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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 Biosphere, Valle de Viñales, and the tobacco lands of Pinar del Rio.  Soak up the sun on the beaches of Varadero, Cayo Jutías and Maria la Gorda.

For more details or to register for this tour head to the website 
Fat Mary Website

Colonial Cities & Beaches Tour 2025

When:  February 15 to March 1, 2025.

A fully-supported bike tour of Central Cuba focused on its rich culture, natural beauty, friendly people and quiet roads.  This tour explores Cuba's best beaches and most historically significant colonial cities.
  • Havana the capital and UNESCO world heritage site
  • Cienfuegos the French-inspired “Pearl of the South”
  • Trinidad with its cobbled streets
  • Santa Clara home of the Mausoleum to Ché Guevara
  • Remedios a charming colonial city
  • Matanzas the city of rivers and bridges

For more details or to register for this tour head to the website. 
Colonial Cities & Beaches Website


Gringo Viejo Tour 2025

When:  March 8 - 20, 2025.




A fully-supported bike tour of Western Cuba

Powered by the typically easterly tailwinds and supported by a tour crew and  air-conditioned tour bus  you will ride from Havana to the western tip of Cuba

Walk the streets of Havana and take a vintage car ride to enjoy its history, culture, shopping and food

Explore nature at Las Terrazas & Soroa’s Orchid Gardens.  See  Ché Guevara’s hidden wartime headquarters

Cycle the Sierra del Rosario Biosphere and experience the spectacular scenery of the Viñales Valley.  Along the way you can soak up the sun on the beaches of Cayo Jutías
and Maria la Gorda

For more details or to register for this tour head to the website.
Gringo Viejo Website

Final Words

Thanks for reading this blog/newsletter.  If you have any questions reach out to me and I can review options with you.


Best wishes,


Lee Orphan

YouTube Video Channel:  Lee's Cuba Cycling YouTube Channel
Bicycle Breeze company website:  www.bicyclebreeze.net


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