VINALES travel guide! Things to do in Vinales Cuba. Coffee & tobacco farm, horse riding, cave tour
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- čas přidán 16. 04. 2020
- This is a description of my trip to Viñales, Cuba. Hope it helps you plan your time in Vinales as its a beautiful place and there are many things to do.
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Travel details
I took a taxi collectivo from Havana to Viñales. It took 2.5 hours and cost 25 CUC per person. I booked this through the casa I was staying at in Havana.
I travelled to Trinidad after Vinales via the Viazul tourist bus www.viazul.com. The journey takes about 9 hours. I would recommend you avoid eating at the service stations and bring food/snacks with you if possible.
Where I stayed
Casa Particular Ridel y Claribel
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Top things to do in Viñales
Mural de la prehistorica. Entry is 3 CUC
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Hotel Horizontes Los Jazmines
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Zipline canopy tour El Fortin. Entry is 8 CUC.
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Excursion to Cayo Jutias beach cost 15 CUC per person and I booked it through the Info tours office in Viñales. Journey time is 1.5 hours.
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Art and Craft Market is located next door to 3j's tapas
Tour to Finca Randon el Arado
Costs 15 CUC and includes a tour of farm and horse riding. I booked this through the casa.
Cuevas De Santo Tomas.
This cave is half an hour taxi ride away and entry is 15 CUC. The climb is quite steep so wear good walking shoes/trainers. The tour lasts about 90 minutes
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The Cueva del Indio is another cave near Viñales. It costs 5CUC to enter. It is a short walk in the cave and a boat ride which lasts about 20 minutes.
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Restaurants
3Js bar de Tapas was my favourite restaurant in Viñales. The food and drink were delicious. I highly recommend the Piña colada!
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Finca Agroecologica El Paraiso is a farm and restaurant. It’s best to get a taxi there as it is quite a distance from the town. It is a set menu of soup, different meats and fish served with vegetables and salad. It costs 15 CUC per person.
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To capture what it means to be in a place visually without having to step foot there means this is something special.
Great video! I would love to go there and experience a place where the "old" meets the "new".
This video has captured a lot of questions I had about this place but it has seemed to have ticked all the boxes.
Great insight and I hope to see more videos on future journeys.
Good Luck 💙
Thank you so much for your kind words.
Lovely. Thanks for sharing your special time with us
I’m so glad you enjoyed. Hope you picked up some great things to try and enjoy your time in Cuba 🇨🇺
Cool video!
Thank you! Glad you liked it. More videos coming soon.
Keep traveling...🤩
I'll try. t's so tough right now but I'll keep going.
Hello Ridhi.. congrats for a new channel..
Thanks Tarun. It is something I have wanted to do for a long time as I love travelling and exploring. I will be travelling in the UK more often because of COVID but already have plans to visit Iceland so stay tuned for that ☺️
I will keep watching videos..
That's good I will watch your Iceland video s
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Your work is too 👍
Have patience and keep in up , definitely world will recognize you
Thanks Mhh Hjj. I really appreciate that. I am really enjoying the whole experience and love what I do!
Amazing! I bet you smuggled a drone to Cuba. ☺
Thanks Sergio! Cuba was amazing 🇨🇺
Love this thank you so much for the itinerary! I am planning to go to cuba so this will definitely be a place I will visit. Was it difficult getting your drone into the country? Should I just leave it home
Hi, thanks so much for watching. Vinales is a beautiful little town with so much to do, you’ll love it! I had it in my suitcase and it wasn’t checked. I wouldn’t recommend it as it can be confiscated at the airport.
Hi, just out of curious it - was it in your checked baggage or carry on?
It was in the checked baggage
@@TravelwithRidhi ohh thank you! Can you take batteries into checked baggage as well? I’m from Australia and we usually have to keep our batteries/electronic in the carry on
This video is super helpful and thank you for the insightful information; as well great content! Did you have any issues booking a hotel in Vinales? I'm U.S based and as I'm planning a Cuba trip, I'm having a hard finding accommodation in Vinales. Looking forward to hearing from you 🙂 !
Thanks Ludi. I stayed in a Casa particulares as there weren’t many hotels. The great thing about staying in a casa particulares is that they can help you book excursions and can sort out drivers for you. Unfortunately, the place I stayed at is temporarily closed but there are others there. I booked through booking.com but you can also look at Airbnb. If you want to stay at a hotel there is Hotel Horizontes Los Jazmines but it’s a bit out of town. I hope that helps 😊
@@TravelwithRidhi thanks for the prompt reply! Definitely helpful!
I hope you have a great time in Cuba 😊
Really nice video. I am looking to visit Vinales soon. How many days do you think I should spend there?
Thanks. I think 2 days is a good amount of time. As this will allow you time to visit the tobacco plantation, go horse riding and do a tour of the Viñales valley should you wish to. I hope you have a great time!
@@TravelwithRidhi Thank you :)
I was told when I was younger my uncle owned an island . My last name is Vinales
It’s a beautiful place. Thank you for watching 😊
hello, ridhi!
i just wanted to say that i love your vinales video. i have been to the town more than 50 times since 1999 and even saw some friends of mine working at Tres J, which, i agree, is the best restaurant in vinales. i plan to be there in December and will show them your video:)
i've never had the nerve to visit cueva san tomas, but i think it's great that you warn people about the 'narrowness' at that one point in the indian cave.
i was just wondering, what kind of drone did you use and was it hard to get in? i'm a photographer in key west and use mine around here, but wasn't sure you could bring one to cuba...
thanks again for the great video:)
rob o'neal
Hi Rob. Thank you for your kind words I really appreciate your support as it takes a lot of effort producing these videos so thank you so much. Wow that is awesome, Vinales was amazing. I had a great time and there is so much to do so I definitely recommend it to anyone visiting Cuba.
I had a mavic air but I wouldn’t recommend taking your drone as it can be confiscated. Well I hope you enjoy your trip to beautiful Cuba 🇨🇺
hello again, ridhi! thanks so much for your reply...i had several cell phones confiscated in june... after dozens of trips to cuba, i honestly didn't know there was a limit!...i was just wondering if you got your drone past the aduana at the airport or by boat...currently, us gringos can't go by boat. it's so much easier to get stuff in that way...i've just always wanted some aerial images, that's part of why i loved your video so much...were the agents just in a good mood that day? i'm dying to know...keep up the great work and have a great day! rob o'neal
Hey Rob I just had it in my suitcase and it was never checked. I asked multiple cab drivers where I could fly my drone and they were more than happy to help. I was lucky 🍀
Can you please tell me the name of the restaurant you mentioned? 3 J’s? I couldn’t understand
Hi. It’s called tres jotas or 3j’s bar tapas. Thanks for watching!
How many days did this itinerary take you ?:) if you only had 2 days what would you do?
Hi Monica. I did all of this in 3 days. My highlight was the Cuban cigar farm tour with horse riding. If the weather is good then I think a trip to Cayo Jutias would be worth it. I would also go and see the mural de la prehistorica and hotel horizontes los Jazmines for some lovely views. I hope that helps 😊