General Information
- Category: Half day tours
- Modality: Landing tours
- Duration: 3 hrs - 4 hrs approximately
- Departure time: 08.30 hrs
- Tour guide: Yes
- Children are allowed: Yes
- Languages spoken: Spanish and English
Program Details
“Horseback Riding Through the Valle del Palmarito” Tour
This is one of the most popular horseback tours in Viñales, you will be surrounded by breathtaking scenery and surrounded by lush vegetation and a great variety of birds. The excursion is preferably done in the morning. The entire route is found riding through the natural charms of the Palmarito Valley.
In a route of approximately 15 km of going and return you will be able to admire the environment that surrounds it: fields of crops like corn, tobacco and beans that contrast with the red of the soils, as well as impressive mogotes and endemic birds. We will also visit a coffee farm where you will learn everything about coffee processing. On the same tour you will see factories and tobacco fields, where you will learn the secrets of tobacco and even have the opportunity to taste a handmade Cuban cigar.
The tour ends with a visitable cave, where we will go through about 200 more. At the end of the way, we will find a natural swimming pool where you can take a bath if you wish.
Details
The tour can be taken at any time, but it is recommended in the morning.
The price includes: Visit to the sites described in the program and specialized guide service
Distance to be covered on horseback: 15 kms approximately.
Difficulty degree: Medium.
Approximate duration of the excursion (total): 3 - 4 hours approximately considering the stops.
Starting time of the excursion: Between 08:00 hrs and 08:30 hrs depending on the season of the year.
TIPS: • Light clothing, water, light meals with sweets and proteins, sunglasses, caps or hats, hard tennis shoes, hiking boots or sandals, in addition to layers or other protection for the rainy season, sunscreen, insect repellent and camera.
• This tour operates without a minimum number of passengers. Holiadventure will reconfirm 48 hours before the departure of your tour. If the supplier decides to cancel, Holiadventure will offer you an alternative tour or fully refund the cost of your tour.
• Level of complexity: Medium.
• Duration: minimum 3 hours - maximum 4 hours considering the stops.
• Your reservation will always be a CONFIRMED RESERVATION so you only have to get to the right place Don Tomas Restaurant to start your excursion to the time, date and the number of people declared on the voucher of the BOOKING option. No need to make additional confirmation to your reservation as always wait for you in a timely manner. Once the reservation you will receive in your email the voucher with the information you have chosen. If you can print the voucher to present to your tour guide.
• We recommend starting the tour in the morning (08.00 - 08.30 hrs) but you decide the departure time of your excursion, we want to help their plans at any time of day.
• In the summer season we are open from 06:30 hrs to 20:00 hrs / In the winter season we are open from 05:30 hrs to 18:00 hrs.
• We are legal workers, so you have guarantees that if you do not find tours with people who act outside the law.
• With us you have the guarantee reserve for any season, whether in high season of tourism or at the time of fewer tourists in Cuba.
• Our service is collective, it is a guide service for a group of clients.
• You may decide the time of the trip, even if you booked for a certain time will be able to walk for less or more time than agreed. 3 hours is the recommended minimum time for Horseback Riding.
• No need to present identification (passport or tourist card) for the tour, thus avoiding losses or damage thereto.
• All our horses are certified by the Institute of Veterinary Medicine and meet all requirements under this entity.
• If it is your first time riding horses do not worry they are calm, all guides are well experienced in this activity.
Cancellation Policy • In case of cancellation up to 72 hours before the departure time of the excursion, a penalty of 10% of the excursion fare will be charged. • Regarding cancellations made between 72 and 24 hours before the departure time of the excursion, a penalty of 50% of the excursion fare will be applied. • Cancellations reported within 24 hours before the departure time and No-Show (no presentation at departure time), a penalty of 100% of the excursion fare will be applied. • Booking fees and credit card surcharges cannot be refunded in case of cancellation.