrival to Havana
Arrival at the Havana international airport. Transfer, accommodation and dinner at hotel Telégrafo or similar in Old Havana.
Day 2: National Park La Güira
After breakfast at the hotel, we visit “La Guira National Park” located in the Sierra De Los Organos. This National Park stretches over 21,850 hectares and offers picturesque valleys and hidden caves. The former country estate of Don Manuel Cortina, one the first people who were forced to leave Cuba during the Revolution, the park today includes ruins of a medieval residential building and an English garden. We will begin our observation from here and hopefully see the Olive Capped Warbler, the Cuban Solitaire and discover a Cuban Trogon – country’s national symbol. Around noon, we check-in the hotel Mirador de San Diego located some 5km away from the Guira park. Lunch will be served at the hotel and in the afternoon we shall return to the park again to enjoy this magnificent environment and birds’ little paradise. Dinner and overnight at the hotel Mirador de San Diego..
Day 3: Soroa
After breakfast, we continue our Bird Watching tour and go to the hotel Mirador San Diego for lunch. In the afternoon we travel to Soroa. Our delicious dinner will be served in the hotel Villa Soroa where we will spend an overnight.
Day 4: Soroa - Las Terrazas - Soroa
After breakfast we travel to the community Las Terrazas, where we can observe a variety of birds’ species in this area belonging to the Sierra Rosario. In Las Terrazas we stop for lunch and before we return to Soroa, you will have a chance to do some more of the bird watching. Our dinner will be served in the hotel Villa Soroa.
Day 5: Soroa - Zapata
After breakfast, our journey continues to the Peninsula Zapata, originally named after its owner to whom the island was promised by the Spanish Crown in 1636. The peninsula is only sparsely populated and consists mainly of mangrove swamps. However, the Parque National De Cienaga De Zapata is one of the most extensive and nicest wild resorts in the Caribbean. Here you will find about 150 different birds’ species including a Cuban Green Parrot , Cuban Parakeet, Cuban Pygmy Owl, Zapata Crake , Bee Hummingbird , Spotted Rail , Yellow-breasted Crake , Stygian Owl , Blue-headed Quail Dove , Key West Quail Dove, Grey-headed Quail Dove , Great Antillean Nightjar, Red-shouldered Blackbird , Fernandina’s Flicker, Gundlach’s Hawk , Cuban Crow , Masked Duck and Snail Kite . We will have lunch in the restaurant and our accommodation is booked at the hotel Villa Guama where we will be served dinner .
Day 6, 7, 8: Zapata
On these couple of days we have 2 spectacular excursions to look forward to, one of which is a Day Trip. Visiting the areas such as Arroyone, Las Salinas, Las Bermejas and Santo Thomas, we can identify an extraordinary variety of birds including: Cuban Parrot , Cuban Parakeet, Barelegged Owl , Clapper Rail , Spotted Rail, Blue-headed Quail Dove, Antillean Nightjar, and many more. We will stay on a Full Board basis in the hotel Villa Guama.
Day 9: Zapata - Havana
After breakfast we can admire birds in the birds’ natural paradise in the “Parque Nacional de Zapata” for the last time as after lunch transfer will take us back to Havana. In Havana we will stay for dinner and an overnight at the hotel Telégrafo in Old Havana.
Day 10: Departure
Transfer will pick you up from the hotel and take you to the airport Havana in time for your departure flight (normally 3 hours prior to your flight time).
Services included:
- 9 overnights including Full Board (also, including picnics on tour)
- Qualified English speaking tour guide
- All described transfers in air-conditioned mini-vans
- Entrance fees for the National Parks
- All described excursions
Notes:
- Camping equipment mentioned in this itinerary is of a basic standard.
- If hotels mentioned in the itinerary are already fully booked, we reserve the right to book another accommodation of equivalent standard.
Prices:
| Departures Dates | ||
|---|---|---|
| March 14 | ||
| Per Person | Price in CAD |
|---|---|
| Double room | 1355 |
| Single room supplement | 176 |
| High-season supplement | 85 |
| Seasons | ||
|---|---|---|
| High Season | Low Season | |
| Mar 10 | Rest of the Year | |
| No Single Supplement Melias Las Americas 6 Nights | $715 +220 tax |
| Jun 26 -Jul 02 , All Inclusive | |
| Discover Cuba Cuba Total 12 Nights | $1729 |
| Jun 20 -Jul 04 , Breakfast | |
| Discover Cuba Cuba en Bici 7 Nights | $885 |
| May 16 -Dec 21 , Breakfast | |
| Vacation Package Sol Sirenas Coral 7 Nights | $485 +220 tax |
| Jun 26 -Jul 03 , All Inclusive | |
622 College Street, Suite 201B
Toronto ON M6G 1B4, Canada
