Morning: visit to the National Museum of Natural History, showcasing four main collections. Among those, an exhibit dedicated to Cuban Life and Nature, displaying minerals and fossils of extinguished plants and animals that once inhabited the Caribbean island as well as a vast collection of Cuban animals and Cuban Birds.

There’s a new wave of private restaurants that has swept the Cuban capital offering exciting cuisine in atmospheric surroundings. This evening we’ll enjoy a welcome dinner at Cafe Laurent, a family-run restaurant located in the penthouse atop a small 1950s apartment building.

Afternoon: Guided walking tour of Old Havana, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Visit to San Francisco Square, one of the oldest in the historical quarter.

Visit to Plaza Vieja, the only civic square of colonial times. Notice it doesn't have a church or government building around. Here we will visit important institution for visual arts.

Visit to Square of Arms, ancient military parade ground for Spanish soldiers and surrounded by impressive buildings such as:

Palacio de los Capitanes Generales was the former seat of colonial government. Today the building houses the Museum of the City.

Palacio del Segundo Cabo, the seat of the second authority of the island.

Castillo de la Real Fuerza. The second oldest fortress built by the Spaniards in the West Indies. The castle was recently renovated and reopened in June 2008 to hold the impressive maritime museum. Well laid out exhibits chart Spain and Cuba's naval history.

Visit to the Cathedral Square, the most beautiful and private 18th century colonial plaza of Cuba, named after the masterpiece of Cuban baroque architecture: the Cathedral of Havana built by the Jesuit order.

Evening: enjoy Afrojazz, Cubajazz and Sonjazz at Club La Zorra y El Cuervo, Havana’s most famous Jazz club, located just around the corner from the National Hotel of Cuba. The club features astonishing performances by island bands and soloists! (optional, not included)

Morning: Departure to Cienfuegos, in Central Cuba. Cienfuegos is the first, and an outstanding example of an architectural ensemble representing the new ideas of modernity, hygiene and order in urban planning as developed in Latin America from the 19th century.

The colonial town of Cienfuegos was founded in 1819 in the Spanish territory but was initially settled by immigrants of French origin. It soon became a trading place for sugar cane, tobacco and coffee because of its position on the Caribbean coast of southern-central Cuba at the heart of the country’s sugar cane, mango, tobacco and coffee production area.

Visit to Palacio de Valle upon arrival.

The eclectic building was erected at a cost of a million and half pesos. French, Arabic, Italian and Cuban artisans worked with marble, alabaster, brass, glass and ceramic imported from Spain, Italy and United States. The entrance is primitive Gothic style and leads to a dining room of Mudejar influence, which imitates the famous Patio of the Lions, of Alhambra, in Granada. Lunch at Palacio del Valle restaurant.

Afternoon: Guided walking tour of Cienfuegos Historical Center, UNESCO World Heritage Site. We will visit neoclassical buildings around Paseo del Prado and the main Square Jose Marti such as the Tomas Terry Theatre completed in 1895; the Casa de la Cultura, home of another wealthy sugar baron, stunning mansion in neoclassical style.

The Cathedral built with the donation of wealthy families like the Lebrancs, the Albis, the Terrys. Inside you find the reproductions of the 12 Apostles in stained glass imported from Paris. Also the original machinery of the clock tower was built in France. Still in place and working.

We'll also visit the elegant art gallery Galería de Arte Maroya and review its impressively displayed collection of paintings, sculptures and antiques.

Now we journey on to the historic city of Trinidad and check in at all-inclusive Costa Sur Resort. You'll have time for dinner and a swim in the warm waters of the Caribbean Sea!

Morning: Visit to Reserva Ecologica Alturas de Banao, which features beautiful mountain valleys, rivers, waterfalls and domed karst peaks. More than 900 species of plants have been reported in this area, and many botanists come here to collect species of Cuban flora—more than 150 of which, including several kinds of banana plants, are endemic to Cuba. This is a preserve for rare Cuban parakeets. Lunch included in site.

On the way back to our hotel we will stop at a mirador (lookout) over the Sugar Mill Valley, where the sugar barons used to have their countryside mansions and mills. This site is an UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Afternoon: guided walking tour of UNESCO World Heritage Site, Trinidad’s Historical Center, a perfect relic of the early days of the Spanish colony with beautifully preserved streets and buildings with hardly a trace of the 20th century anywhere.

Trinidad is well known for its pottery makers. We meet with a family that has been passing the tradition for generations: the Santanders.

Time to go swimming in the warm Caribbean Ocean.

Morning: we will board former Russian army trucks for Topes de Collantes in the Escambray Mountain Range, Cuba's second highest mountain range- reaching 3,700 feet atop Pico San Juan. The mountains are home to small mountain villages and are a delight for birders and walkers alike. Slopes are swathed in Caribbean pines, ancient tree ferns, bamboo, and eucalyptus.

