Enjoy lively music, picture-perfect beaches, and narrow city streets with colonial charm on this incredible 11-day cruise. Explore Trinidad de Cuba, a small, friendly place with a long history as a center for sugar cane farming and well-known for its charming coastal setting. Discover Port Antonio, located in the northeast of Jamaica, the spot on the island with the most beautiful scenery with perfect beaches, lush tropical vegetation, and countless caves, rivers, and waterfalls. Ask all the questions you may have to your lecture companion, who is on board to provide entertainment and give talks on a wide variety of specialist subjects.
Highlights
Visit the birthplace of almost every Latin dance style, Cuba
Join an excursion to the unique UNESCO World Heritage Site of Trinidad
Take a stroll through Santiago de Cuba and visit Casa de la Trova
Discover Jamaica, well-known for its reggae and natural beauty
Involves minimal physical effort and is typically associated with leisurely activities. Activities are low-intensity or last less than a few hours each day.
Start your adventure at Cienfuegos, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005, whose name literally translates as "Hundred fires" and is also known as the Pearl of the South. Board the Sea Cloud ll and attend dinner as the ship sets sail.
Enjoy Santiago de Cuba, an architectural gem, proud not only of its reputation as the birthplace of the revolution, but also of its musicality. If you go for a walk, sooner or later find yourself in an authentic Salsa bar. The whole city has music in its blood, and nowhere else do people make so much music or dance so much. The rhythms of the Salsa, Son, and Rumba are just as thrilling in clubs, bars, and schools as they are in the famous Buena Vista Social Club.
Visit Port Antonio, once the world's banana capital, but for a long time now international VIPs have discovered this town for themselves. Some properties can be found near the clear deep waters of the Blue Lagoon. The pretty little town, surrounded by sugar cane fields and banana plantations, impresses particularly with its delightful beaches. The Rio Grande is the island's largest river and channels its course over 60 kilometers (37 miles) in green solitude through the jungle and into the sea. Historically, bananas and other fruit were carefully transported on bamboo rafts along the waterway to the port. Nowadays the rafts have been equipped with bench seats and are used for excursions.
During the sugar boom of the late 19th century, La Romana developed into a lively working-class city and eastern sugar center. The third largest city in the Dominican Republic now has many faces. The streets are laid out in a grid formation with colorfully painted houses. Between these and the golf courses and luxury villas of the prominent Casa de Campo flows the Rio Dulce, which runs into the sea. Native Taino art plays a large role, both in the city's archaeological museum and in what is perhaps the country's most beautiful cave, Maravillas. This was a cult site for the native Taino people and lies 35 meters below ground. The numerous cave paintings are more than 1,000 years old and have been exceptionally well preserved.
Day 11: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Disembark
1 Breakfast
Arrive at Santo Domingo, the present capital of the Dominican Republic, the first and oldest European-founded city in the New World. "Old" in the New World still means relatively young - it corresponds to Renaissance visions of the ideal and was the model for many cities in Latin America. Disembark after breakfast for your continued independent journeys.
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Rates are based on double occupancy. A limited number of cabins can be booked for individual use for an additional charge.
Initial deposit is 30%, and most travelers will call our office and pay the deposit with a credit card.
Final payment is due 70 days prior to departure by Visa, Mastercard, Discover or AmEx. All final payments by credit card may be subject to a surcharge and maximum of $20,000 charge
Our guide and driver were very good with their knowledge and were very helpful with our questions. It was a very pleasant visit that would have been impossible to do on our own. Hotels and restaurants were fantastic. The special places we got to go to, like the kitchens, were great. Enjoyed the entire trip!
Meyer Smolen
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21 hours ago
Amazing trip and the best customer service
Liz
1 day ago
Hannah and Nur got the gist of what we wanted our trip to be. They got us in hotels that were located centrally to historic tours. Tours and excursions that were significant, enriching and enjoyable. We had drivers that were on time/reliable. We got from location to location with ease. I would never have been able to plan this myself. I would not have known enough to ask for what we needed. This was above and beyond what I expected. Well done!
Kelly Mattingly
2 days ago
This is at least the fifth trip we have booked with AdventureLife. Jess has always had excellent ideas.
Thomas Brayshaw
3 days ago
Prompt, professional and friendly service!
Jimmie
4 days ago
Easiest trip to plan ever. We received quick answers and Mary was very knowledgeable about different areas of the world that we had questions about.
We have book 2 trips, FABULOUS trip to Antartica which we have already taken and just booked for a future trip to Africa.