Traveller Resources for the Cuba Tour

Travel Health Issues
Travel Reports on Cuba
Visas for Cuba
Travel Insurance
Currency in Cuba
Climate and Weather in Cuba
Cuban Language
Books and Literature on Cuba
Maps of Cuba
Homosexuality in Cuba
Other Travel Related Sites about Cuba
Other Travel Companies We Recommend

Travel Health Issues Relevant to Cuba

Before traveling to Cuba, it is important that you receive the most accurate and up-to-date travel health information. The only one qualified to provide you with this advice is your family physician or a specialist from a Travel Health clinic.

Here are a number of websites that contain excellent background information related to travel health issues specific to Cuba. Nevertheless these websites are no substitute for a personal consultation with a qualified medical professional.

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Travel Reports on Cuba

Most Governments maintain websites dedicated to providing their citizens with the most up-to-date travel information. The websites below publish online travel reports containing the most recent news as well as background information on every country including Cuba.

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Travel Visas for Cuba

All tourists visiting Cuba, need to obtain a tourist visa. This is a relatively simple process. We do not provide the service of obtaining visas for you. We recommend that you first ask the entity you purchase your air-tickets from, or the airline, as they may provide the service of arranging visas for you.

Visa requirements for foreigners traveling to Cuba, are liable to change and can be dependent upon your nationality.

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Travel Insurance

While Big Planet Adventures takes all precautions to ensure that your Cuban Adventure is safe and enjoyable, certain risks are inevitably involved while traveling. It is unfeasible for us to assume these inherent risks on your behalf and therefore w e require you to assess these risks and purchase your own short-term travel medical insurance. As well as travel medical insurance, we strongly recommend you purchase general travel insurance.

Cost effective and simple, travel insurance protects you and your equipment from any problems that might arise, such as damage or loss of baggage, health problems, cancelled or delayed trips, and other unanticipated disturbances. You can purchase travel insurance from a variety of places and value for money can vary significantly. We encourage you to explore the following sites as you prepare for a safe and enjoyable trip.

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Currency in Cuba

Click here for a ve ry useful online currency converter that even includes the “Cuban Dollar” (Cuban Peso Convertible CUC) and Peso Cubano (CUP)
Click here to read more about currency in Cuba

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Climate and Weather in Cuba

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Cuban Language

It will be most beneficial for you to you to learn some Spanish before you come on your Cuban Adventure. Essentially you don’t need to know any Spanish, as all the travel arrangements are taken care of for you, and your tour leader is there if you need an instant translation. However, any Spanish you learn will greatly enhance your enjoyment of the trip. Because this tour of Cuba is focused on contact with the Cubans and their culture, there will be ample opportunity to use, and benefit from, whatever Spanish you have. Our e xperience is that every traveller that comes to Cuba wishes they new more Spanish. You can start now.

To start with, you can download our list of basic Spanish phrases that are most common in Cuba (as Spanish, particularly the spoken form does vary significantly from country to country).

If you would like to study further and you can’t find Spanish classes in your local area, here are some websites that offer some on-line classes.