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Oriente — 8 days (Santiago de Cuba, El Cobre, Gran Piedra, Guantanamo & Baracoa)

4.6(15 reviews)8 daysStart and end in the trailhead
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Eight days in the Oriente, over La Farola. Eight days in casas particulares with guides on both climbs and the Baracoa river day.

Pumice & Pine
Runs this trip
Walking / cultural tour
Eight days in the Oriente, over La Farola
Group Tour
Join a fixed-date departure with other travellers

Top Highlights

  • Parque CéspedesEight days in the Oriente — son and trova, a mountain road built in 1963, and a town that had no road at all until 1965.
  • Castillo del MorroSanta Ifigenia holds Martí and Fidel Castro, and the guard changes on the hour.
  • Gran PiedraThe coffee plantations up here were built by French planters fleeing Haiti after the revolution, worked by enslaved people they brought…
  • La FarolaLa Farola climbs to about six hundred metres on concrete piers driven into the cliff.

Itinerary

What's included

Included in the price

Accommodation
  • 7 nights accommodation as listed: hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Transport
  • Airport pickup and drop, private vehicle
  • All internal transfers by private vehicle
  • The Toa river boat and a cacao finca
  • Transport over La Farola both ways
Meals
  • Breakfast daily plus the meals listed on each day
Guide
  • Trip leader throughout, 1 guide per 10
Permits & fees
  • All entries including Gran Piedra and El Yunque with guides
  • All entry tickets and permits listed in the day-by-day
Additional services
  • Casas particulares throughout, which is where the money stays

Not included

Insurance
  • Travel insurance
Optional
  • International or domestic flights to the start point
  • Personal expenses and tips
  • Flights to Santiago, usually via Havana
Additional Services
  • 5% GST and any applicable TCS
  • Lunches and dinners not listed on a day
  • Havana, Viñales and Trinidad, which are the other Cuba trip here
  • Hurricane season, roughly August to October
  • Reliable internet, which is limited and paid for by the hour

Most of these can be added to your booking later — the operator confirms within a day.

Where you'll stay

All accommodations are subject to change

Santiago House

Hotel

Days 1, 2, 3, 7

Baracoa House

Hotel

Days 4–6

What you'll eat

7 breakfasts and 5 dinners across 8 days, at the lodges you sleep in. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 8.

  • DinnerServed on days 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • BreakfastServed on days 2–8

12 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered; Jain, gluten-free and allergies on notice at booking

Operator

Pumice & Pine
4.6 (15)

Based in Cusco

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Customer reviews

Overall rating
4.6/5
Based on 15 reviews
Review summary
Food
4.5/5
Guide
4.5/5
Itinerary
4.1/5
Transport
4.5/5
Accommodation
4.1/5
Tour operator
4.4/5
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Yuki Tanaka – Amsterdam2026-07-04 · Verified booking

Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Hotels were clean and central, which saved a lot of time. Meals were good throughout and the vegetarian options weren't an afterthought. Would book with them again.

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Sameer Khan – Chandigarh2026-07-04 · Verified booking

Eastern Cuba done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. Would send friends their way.

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Priya Nair – Kochi2026-07-04 · Verified booking

Well paced over 8 days with enough free time to not feel herded. The team read the group well and adjusted without making a thing of it. Would send friends their way.

Reply from Pumice & Pine

Appreciate the honest feedback; we're looking at the pacing on that section.

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Yuki Tanaka – Singapore2026-07-04 · Verified booking

Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it.

Reply from Pumice & Pine

Glad you enjoyed it. Hope to see you on another trip.

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Sneha Kulkarni – Pune2026-07-04 · Verified booking

Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Would book with them again.

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Tara D'Souza – Kochi2026-06-24 · Verified booking

Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Accommodation was a notch better than the price suggested. The team read the group well and adjusted without making a thing of it. No hesitation recommending them.

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Rohit Verma – Pune2026-06-24 · Verified booking

Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Guides answered every question, including the daft ones. Good value for what's included.

Reply from Pumice & Pine

Thanks for writing this up. We've passed your note to the team.

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Ananya Gupta – Hyderabad2026-06-24 · Verified booking

Well paced over 8 days with enough free time to not feel herded. Would book with them again.

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