ESCORTED TOUR TO CUBAWith New York & San francisco

Departs Perth 28th March 2017 for 21 days

TuES 28 MARCh: PERTh IN TRANSIT TO NEw YORk Depart Perth on Cathay Pacific Airways at 11.55pm. Change of aircraft

in Hong Kong.

wED 29 MARCh: NEw YORk Arrive New York JFK airport at 1.05pm

Met at the airport and transferred by private vehicle to your hotel: Evening at leisure.

Hotel: Casablanca Hotel (4 nights)

ThuRS 30 MARCh: NEw YORk battery to Circle Sightseeing Tour – An Exploration of Manhattan

(4 hours)

The most popular part of new York City is the area between Columbus Circle and Battery Park. Within those borders are some of the world’s most famous places: the Empire State Building, Chinatown, Grand Central Terminal, the 9/11 Memorial, Little Italy, and Times Square. On tour with a private guide you will see, hear, and explore the city. In some cases you will get out and walk around so you can truly experience Gotham. This evening dinner is at a local restaurant, which has become a New York institution. (B,D)

fRI 31 MARCh: NEw YORk Progressive meal and tour (5 hours)

Today enjoy a food and fun tour as a progressive meal. Start with appetizers from a family-owned authentic Greek bakery in Hell’s Kitchen. Next is an Italian specialty lunch in Little Italy. The finale is the world’s best cheesecake in Brooklyn! You will see many of the iconic sights including Soho, Brooklyn Heights and Greenwich Village. Evening at leisure on your own. (B,L)

SAT 1 APRIL: NEw YORk Today is free to discover more of new York on your own. This evening

enjoy a night out at the Theatre. Production to be advised. (B)

SuN 2 APRIL: NEw YORk – MIAMI Transferred to JFK airport for your flight to Miami

Depart new York on American Airlines at 9.50am / Arrive Miami 1pm

Later in the afternoon gather at the Hyatt Regency Coral Gables for a welcome reception and Tauck Director briefing about tomorrow morning’s charter flight to Havana and the start of your educational exchange trip to Cuba. Dinner is included this evening. (B,D)

Hotel: Hyatt Regency Coral Gables (1 night)

MON 3 APRIL: MIAMI – hAVANA Join a charter flight from Miami to Havana. From the airport, drive to

the Museum of the Revolution, housed in what was once Cuba’s Presidential Palace, for a visit and your first People-to-People cultural exchange. Continue on to the Meliá Habana for lunch. After lunch, attend a discussion about U.S. – Cuban relations at the hotel. This evening drive along the seaside and stop at Plaza de la Revolucion with huge metalwork portraits of national hero Che Guevara before dinner at a local restaurant. (B,L,D)

Hotel: Meliá Habana (3 nights)

TuES 4 APRIL: COLóN'S CEMETERY & hEMINgwAY’S CubA With Cuba’s origins as a Spanish colony rooted in Catholic traditions,

religion has played an important role in its society – as you’ll see on a walk with a local historian through Havana’s Colón Cemetery, one of the world's largest. The cemetery contains hundreds of elaborately sculpted memorials, mausoleums and family vaults, and is considered by many the most ornate necropolis in the world. Depart the city for Finca Vigia in San Francisco de Paula, American novelist Ernest Hemingway’s winter home from 1939 to 1960. See the author’s 9,000-volume library and his typewriter, and talk with a docent about Hemingway's life here. After lunch, return to Havana for a walk along Calle Obispo, winding up at the Hotel Ambos Mundos to continue exploring Hemingway’s strong connections to Cuba and its people (who simply called him “Ernesto”). Make your way up to Room #511, his “first home” in Cuba, which he rented from 1932 – 1939, and where he began For Whom the Bell Tolls; the memorabilia on display prompts an exchange about his time in Havana. Enjoy dinner at a choice of restaurants in your hotel this evening. (B,L,D)

wED 5 APRIL: hISTORIC hAVANA & COMMuNITY ARTS Begin today’s People-to-People exchange at Maqueta de La Habana, a

museum featuring a 1:500 scale model of Havana. Meet a local expert on the city’s architecture and historic restoration efforts, and embark on a guided walking tour through Habana Vieja – the city’s nearly 500-year-old heart, now a pedestrian-only UNESCO World Heritage Site. See Havana’s beautiful Catedral de San Cristóbal. Move onto Projecto Muraleando – a barrio community art project featuring murals and sculptures crafted from found items. After lunch arrive at Habana Compás, a thriving Havana dance and cultural performance group; talk with company members about their mission. Return late afternoon to your hotel; enjoy a rooftop dinner tonight at Parque Central. (B,L,D)

ThuRS 6 APRIL: ChE'S LEgACY AND SANTA CLARA Depart Havana this morning en route to the province of Villa Clara.

