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"GUAMÁ, ABORIGINAL ENCOUNTER" Tour

PENÍNZULA DE ZAPATA, MATANZAS - Departure from HAVANA
"GUAMÁ, ABORIGINAL ENCOUNTER" Tour
Overview

"GUAMÁ, ABORIGINAL ENCOUNTER" Tour

We offer a wide selection of tours so that you can enjoy the most relevant features of the largest city in the Caribbean. Our agency proposes panoramic visits through the most important sites of Cuban history, culture and life today.

GUAMA, has been for years, one of the most emblematic places of tourism in Cuba, settled in the western region of the island, in the south of the province of Matanzas, in the Zapata Swamp and pedestal of nature travel, for its position within the largest wetland in the Caribbean Sea region. It is a site that is reached by speedboat, crossing its varied channels, full of a great biodiversity of flora and fauna, to access an inland lagoon that from the first moment illusions the visitor in the sense of catching excellent photographs, arriving at the end to the center of GUAMA itself, a hotel on pontoons, wooden roads to allow access by swampy places and several sculptures of aborigines in their work at that time, give the perfect touch of distinction to the place. The hotel is located on 12 islands covering more than 10 thousand square meters, all artificial with six areas, including restaurant and swimming pool, has 36 standard rooms of guano and wood on stilts, and all the comforts, with access by bridges and roads, or by boats and water bicycles.

Its most important and emblematic attraction is its Taino Village, the name of an aboriginal group found by the Spaniards when they arrived in Cuba on their voyages of discovery of America. It is an excursion that allows to appreciate vivid statues to natural size, in the positions of aborigines hunting, fishing or in diverse activities of their moment.

Program:

  • Pick up from hotels by air-conditioned bus according to a staggered schedule established for the excursion.
  • Visit to the Fiesta Campesina Tourist Farm.
  • Arrival to the Peninsula of Zapata, declared by UNESCO as a Natural Reserve of the Biosphere.
  • Visit to the crocodile farm.
  • Trip by speedboat through the Laguna del Tesoro to the Guamá Tourist Center, visit to the Taino village, an exact replica of a Cuban aboriginal settlement.
  • Visit to the Fish Cave.
  • Stay in Caleta Buena or Punta Perdiz (depending on availability).
  • Lunch at
  • Weather for swimming in the crystal clear waters of the Caribbean Sea
  • Beach bar with open bar service
  • Return to the hotels in Havana.

Departure days: TUESDAY.

• Recommended: light clothing, sunglasses, hats or caps, tennis, sandals or comfortable shoes and photographic camera. • For the tour we recommend a water bottle. • We recommend to bring cash in small denominations for souvenirs, drinks and tips.

More Information

  • 10 hrs
  • 06.00 hrs Miramar hotels / 06.15 hrs Vedado hotels / 06:30 hrs Old Havana hotels
  • Tour guide included
  • Family friendly
  • Offered inSpanish and English

Options and Availability

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Collective tour

Tour in collective bus with specialized guide service in several languages. The best price.
Air conditioned busDaily departures
$216.00

Private tour

Private tour with specialized guide service in several languages. The best price.
Modern car or microbusDaily departures
$545.00

Policies and Conditions

  • The collected may be delayed up to 15 minutes depending on the number of hotels and punctuality of customers. Customer should be informed on sales desk to avoid disagreements.
  • Minimum pax for the tour: 8 Pax.
  • This tour operates with a minimum of 8 passengers. Holiplus will reconfirm 48 hours before the departure of your tour. If the provider decides to cancel, for not meeting the minimum required amount of passengers, Holiplus will offer an alternative tour or fully refund cost of your trip.
  • This tour has guaranteed departures with no minimum number of passengers on Tuesdays. The rest of the week operates with a minimum of 8 passengers.
  • All excursions are guaranteed in English and Spanish. Other languages will be confirmed according to availability.

Cancellation and no show policy:

  • Cancellations more than 72 hours before the tour: No penalty applies.
  • Cancellations between 72 hours and 48 hours before the tour: a penalty of 50% of the total value of the excursion applies.
  • Cancellations less than 48 hours before the tour: a penalty of 100% of the total value of the excursion applies.
  • NO-SHOW: a penalty of 100% of the total value of the excursion applies.