CUBA TRAVEL US

Visit Cuba now! It just may be the most exciting destination that Americans can visit today. The Cubans will welcome you with open arms. There is absolutely no ill will of any kind towards individual Americans. Our clients have been traveling to Cuba trouble free for 25 years, some as many as 40 times. Once you have visited Cuba for the first time, you will realize what a fabulous place it is, how delightful the Cuban people really are and then you will likely want to return over and over again! Cuba is the safest country in the Western Hemisphere for travel! Even women and children can walk the streets of Havana at night trouble free!

This site will provide you with information on how to get to Cuba, where to go and what to do while you are there, how much it will cost, pictures of many places and things and answer many of your questions about Cuba. If you would like more information, just click on one of the buttons above or click on our Email address at the bottom of this page.

Cuba will soon be the number one destination for Americans in the Caribbean. Today, there are over 40,000 hotels rooms available in Cuba, but 35,000 more will be completed by 2005. 150,000 are in the master plan. We urge you to get there before that happens. Let us be honest, there simply couldn't be a better time to visit Cuba. First and foremost, the Cuban people are among the friendliest and most delightful people on this planet. They are highly educated and generally very healthy.

LACSA Airlines, Mexicana, Aerocaribe, Aero Mexico, Aerocaribbean, and even Cubana Airlines are flying very nice aircraft to Cuba.....the best we have ever enjoyed, not to mention the safest. The visa or tourist card comes automatically with every airline ticket to Cuba. Any American can go, only Cuban Americans need a special visa!

Americans can travel to Cuba legally if you are a Cuban American, politician, journalist or if you have a research project regarding Cuba. Others including students, religious groups, and humanitarians can apply for a license from the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

more than 200,000 Americans will visit Cuba this year. One Treasury Department release said that only 6,000 licenses had been issued in one-two year period. What does that tell you? That many Americans are going without the government's permission. We encourage that approach. Free people shouldn't have to have a license to travel! We believe that the freedom to travel in times of peace is a constitutional right!

The Cubans say that 76,898 Americans visited Cuba in the year 2000, 80,000 in 2001. According to the Cubans, last year, only about 20,000 had a license from the Treasury Department, meaning that about 60,000 went without a license.

Early indications are that tourism was down about 5% in 2002 (1.7 million), but American tourists increased by about 35-40% in November and December and early January 2003 figures showed tourism up by as much as 33%. A CNN poll (more than 4400 Americans) taken on September 27, 2002, indicated that 86% of the American people want the embargo ended.

Cuba is located just 90 miles from Key West, Florida across the Straits of Florida. The island is 780 miles long, about 140 miles wide in some places and has four mountain ranges, 200 rivers, 1,000 lakes, swamps and fertile soil. Approximately 25% of Cuba is forest land!

There are approximately 11.3 million Cubans, living in 14 different provinces and on the Island of Youth.

Cuba has 6300 species of flora, 51% of which is endemic. It has 54 species of mammals, 350 kinds of birds, 106 reptiles, 42 amphibians, 1400 mollusks, 15,000 insects and 1440 Arachnid.

Protection of the flora and fauna is a great and important part of Cuba's cultural and natural heritage. They are protected by law (Article 38).

Top sources of income are tourism, sugar cane, tobacco, minerals, citrus and seafood.

Health care and education are free. Emergency health care for Americans is free.

Some things you might want to know is that men and women are pretty much equal in Cuba. Some say that it is truly the only "unisex" society in the world.

Christopher P. Baker says in the Moon Handbook: "You should also know that Cuba is a sexually permissive society. Cuban men and women both pervade a joyous eroticism that transcends the hang ups of essentially puritanical Europe and North America. Seduction is a national pastime pursued by both the men and women of Cuba. The free expression of a high-spirited people confined in an authoritarian world. After all, Cubans joke, sex is about the only thing Castro can't ration."

Music lovers will truly enjoy Cuba, as Cuban music is currently sweeping the world with their salsa, rumba, jazz, etc. It is everywhere, in the clubs, the discos, even on the street corners. Cuban music may just be about the hottest thing in the world today!

What a great time to be in Cuba! Parts of Havana have been declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites and lots of construction is going on restoring some of the beautiful old buildings. It is truly remarkable!

Topless sunbathing and sizzling nightlife are to be expected when Americans visit Cuba. It is common around pools and on the beaches to see women, mostly European, practicing topless sunbathing. At least for now, the Cubans have accepted the practice and the government is looking the other way.

No matter what Americans wish to see or do in Cuba, everything is possible. History, architecture, culture, sports, incredible beaches, outdoor recreation, eco tourism or sizzling nightlife....that is what Cuba is all about at the start of the 21st century. The time to go is now!

About us....We have 26 years experience in Cuba and are responsible for the travels of more than 20,000 Americans to Cuba. We specializing in getting Americans in and out of Cuba. We have opened businesses for American travelers in 10 of Cuba's 14 provinces. We were the first to sign a contract with Cuba after their Revolution. This website will debunk many of the myths and tell Americans everything they want or need to know about traveling to Cuba.