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Three Great 2025 Cuba Bike Tours

Three Great Cuba Bike Tour Options this Winter Join Lee Orphan, an experienced Cuba Bike Tour Leader for one of three bike tours on offer between January and March 2025.      Tour registration is open and encouraged - you can reserve a spot free until the Fall.  All tours offer e-bikes as an option, making the tours accessible to everyone. Fat Mary ( María  la Gorda) 2025 When:   January 25 to February 8, 2025. A fully-supported 15-day tour of Western Cuba offering a broad view of Cuban life.  Powered by the typically easterly tailwinds and supported by a tour crew and an air-conditioned bus you will ride from Varadero, through Havana and on to the western tip of Cuba where we arrive at the internationally famous dive centre known as María la Gorda. Walk the streets of Havana and take a vintage car ride to enjoy its history, culture, shopping and food. Explore caves, a derelict coffee plantation and Ché Guevara’s hidden cold wartime headquarters. Cycle through the Sierra del Rosario Bi
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Lee's Cuba Bike Tour Newsletter - Summer 2024

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Lee & Beth's Cuba Bike Tour Newsletter - Spring 2024

  Bike Tours - 2025 Season Beth and Lee will co-lead three bike tours in Cuba between January and March 2025, we hope you can join us for the fun. The next season will be based in Havana/Varadero providing two options for arriving in Cuba.   Tour registration is open and encouraged -  you can reserve a spot at no cost until Fall 2024.  All tours offer e-bikes as an option. Let's begin looking back on some photos of our recent highly successful Guantanamo Mango Tour of January 2024. We began our tour in Holguin, then rode east to Faro de Maisi (a lighthouse at the eastern edge of Cuba), before turning back and travelling through Guantanamo, Santiago de Cuba and, the Pinares Forest.  Finally, we returned to Guardalavaca to complete our loop of Eastern Cuba.  The pictures below capture a small part of our fun. Guantanamo Mango 2024 Tour Group A Visit with the Baracoa Youth Cycling Club Playa Maguana - Our Private Beach Arriving at Faro de Maisi - The Eastern-most Point of Cuba Private

Lee's Cuba Bike Tour Newsletter - Winter 2023

  Cuba Bike Touring Going Great!    Cycling in Cuba brings you up close to Cuban life and culture  As we prepare to leave our Canadian winter behind and head off for 2-months of warm sunshine in Cuba, we would like to share some photos from the recently completed and successful November 2023 bike tour of western Cuba led by Jim Michler with the able assistance of our Cuban Tour Guide Karel Pupo. Despite what you may have heard, there is ample evidence that you can travel safely and in comfort in Cuba and have a great time while you are there. We are fortunate to have a solid team with Bicycle Breeze to make a cycling holiday in the warmth of Cuba this winter a reality. Beth and I will be in Cuba in January and February 2023. Follow us on Facebook to see our progress and adventures in photos and videos. November 2023 Fat Mary Tour Recap Every new touring season in Cuba is an opportunity for a safe and relaxing adventure in the warmth of the Cuban weather and people. Last year's tour

Lee's Cuba Bike Tour Newsletter - Autumn 2023

Book your Cuba Bike Tour Today    Beth and I have two tour offerings this year.  Spaces are filling up but we have more spots and would love to have full buses of friends to help support the Cuban people.  Our tours provide jobs for Cubans, support provincial youth cycling clubs across Cuba with donations that our clients bring, and recently we have been encouraging people to bring medicine which is in short supply.  Despite the hardship Cubans are experiencing, tourists can count on a great experience this winter. Exploring the Western United States this fall  The tour company Bicycle Breeze will support you from arrival to departure with a team including your tour leaders (Lee and Beth), a Cuban cultural tour guide, a bike mechanic, a bus driver, and a logistics team in Havana. Registration is now open and encouraged .  You can register without obligation and with no deposit.  Registering helps us plan - and is much appreciated.  Deposits will be requested by the tour company in late