Cuba’s Old American Classic Car Tours
The ultimate Cuba experience! Travel in style through the streets of Cuba taking in the sights and sounds in an Old American classic car with a local driver to take care of the driving, so you can relax and enjoy the fascinating and vibrant street scenes and scenery. Bring your sun cream and choose a convertible for the best nostalgia experience, although there are also hard top vehicles available to protect you from the heat and those occasional sudden tropical showers.
Awake early for awe inspiring drives at dawn when the air is cooler and clear and the colours are amazing or see the lights of the city and the stars emerge in the night on a sunset drive.
There are over 60,000 classic cars in Cuba a truly amazing amount and its estimated that up to 15,000 are from the 1930s, so still driving after nearly 100 years! There are Chevrolets, Pontiacs, Buicks , Studebakers and more, some in mint condition with shiny chrome and paintwork, others are downright dilapidated. These are kept running for the locals by the creativity of the Cuban car mechanic with odd parts and scrap metal.
Interestingly Fidel Castro banned the importation of American spare parts in the 1960s leaving a big challenge for the owners and the development of some major ” spare parts smuggling ” and scenarios where Chevrolets bounce and squeak through the streets with a Lada engine !
Take the option of including a local English-speaking guide to accompany you and benefit from their knowledge of the areas you will pass by, their history, notable sights and all the action on the street as you travel around.
Why not consider a day with a your own Classic car and driver and take a picnic and a few drinks and visit one of Cuba’s fabulous beaches, in Havana head to the East Havana beaches, at Vinales Valley the beautiful Cayo Jutias is 90 minutes away and in Trinidad , the Caribbean beach at Playa Ancon is very close and also great for a sunset visit in your Chevvy !
On shorter transfers between Havana and the beautiful locations of Las Terrazas National Park or Vinales Valley in Western Cuba or along the scenic Caribbean coastal road, overlooked by the Escambray between Cienfuegos and Trinidad, why not enjoy the thrill of the open road as you bounce along in one of our carefully chosen Classic cars , add a guide and make stops en route and again make a day of it.
Enjoying the Classic Cars is a totally unique global experience and one has to wonder how many more years these ancient,very iconic relics of yesteryear will be able to continue their journeys?
