Day 1: Welcome to Havana! After clearing immigrations and customs, our airport representative lead you to your driver who will transfer you to a private house in the heart of the historic center. *Light lunch and meet and greet with your concierge. Afternoon orientation tour around the historic center by Horse Carriage. Later that evening, celebrate your arrival with a welcome dinner at a private restaurant. (*For morning arrivals)

Day 2:Meet with with our local expert guide and walk in the footsteps of Havana's colonial past visiting the four key squares of Old Havana. After lunch in a lovely new restaurant next to the Museum of the Revolution you will be collected by an open top classic vintage car with our expert guide who will share with you along interesting 4hrs insights into the life and places related with Ernest Hemingway. On the way back you'll have an opportunity to see some of the most spectacular sunset views of the city from El Morro fort across the harbour from Havana.

Day 3:This morning our destination is La Guabina(187kms from Havana), a charming ranch set amongst some 1,000 hectares of pasture, forest and wetland in the heart of Cuba's fertile tobacco growing region. On arrival we will enjoy a welcome drink and get a chance to familiarise ourselves with the horses by taking a ride around the Finca. Famed for its breeding stock of Apaloosa and Pinto Cubano horses, Finca Guabina offers us our first opportunity to watch Cuban vaqueros (cowboys) at work. This afternoon we can relax and enjoy our picturesque surroundings before dinner and an evening of traditional Cuban entertainment.

Day 4: It's our First full riding day from La Guabina to Cerro de Cabras. After breakfast you headout from La Guabina on our first full day´s ride, striking out towards the heights of Pinar del Rio. Crossing a landscape of plantations and farmland, we begin our journey amongst some of the finest tobacco growing regions anywhere on earth. Some 80% of Cuba´s famous cigarsbegin their lives here amongst the fertile rich soils of Pinar del Río. Stopping to enjoy a picninc lunch along the way, you will reach the camp sometime this afternoon and settle down for an evening of Creole cusine and Cuban hospitality under the stars.

Day 5: Early wake up and start our Second full riding day from Cerro de Cabras to Hoyo de Guama. On the second day you will break camp and ride through the mountain valleys, you will be rewarded with a rest at the river Rio Los Pozos with its stunning waterfall. This landscape is blanketed in tiny farmsteads, where customs and traditions have remained relatively unchanged for generations. Your destination will be the rural community of Hoyo de Guama, lying at the end of a trail of Cuba pine, ferns and guayabita del Pinar, a tree endemic to western Cuba, whose fruit is used in the production of a particularly potent liquor. Keep an eye open too for some of the region´s resident birdlife, including the colourful Tomeguin del Pinar.

Day 6: Third full riding day from Hoyo de Guama to El Moncado. Today we ride into the stunning landscapes of Viñales Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that is home to the largest cave system in the country. The Gran Caverna de Santo Tomás, lying close the community of El Moncado, is an incredible underground world of limestone caverns, underground lakes and dazziling stalactites. Covering over 46kilometres, these vast chambers were formed by a network of underground rivers that carved their way through the soft limestone escarpment during the Jurassic Period. Today they form the third largest cave in Latin America and provide us with a fascinating diversion today en route to the next camp.

Day 7: Fourth full riding day from El Moncado to Dos Hermanas. This morning presents us with one of the scenic highlights of our journey, the unique limestone "mogotes" of the Viñales Valley. These stunning karst pillars of rock provide a spectacular backdrop to our ride today. Rising up to 400 meters in height and formed over millions of years, they present us with some of Cuba´s oldest and most impressive natural landscape. Set amongst the mountainous foothills of the Alturas Pizzarosas, these fertile panoramas are home to a rich diversity of flora and fauna, including Cuban trogons, hummingbirds and ninghtingales. The region is also one of the most important tobacco growing areas in the Pinar del Río and during the ride this day you pass a number of tradditional farms that still adhere to practice that date back to their Spanish and Caribbean origins.

Day 8: Sixth full day riding from Dos Hermanas to Valle de La Jutía. The combination of captivating views, national preserves and fertile farmland make our final day´s ride one to savour, as we head into the beautiful landscapes of the Valle de la Jutia. This is some of the most visually captivating scenery anywhere in Cuba and our final camp lies in a valley named after Cuba´s native tree dwelling rodent, the jutia. Something of delicacy in Cuba, these large herbivores are often served up with wild nuts and honey, or else in a stew with green peppers, tomatoes and garlic. Sleep under canvas for the last time this evening, we have a final chance to enjoy the serence tranquillity of the Cuban wilderness before you say goodbye to the horses the next day.

Day 9-10: Breaking camp for the last time you say goodbye to your horses and head by road to Varadero, where you will relax on the beach for 2 days.

Day 11: Private Transfer to Havana airport for your departure flight.

Day 9: If you want to experience another excellent destination on the west of the island we invite you to accompany us until Trinidad. Check in at Finca Kenia, one of the oldest houses in Trinidad, built in the second half of the nineteenth century on the edge of Santa Rosa Valley. It has spacious rooms, with a stylish, modern design within a natural and rustic setting. The large garden and back yard looks out on the ruins of a colonial fort. Each room is air conditioned and is en-suite and has a pretty private sitting area outside the front of the room with table, chairs, rocking chairs and sometimes even a hammock. There is an horses' stable where you'll find the best horses in the city. Relaxing afternoon at the city followed by a home-cooked and locally sourced dinner at your host's home. Fresh fish a speciality.

Day 10: Morning horse ride into the Valley of the Ingenios, Meet with our local 'horse whisperer' who will take your and your sturdy rides out into the valley. You´ll stop for a swim at the waterfall before having a lunch at 'Casa del Campesino'. Returning to the Finca and free afternoon for acity walking tour around the historic center of Trinidad.

Day 11: Morning Mountain Horse Ride into the Escambray. This is a more challenging ride but the horses are bred for mountain trekking. You´ll be passing through mountain farms and your guide will tell you about all the native foods and plants you´ll encounter along the way. A stop at farmers´s home for lunch before returning to Finca Kenia that night.

Day 12: After breakfast, bid farewell to Cuba and transfer back Havana airport as you board your flight home.