Arrival Jose Marti International Airport · collect transport independently · hotel check-in in Old Havana · afternoon first swim at Havana's coastal waters · the same sea that shaped the Spanish empire · evening walk along the Malecon at sunset · welcome dinner of ropa vieja and mojitos — paid independently · overnight Havana

Morning walk along the Malecon as Havana wakes · the Atlantic crashing against the seawall · Optional: classic car tour through Old Havana — fee paid to operator · UNESCO World Heritage streets · Plaza de la Revolucion · Che Guevara murals · Optional: Cuba-Africa solidarity heritage visit — fee paid to operator · evening live salsa at a waterfront casa de la trova — paid independently · overnight Havana

Transfer to Vinales Valley — transport paid independently · Optional: river swimming in the valley's natural pools — fee paid to operator · limestone mogotes rising from the valley floor · Optional: tobacco farm visit — fee paid to operator · Optional: horseback ride through the valley — fee paid to operator · overnight Vinales

Transfer to Trinidad — transport paid independently · hotel check-in · afternoon coastal swim at Playa Ancon — one of Cuba's finest beaches · the Caribbean sea at its most clear and calm · evening walk through Trinidad's cobblestone streets · five centuries of colonial history · overnight Trinidad

Full day at Playa Ancon · open Caribbean swimming · Optional: snorkel in the coastal reef — fee paid to operator · Optional: kayak along the coastline — fee paid to operator · Optional: afternoon sunset sail from Trinidad Bay — fee paid to operator · farewell Trinidad dinner — paid independently · overnight Trinidad

Transfer to Varadero — transport paid independently · hotel check-in · Optional: afternoon reef snorkel in Varadero's protected marine reserve — fee paid to operator · coral gardens · sea turtles · tropical reef fish · 23 kilometres of white sand beach · evening waterfront dinner — paid independently · overnight Varadero

Morning open sea swim along Varadero's full beach · Optional: afternoon catamaran sunset sail with swim stops in open Atlantic water — fee paid to operator · the Caribbean horizon at its widest · farewell Cuban dinner — paid independently · overnight Varadero

Breakfast (tier-dependent) · final morning swim in the Varadero shallows · the historic sea stays with you · transfer to Juan Gualberto Gomez Airport — paid independently · international connections · end of Cuba · Havana, Revolution and the Historic Sea Expedition