Cultural Island Travel - Travel To Cuba LegallyReviews of culturalislandtravel.com

I recently took a group of 12 to Cuba and the experience with CIT was beyond amazing. From the first phone call with Teresa I knew I had found the right tour operator. She answered all of my questions, attended zoom calls with my travelers and touched base via text and email from the time I booked until after we traveled. Our guide was Ebony and she effortlessly managed our tour and all of its logistics. She even worked with me on adding additional stops and sites. By the end of our tour, everyone had established a bond with her and felt like they were leaving a friend. I’ve been so impressed with CIT that I have two more tour groups scheduled for this year and I’m happy to work with Teresa and Ebony again and again.

Teresa Sanchez, our Cuba Travel Specialist for Cultural Island Travel did an outstanding job putting our itinerary and travel together. She is from Cuba and very knowledgeable. We will definitely be using Teresa in the future. She is based out of New York. Our tour guides who live in Cuba, Irmita and Ivette were awesome. They knew everything about Cuba culture, history, etc. We attended the 2023 Jazz Festival in Havana. Spent total of 11 days in Cuba and all of our accommodations were excellent. Private concerts were arranged for our group. The music, art, food and everything we did in Cuba was first class and worth the trip. We spent one day in Trinidad and stayed at a lovely B&B. Had a courtyard so we could all enjoy refreshments and cocktails in the evening. Also went to Cienfuegos for a day. This is a beautiful city. Our itinerary was tweaked to include things we had said we were interested in doing and seeing in Cuba. We got to see and do things outside of our group which made us feel very special. My husband celebrated his birthday in Cuba for days! Thanks to Teresa, Irmita and Ivette. Let's not forget our driver, Henry. He was courteous and very caring for everyone in our group. If anyone needed any assistance; Henry was there immediately...without being asked!

I highly recommend Cultural Island travel for holiday to Mexico City. We travelled in December '22. We were 2 families - 6adults and 2 under 19 and Irma, our tour guide, did an excellent job of ensuring our trip went smoothly and arranged a minibus for our daily tours and travel. Nothing was too much trouble for Irma, and she took care of our every need, right from our dietary requirements to arranging tours to entertain all ages. Irma booked lovely boutique and luxury hotels in the city, which had incredible sense of history. Irma organised a local dance class which was very educational and entertaining to watch some of the family moves!! I highly recommend visiting some of the museums, the artisan markets, canals of Xochimito-with live entertainment aboard our own private gondola. Also the most picturesque spot was visiting the monarch butterflies reserve, which took us halfway up the mountain on horseback. Our highlight of the tour was watching a freestyle masked Lucha Libre wrestling show and New Year's eve in San Miguel. Thank you so much Irma and team for making this trip a memorable one for me and my sister's family, and would recommend you without any hesitation.

Karell (Carlos) is an excellent and knowledgeable Tour Guide. He is what we call in the States the GOAT 🐐 of “Tour Guides.”He made our trip to Cuba one of the most memorable trips we have ever experienced. We learned so much from him about Cuban culture, there was nothing that we couldn't ask him that he couldn't answer for us, and he made sure he made sure we were always comfortable no matter the situation. I would give him ten stars if I could that's how great he was. I promise you can't go wrong with him as your guide. You will leave knowing that you have had an authentic cultural experience.

My experience was amazing. The team is professional and the itinerary far exceeded my expectations. I would definitely work with them again.

CiT experience was great to Cuba with Ebony and Yusi who was our Tour guide our drivers and House Host was very great. This was our second time in Cuba , and the learning experience of the Cuban culture never cease to amaze me. I admired the Cuban mind set of resilience and determination. With such a large group Ebony and Yusi were able to make transitions very easily and successfully through our journey with not missing out any of our activities. Will highly recommend CIT travel agent great experience

if you want to visit Cuba from the US, you need to have the right guide. It is a foreign place in every sense of the word. Our family cannot imagine having visited Cuba without the aid of Cultural Island Travel. Our tour guide, Irmita, was incomparable. She was smart, knowledgeable, incredibly caring, and highly professional. She and our driver, Julio, who was amazingly patient, enabled us to get to know the Cuban people and their culture. Our family (us and our two grown sons) loved the experience, even though we saw both Cuba's sources of challenge as well as pride. Teresa from Cultural Island travel was a dream to work with. She was intelligent, detail-oriented, thorough, and highly responsive. She listened well to our requests and translated them into action. While Cuba may not have been the obvious choice for many of our US friends, we returned home and told them it was a life changing experience in a very positive way. The spirit of the Cuban people is inspirational. Bravo Cultural Island Travel!

Irma was our tour guide and Julio our driver. They were both fantastic. Irma, a lovely person with a wealth of knowledge of, and love for, Cuba and its people, and Julio, very punctual and safe in his driving. We ended the trip more than satisfied. I would highly recommend CIT to anyone considering traveling to Cuba.