General Information and Program Details
- Duration: 5 hrs / 6 hrs
- Departure time: 08.30 hrs (Winter Cuban Time) / 09.00 hrs (Summer Cuban Time)
- Tour guide: Yes
- Children are allowed: Yes
- Languages spoken: Spanish, English and French
• This tour operates with no minimum number of passengers. Viajes Kronos will reconfirm you 48 hours before your tour departure. If the supplier decides to cancel, Viajes Kronos will offer you an alternative tour or fully refund the cost of your tour. • Level of complexity: Low.
• Duration: minimum 5 hours - maximum 6 hours
• Your reservation will always be a CONFIRMED RESERVATION so you only have to get to the right place to start your excursion to the time, date and the number of people declared on the voucher of the BOOKING option. No need to make additional confirmation to your reservation as always wait for you in a timely manner. Once the reservation you will receive in your email the voucher with the information you have chosen. If you can print the voucher to present to your tour guide.
• We recommend starting the tour at eight thirty in the morning (08:30 hrs) but you decide the departure time of your excursion, we want to help their plans at any time of day.
• In the summer season we are open from 08:00 hrs to 19:00 hrs / In the winter season we are open from 08:00 hrs to 18:00 hrs..
• We provide a personalized service that will guide just for you or your family.
• No need to present identification (passport or tourist card) for the tour, thus avoiding losses or damage thereto.
Cancellation Policy
• In case of cancellation up to 72 hours before the departure time of the excursion, a penalty of 10% of the excursion fare will be charged. • Regarding cancellations made between 72 and 24 hours before the departure time of the excursion, a penalty of 50% of the excursion fare will be applied. • Cancellations reported within 24 hours before the departure time and No-Show (no presentation at departure time), a penalty of 100% of the excursion fare will be applied. • Booking fees and credit card surcharges cannot be refunded in case of cancellation.
“The Secretes of the Tobacco” Tour
Description:
This excursion allows us to know many of the secrets that make our tobacco the best in the world. You will learn how and where it is grown and harvested. Which are the secrets of the traditional Cuban tobacco, its sowing and the elaboration of cigars.
Depending on the season, we will go through all the stages and processes that are possible. (seedbed, planting, harvesting, drying), as well as visits to the despalillo and the manufacture.
Places to visit
- Visit to a despalillo (stage between producer and factory where the tobacco leaves are fermented and selected).
- Tobacco factory (place where the elaboration of the cigars is carried out).
- Visit to the region of Vueltabajo, considered the best region in the world for the cultivation of tobacco leaves.
- Live the unique experience of visiting the farm of Hector Luis Prieto, considered the most successful tobacco plantation master in Cuba and cultivates the best quality tobacco in his farm Quemado de Rubi. You will visit tobacco farms where you can taste the handmade tobaccos made by the producer's own hands, getting to know his culture and traditions.
The price includes:
- Specialized guide.
- Entrance to all the places to visit.
- Tasting and tobacco.
Approximate duration of the excursion: 5-6 hours.
Option: At the end of the tour you can have lunch at the agro-ecological farm, a unique place for its beauty and quality of traditional food, where all the fruits, tubers and vegetables are grown naturally. Price of lunch: 10 CUC per person.
Very important note: If the client chooses the excursion without transportation included, he will have to pay an extra supplement of local transportation in order to access the sites to be visited which are distant from each other. From 1 to 3 pax: 50.00 cuc (per car), from 4 to 6 pax: 100.00 cuc (per car), from 7 to 9 pax: 150.00 cuc (per car).
TIPS: • Recommended: Light clothing, water, light meals with sweets and proteins, sunglasses, caps or hats, hard tennis shoes, hiking boots or sandals, in addition to layers or other protection for the rainy season, sunscreen, insect repellent and camera.
BOOK “THE SECRETES OF THE TOBACCO” TOUR
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Private tour (without transportation)Private tour (without transportation) with Multilingual Specialized Guide in Viñales + the entrance to every place + coffee and cigar tasting. The best price.1 Adult(Daily departures)$50.00 - $50.00Discounts applied: