Excursion to Cayo Largo from Varadero. Included in the all inclusive package. All of them have swimming pools with sea water, which operate without interruption, as well as fitness centers, massage rooms, beauty salons, shops, restaurants
On the island you will find more than 27 kilometers of snow-white coral beaches with almost virgin nature. All beaches are public; anyone can relax on them, regardless of which hotel they are staying at. You can travel between beaches on a small tourist train. Nudists and topless sunbathers will easily find a secluded spot.
Lindamar Beach is located in the very center of the island and is the most popular. It is 5 kilometers long and it is on it that all the hotels are located.
Sirena Beach has a length of 2 kilometers. It is interesting to tourists primarily due to its center water activities and the absence of waves. There are also restaurants, bars and small shops on the beach.
Paradise Beach (Playa Paraiso). The only infrastructure here is a bar and umbrellas with sun loungers.
Punta Mal Tiempo beach is located in the western part of the island. Lovers of secluded relaxation will love this place. There is no infrastructure.
White Beach (Playa Blanca), Cocos Beach (Playa Los Cocos) and Tortuga Beach (Playa Tortuga) are located in the western part of the island and are famous for their frequent sightings of iguanas, pelicans, sea turtles and nudists.
Cayo Largo hotels on the map with prices
Hotels are concentrated in the southern part of the island and have their own beach areas and swimming pools sea water. Most hotels operate on an all-inclusive basis. To buy a tour or book a hotel in Kyle Largo at best price, use this table.
Best hotels in Cayo Largo
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Snorkeling and diving in Cayo Largo
The island is surrounded on all sides by coral reefs, so diving is very popular among tourists here.
Fishing, spearfishing, yachting
Rent a yacht for a cruise around Caribbean Sea and you can get all the equipment you need for diving and fishing at the water entertainment center on Sirena Beach or directly at the hotel.
Cuba is a very multifaceted country. There's a lot to see here, from breathtaking natural beauty to legendary colonial towns. We have prepared a selection for you interesting excursions in Cuba, leaving from Varadero. So wonderful beach holiday You can combine with rich excursion program. Cancellation of excursions is possible 24 hours before their time.
Description of excursions
Cayo Largo
Cayo Largo is an island located 80 km off the coast of Cuba. The flight to it from Havana takes only 25-30 minutes. Despite its small size (length - 28 km, width - 3 km), the island is very popular among travelers - all thanks to the wonderful beaches with fine white sand, the beautiful coral reef and the amazing fauna that inhabit these places. During the excursion you will visit Iguana Island - one of the main attractions of Cayo Largo. Here you can not only feed these funny reptiles bread (we recommend taking it with you), but also take wonderful photographs, because... lizards are not at all averse to posing.
Next, your path will lead to a marine reserve - a local coral reef, where snorkelers will be able to enjoy all the splendor underwater world. Then you will go to the Island of Mermaids, relax on beautiful beach with the finest sand, and also have lunch and taste dishes of national Cuban cuisine. For an additional fee you can enjoy fresh lobster. By the way, travel between the islands of the archipelago will be carried out on a yacht, where a free bar awaits you!
The duration of the excursion is the whole day. Conducted every day.
The cost of the excursion is $250/adult, $210/child.
Note: A passport is required for the tour.
Sea safari
A sea safari is an exciting trip on a catamaran in the Caribbean Sea, during which you will visit the island of Cayo Blanco, located near Varadero, have lunch, taste seafood dishes, and also visit a coral reef, where you can chat with dolphins. There is an open bar on board the yacht with alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.
The duration of the excursion is 8 hours. Conducted every day.
The cost of the excursion is $140/adult, $67/child.
Sea safari without dolphins - $90/adult, $40/child.
Ecological tour
During this excursion you will have a cross-country jeep ride, during which several stops will be made (the capacity of the jeep is 4 people). The first stop will be at the Saturno Cave, where there is an underground lake where you can swim, the second will be for swimming on a coral reef, the third will be at the Kinmar River, where you can ride scooters. Also during the tour, lunch with traditional Cuban cuisine and a horseback riding tour are planned.
The duration of the excursion is 10 hours. Conducted every day.
The cost of the excursion is $97/adult, $66/child.
Havana colonial
This tour of the capital of Cuba begins with a walk through historical center listed World Heritage UNESCO. Palaces, medieval fortresses, spacious squares, colonial-era buildings - all this makes an indelible impression. Next is waiting for you free time for shopping and lunch, after which the tour will continue with a visit to the modern part of Havana. You will see the Capitol building, Revolution Square with an observation deck and the Jose Marti memorial, Presidential palace, the Malecon embankment and the central streets of the city.
The duration of the excursion is 9 hours. Conducted on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
The cost of the excursion is $80/adult, $61/child.
Havana special
The program includes the same as the Colonial Havana excursion, but after the walk you will be provided with a hotel room so you can change clothes and relax. In the evening you will have dinner and a show at the world famous Tropicana cabaret.
The duration of the excursion is 18 hours. Conducted on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
The cost of the excursion is $170.
The cost of the excursion without a hotel room is $126.
Havana and Pinar del Rio (2 days)
Pinar del Rio is a province in western Cuba. The two-day excursion program includes a visit beautiful valley Viñales, which is known for its magnificent landscapes. In addition, tobacco that is recognized as the best in the world grows here.
Next you will have a walk through the Cueva del Indio cave, where an underground river flows. You can take a boat ride along it. This will be followed by lunch at a restaurant located near the “Mural de la Prehistoria” with the famous cave paintings.
At the end of the first day - return to Havana, overnight accommodation in a 4-5* hotel, dinner and performance at the famous Tropicana cabaret.
On the second day - sightseeing of the capital according to the Havana Hemingway program.
The duration of the excursion is 2 days. Conducted on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The cost of the excursion is $253/adult, $147/child.
Guam - Bay of Pigs (Cochinos)
The tour includes a visit to the Zapato Peninsula, considered one of the most beautiful in the country. There are several protected areas with unique flora and fauna. During the excursion you will visit the town of Fiesta Campensino, where you can get acquainted with representatives of the fauna of Zapato and enjoy sugar cane juice. Next, you will visit the La Boca nursery, where you can enjoy crocodile meat, and go by boat to Guam, a folk Indian village. After this, you will have lunch and relax on the beach of Playa Larga. Those who wish can swim with a mask and snorkel.
The duration of the excursion is 9 hours. Conducted on Fridays.
The cost of the excursion is $70/adult, $51/child.
Fishing on the high seas
Sea fishing off the coast of Varadero is an exciting activity that will put you in a great mood. The boat, with your cabin, free bar and toilet, has everything you need for fishing and snorkeling. Your catch can be prepared right there on the spot by the ship's crew (for an additional fee). In addition, you can order lunch from the captain. Team - 2 people.
The duration of the excursion is 5 hours.
The cost of the excursion is $474 per boat for up to 4 people (5 hours, additional hour - 60 pesos).
Three cities: Cienfuegos - Trinidad - Santa Clara
The tour includes visits to three beautiful cities in Central Cuba.
The first city you will see is Santa Clara. There you will visit Che Guevara Square - a complex that includes a monument to the revolutionary hero, his mausoleum, as well as a museum whose exhibition is dedicated to Che Guevara.
Next - lunch in the city of Trinidad and an excursion, during which you will see the Cantero Palace Museum, the Church of the Holy Trinity c wooden statue Christ (XVIII century), Brunet Palace and other interesting sights.
The third city you will visit during the tour is Cienfuegos. It was founded by the French in the 19th century. and bears the unofficial name "Southern Pearl". Walking through the streets of this beautiful port city will certainly bring you pleasure.
At the end of the excursion, return transfer to Varadero.
The duration of the excursion is 14 hours. Carrying out - Tuesday, Thursday.
The cost of the excursion is $112/adult, $84/child.
Excursion to Trinidad and the national reserve (by helicopter)
This tour includes a helicopter flight to Trinidad and a visit to the El Cubano Nature Reserve, where you can enjoy magnificent scenery, see beautiful waterfall and learn a lot of interesting things about the nature of the country. Lunch outdoors is planned.
The duration of the excursion is 9 hours (by helicopter). Conducted every day.
The cost of the excursion (by helicopter) is $240/adult, $234/child.
Trinidad with overnight stay (2 days)
On the first day of the excursion you will be transferred to the beautiful port city of Cienfuegos, upon arrival - a walk with sightseeing. Next - transfer to Trinidad, where lunch and sightseeing tour. You will also visit the Museum of Romance and the La Canchanchara bar, where you can taste the drink of the same name based on honey and rum. Then - accommodation at the Hanabanilla 2* hotel, located on the shore of the lake, dinner and relaxation.
The second day will begin with breakfast at the hotel and a boat trip on the lake, during which you will be able to enjoy the wonderful scenery. Next, you will go to a local peasant farm and swim in a waterfall, after which you will have lunch at the Rio Negro restaurant, which has a wonderful view of the lake.
Then return to the hotel and transfer by bus to the city of Santa Clara. Upon arrival, you will have a sightseeing tour with a visit to the Che Guevara memorial.
At the end of the excursion, return to Varadero.
The duration of the excursion is 2 days. Conducted on Tuesdays.
The cost of the excursion is $162/adult, $121/child (don't forget to bring your beach accessories).
Jungle tour
Jungle Tour - an exciting ride on a scooter or speedboat through the Caribbean Sea and waterways in the mangroves. During the excursion, a stop will be made at a small zoo, where you can see turtles, crocodiles, flamingos, etc. You can also order a swim with dolphins, a visit to the city of Matanzas and the Bellamar caves.
Duration of the excursion - 2 hours Conducted - every day.
The cost of the excursion is $94.
Swimming with dolphins in the dolphinarium - $170/adult, $80/child.
Visit to the city of Matanzas and Bellamar Cave ؘ- 35 $/adult, 23 $/child.
If you are all looking for a place that is like heaven on earth, then you can't go wrong if you choose to visit Cayo Largo island.
Situated 177 kilometers south of the outskirts of the province of Havana, Cayo Largo is the largest eastern of the many coral reefs that make up the Archipelago de los Cannareos. This island or vision is boomerang-shaped, while its low-lying strips of land boast some of the most... beautiful beaches on .
Sugary white sands stretch along almost 20 kilometers coastline. Moreover, they dissolve in the transparently clear turquoise water of the ocean, by the way, in which snorkeling and diving are simply a pleasure.
Tell me honestly, did you like this little lyrical introduction? I think yes. After all, that's how I got to Cayo Largo in Cuba.
Most of the holidaymakers I met here were here from Europe for about a week. It makes no sense to stay here for any longer, because you will run out of options for your daily routine in 5 days maximum.
Lounging on the beach, diving and drinking dominates all other activities here. Considering the distance from the mainland and the relatively small number of potential things to do there, the most I still had enough imagination for was evening trip to Havana and Varadero.
I’ll say right away that I will not go into details of the trip to other Cuban cities, I will focus all my attention directly on Cayo Largo. So, let's begin.
I'll start right away with the shortcomings. In fact, you won’t see Cubans here; even hotel workers here are stationed so far from the hotels that you won’t actually see the spirit of the country itself.
Most of the social services you would want to find in Cayo Largo are located in the neighboring village of El Pueblo, located five kilometers from the resort. And, by the way, I recommend taking a more detailed approach to choosing a hotel. The fact is that there are only six of them, and they are all noticeably different. There's a pretty boring one here Hotel Club Cayo Largo, the attractive four-star hotel Sol Cayo Largo, the small fisherman's guesthouse Villa Marinera and a couple of other nondescript hotel houses.
I would like to note right away that all the hotels operate here on a permanent basis, have the slogan “all inclusive” and they are concentrated in the Playa Paraiso area, where the wave height is usually ideal for everyone to enjoy aquatic species sports
You know, in the week I spent here, I learned to stand on a surfboard here, got tired of eating grilled meat on the beach, and went on almost every excursion available.
I was especially impressed by the dozens of uninhabited reefs scattered like diamonds throughout the sapphire sea, including Cayo Iguana. This reef was named after the huge population of endemic giant lizards, seemingly harmless creepy crawlies, but in fact they are dangerous.
I’ll tell you right away how to get to Cayo Largo. Recently, it is possible without problems, due to the built here international airport. Unfortunately, there are no direct flights here from Moscow, so I first had to fly to Havana, and then transfer to a small plane, which took me to the archipelago.
By the way, in addition to the shuttle bus in the direction of my hotel, I noticed that free shuttle buses run directly from the airport to the most popular beaches in Cayo Largo. An original idea - to say the least.
At all air tickets to Cuba and to Cayo Largo I ordered through the Internet service for selling air tickets aviasales.ru. At first I tried to find a direct flight, but realizing that it was not cost-effective, I had to sacrifice time for a transfer.
The price of an air ticket to Havana was 100 thousand rubles, while airfare from Havana to Cayo Largo at this stage of time it is about 2 thousand rubles one way.
I also learned that if your hotel does not provide you with a transfer, then you can also use a private taxi service.
In this case, for 5 dollars they will take you to your place of residence, and along the way they will tell you in broken English, Russian or German languages about all the hardships of living in Cuba, excursions available to tourists and much more.
When I was already driving back to the airport, I specifically decided to use a taxi, and a local taxi driver told me that Cayo Largo del Sur, also known simply as Cayo Largo, is the second largest island in Cuba after Los Canarreos .
Cayo Largo Island on the map located slightly south of the island of Cuba itself. It is about 25 kilometers long and 3 kilometers wide. And these are incredibly small sizes - even for Cuba, despite the fact that a fifth of the island is reserved for the airport, and another two-fifths are simply an area with dense vegetation.
So you now understand that people, as a rule, come here to take a break from civilization, drink rum and smoke cigars and nothing else.