Explore Parque Codina. Our guide will discuss the vegetation found in this beautiful park. Several trails lead to La Batata, a subterranean river at the foot of a lush green valley where we can bathe in the cool waters of the cave.

Lunch at Hacienda Codina, an old Spanish Hacienda, once part of a large Spanish coffee plantation.

Afternoon: Further exploration of Topes de Collantes and afternoon swim in pools formed by La Batata waterfall.

Possible stop on way back at Casa del Café for coffee.

Evening: Optional dinner and dancing in Trinidad.

Morning: Early departure to Peninsula de Zapata National Park, declared UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and Ramsar Site, located in the southern coast of the island.

Visit to Bermejas Reserve, a palm savanna, also known as “quail tracks,” , is a great location to view many of Cuba's endemic species, including Blue-headed Quail-dove, Gray-fronted Quail-dove, Fernandina's Flicker, Bee Hummingbird, Cuban Screech-owl, Cuban Pygmy-owl, Cuban Tody, Cuban Trogon and Cuban Vireo. The series of trails made for an interesting morning of birding.

Late lunch at restaurant by La Cueva de los Peces Cenote, a geological formation that is formed when the roof of an underground river collapse leaving a pool of salt water connected to the sea by a system of immersed tunnels. In the cenotes of La Cueva de los Peces live a wide variety of flora and fauna characteristic only of this region.

Visit to Guama Crocodile Breeding Farm, that has successfully bred one of the largest reptiles of Cuba since 1974. The Cuban Crocodile (Crocodrylus rhombifer Cuvier) is considered an endangered species that can be found at the Zapata Swamps and Lanier Swamps only. The Cuban Crocodile (Crocodrylus rhombifer Cuvier) is one of the two most aggressive species of crocodiles in the world and endemic to Cuba.

Check in at Villa Playa Larga. Time for a swim at the warm waters of the Caribbean!

Morning: early breakfast and enjoy a boat ride in Hatiguanico River for observation of typical flora and fauna. Birding expedition to Hatos de Jicarita.

Packed Lunch.

Afternoon: Zapata Swamp Natural Reserve and Las Salinas Wildlife Refuge.

The swamp is not only known for its size but also for being the best preserved wetlands in all of the Antilles, designated as a "Wetland of International Importance" by the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands in 1971.

We will be looking for the Roseate Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber), Sand hill Crane (Grus canadensis), Yellow-headed Warbler (Teretistris fernandinae), Spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja), Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris), Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus) and others.

Morning: early departure to Soroa, often called "the rainbow of Cuba" because at certain hours, it is possible to observe a small Rainbow at the waterfall as the sunlight defuses through the mist.

Late lunch at Soroa Waterfall over arrival. Followed by free time to visit the Waterfalls.

Afternoon: guided visit to Soroa’s Orchid Garden, created by Cuban naturalist and lawyer Tomás Felipe Camacho.

The Garden features a collection of 250 orchids endemic of the Island, and over 700 from around the world, along with numerous species of exotic plants that thrive here thanks to the local climate. Today, there is also an Orchid Research Center belonging to the University of Pinar del Río.

Continue on bus ride to UNESCO World Cultural Landscape Heritage Site, Vinales Valley.

Check in at Hotel Los Jazmines.

“Early bird” birding on hotel grounds.

Exploration of Viñales Valley, containing the most spectacular scenery in Cuba and some of the most interesting and varied geological formations on the island. The valley is particularly famous for its great freestanding rock formations called mogotes.

Meet with local farmers that have been passing from generation to generation the secrets of growing the best tobacco in the world.

Visit to Mural de la Prehistoria, a huge painting on the side of a Mogote. Lunch in Viñales

Explore town of Viñales at your leisure: its open-air craft market, Parque Marti, town church, and other interesting sites of this charming colonial hamlet.

Morning: visit Cueva de Santo Tomas, Cuba's largest cave system. The cave is spectacular, especially where the roof has collapsed and you walk into a green jungle paradise sunk into a mountaintop.

Several cave rooms are connected over an area of 45 kilometers in length, extend over seven levels. The rooms bear names such as "Salón del Caos" (Chaos Saloon), "Increíble" (incredible) or "Tinieblas" (darkness). Solid footwear and clothing are recommended.

Lunch on your own.

Afternoon: Relax by the pool or optional horse riding tour or visit to Cuban farm family under the guidance of local guides.

Morning: transfer to Cayo Jutia. Beach time.

Lunch at Restaurant in Cayo Jutías.

Afternoon free to explore the beach at Cayo Jutias.

Return to hotel Los Jazmines.

Evening group debriefing over Cuban rum drinks.

Transfer to Havana International Airport for departure.