Personally, as a tourist who prefers leisure I already walked around all the borders of the island on the second day after my arrival. So in the future we had to be content with various beaches and visiting numerous coral reefs.
By the way, a few words about local beaches. Cayo Largo is located within the borders of Cuba in such isolation that many here, as a rule, are accustomed to sunbathing completely naked. The real official nudist beach here is Playa Los Cocos, although in other deserted areas you can meet lovers of explicit tanning.
I thought it was thin beach line, strewn with white sand, has some kind of hard layer, so it’s quite easy to walk on the sand even barefoot (that’s why I walked the entire island from start to finish in a couple of days).
The most best beaches on the western side are Playa Sirena and Playo Paraiso, which are approximately a kilometer apart, which, given natural features sand is a relatively short distance (10 minutes walk).
What’s most interesting is that during a certain period of time, local authorities, if you can call them such, prohibit going to the beach at all, because the time for laying turtle eggs begins. And since turtles are loved and revered here more than people, it will not be possible to disobey such an “order” even with all the desire - all beaches will be guarded by special law enforcement officers.
Now a few words about the Internet. If you tell your relatives before departure that you want to contact them via the Internet, then, I hasten to assure you, you are unlikely to get through to them.
The Internet speed here is so slow that even opening an email will take about 30 minutes. You may say that well, let’s wait. But no. The Internet here is paid and costs 10 pesos for one hour of use.
Moreover, the keyboards here only have a Spanish layout. Of course, you may be able to write in Latin, but those who have passwords for email or social networks written in Russian will have a hard time.
As for excursions and other entertainment that does not include rum and cigars, I would like to highlight an interesting, almost 10-hour cruise on a catamaran costing 70 pesos.
In 10 hours you can go diving, swim with dolphins, walk along coral reefs and finally drink Cuban rum. In general, prices for excursions to Cayo Largo are incredibly affordable, even though quite wealthy tourists come here. Cubans don't use this and I like it. We would have already charged triple the price on some Americans.
If you want to visit Havana, I recommend preparing a travel route around the Cuban capital in advance. The fact is that a real excursion with a guide will cost about 300 pesos, while you can spend 200 pesos on your own, and even get more impressions.
A ticket from the airport to Cayo Largo to Havana costs 140 pesos round trip, and on the spot every second resident of the city will agree to see all the sights of the city for 20 pesos. The main thing is to beware of scammers, but they are usually visible from afar.
In addition, do not be lazy to buy cigars in Havana, especially since there is a whole factory there for their production. And, of course, try the local coffee. It will be difficult for it to compete with the Argentine taste, but it can be given the well-deserved second place.
To sum up my trip, I would like to say that, first of all, I expected something more from my trip to Cayo Largo, but this is due to the fact that I am not used to sitting still.
If you want to take a break from the outside world, you don’t like excursions, you are ready to lie on the beach for a whole week without having any connection with the rest of the world, then a vacation on Cayo Largo will be for you the best option for such a pastime. As they say, everyone has their own idea of heaven.
Six world airlines operate flights from Moscow to Havana, and two of them (Aeroflot and Transaero) operate a direct transatlantic flight to Cuba (the flight lasts over 12 hours).
The time difference between Moscow and Cayo Largo is +8 hours.
The average annual air temperature on the island is +25 C. The hottest months with an air temperature of +28-30 C are June-September. The seasons are practically the same from each other; you need to navigate by the rainy season (May-October) and the dry climate period (November-April).
The water temperature in Cayo Largo does not drop below +22 C all year round, and in the summer it warms up to +30 C.
The entire southern coast of the island is a 20 km long beach with fine white sand. All beaches in Cayo Largo are municipal; they do not belong to specific hotels.
The most popular “civilized” beaches with restaurants and shops are Playa Sirena, Playa Paraiso, Playa Lindamar. There are several wild beaches where tourists sometimes sunbathe topless - Punta Mal Tiempo, Playa Blanca, Playa Los Cocos and Playa Tortuga.
Cayo Largo hotels are classified as 3* and 4*; they are located on the coastline a few meters from the beach. A comfortable stay is provided by the hotels Sol Pelicano 4*, Sol Cayo Largo 4*, Gran Caribe Playa Blanca 4*, Isla del Sur 3*.
All of them have swimming pools with sea water, which operate without interruption, as well as fitness centers, massage rooms, beauty salons, shops, and restaurants.
Sights of Cayo Largo - pristine nature, azure beaches, underwater tunnels, rocks and coral reefs.
Hotels in Cayo Largo provide a wide range of sports services - volleyball, table and tennis, yachting, catamarans, diving.
To explore the island on your own, you can rent a bicycle, jeep or water scooter.
Almost all hotels have free internet.
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