Arrive at the Che Guevara Mausoleum in Santa Clara, a memorial sculpture complex and museum honoring Ernesto “Che” Guevara de la Serna, the Argentine-born physician, Marxist revolutionary and military leader who played a key role as Fidel Castro’s second-in-command in the Cuban Revolution and the subsequent establishment of Cuba’s revolutionary government; the complex commemorates the victory of Che’s troops in the pivotal Battle of Santa Clara in 1958. View the monuments and some of his personal effects in the museum. Following lunch, continue on to your hotel on Cayo Ensenachos – a small island linked to the mainland by a long causeway. Dinner this evening is at your hotel. (B,L,D)

Hotel: Iberostar Ensenachos (2 nights)

fRI 7 APRIL: SugAR CANE hISTORY IN ThE COuNTRYSIDE An excursion to the countryside today leads to a look at the process of

extracting sugar from sugar cane, a mainstay of Cuba’s economy for centuries. Continue onto the fishing village of Caibarién. Travel to the

Alpha Travel has joined forces with luxury tour operator Tauck Tours to bring you a once-in-a-lifetime experience in Cuba.

For the first time in modern history, you can meet face-to-face with Cubans from all walks of life to share thoughts and insights, to learn about their country and their daily lives, and to connect with Cuba’s rich culture and heritage.

Alpha Travel and Tauck will lead you on an enjoyable and exciting holiday, with a strong emphasis on Cuban immersion and education. We will be joining the tour in Miami with other like-minded travellers.

Experience Cuba!

YOuR ITINERARY

sugar mill museum interpreting the history of sugar production in Cuba, including the use of slave labour. After a traditional Cuban lunch served family style return to the hotel for some time spent as you wish. Just before sunset, head to the hotel's waterfront bar for a champagne toast and dinner as the sun sets over the Cuban coast. (B,L,D)

SAT 8 APRIL: ThE guAYAbERA & SANCTI SPIRITuS Your People-to-People Cuba travel takes you across the centre of the

country today and head for the city of Camagüey. En route, stop in the pretty little town of Sancti Spiritus, whose Old Town is currently undergoing restoration. There, you'll learn all about the history and manufacture of the traditional white, four-pocketed Cuban shirt, the guayabera, at the Guayabera Museum. Lunch today will be at a private paladar in town, where you'll discuss the process and challenges of turning a private home into a restaurant with the owner. Continue your journey to Camagüey; arrive at your hotel early this evening. (B,L,D)

Hotel: Hotel Santa María (3 nights)

SuN 9 APRIL: CAMAgüEY'S ARTISANS AND ThEIR wORk Today, you’ll meet artisans and artists in the city of Camagüey, settled

early in the 16th century and affectionately dubbed "the Maze" for its labyrinthine historic center of twisting lanes and squares that confounded pirates and invaders in bygone days. First, visit the studio of leather sculptor José “Pepe” Guiterrez, for a demonstration and discussion of his work: creating unique masks and animal sculptures from goat hide. next watch as local women make handmade dolls at an arts project that really brings its community together, Projecto Carsueño. Then attend a dance performance and cultural exchange with a local dance company, followed by lunch at a nearby paladar. Return to the hotel for the afternoon. Dinner is included this evening. (B,L,D)

MON 10 APRIL: CubAN ARTS EDuCATION IN CAMAguAY More People-to-People cultural exchanges await you today in

Camagüey. Meet the talented students of the Vincentina de la Torre Art School,to discuss their work, arts education and daily routines. You'll also visit the Endedans Modern Dance Company and school for an enchanting private performance by its highly talented students. Interact with the young dancers to learn about their backgrounds, dreams and goals. After lunch, visit the Casanova Pottery Studio, where the family will show you traditional and time-honored methods of creating the iconic red clay pots and discuss their history and use. Return to the hotel, then attend a special evening at the Larios Studio, where you’ll see Señor Larios, a renowned painter and sculptor, at work. Dinner at a local restaurant tonight. (B,L,D)

TuES 11 APRIL: AgRICuLTuRE TO PRINTINg IN LAS TuNAS & hOLguíN En route to Holguín today, stop at a working organic orchard in rural Las

Tunas; explore the grounds, talk to workers about the crops they produce, and learn about agrarian life in today’s Cuba. In Holguín, meet

members of the Gongora family at the Papyrus Papers publishing house. Their family-operated print shop and printing museum – the first of its kind in Cuba –uses historic printing presses to produce a wide range of art books. Continue on to your hotel on the Playa Esmeralda coast in Holguín for dinner this evening. (B,L,D)

Hotel: Paradisus Río de Oro Resort & Spa (2 nights)

wED 12 APRIL: VELASCO & gIbARA From your resort on the Playa Esmeralda coast, head over to the

village of Velasco for a cultural exchange at Casa de la Cultura de Velasco. This modern community center is named for the Velasco native who championed its creation shortly after the Cuban Revolution. Constructed between 1964 and 1991, this gem of contemporary Cuban architecture is considered one of the most beautiful buildings of Cuba's Revolutionary period. Travel to the coastal town of Gibara, that, according to legend, Christopher Columbus called "the most beautiful land that human eyes saw." Following lunch visit Gibara's natural History Museum. Return to your hotel in Holguín, where you'll bid Cuba and its people a fond adiós at a farewell reception and dinner tonight. (B,L,D)

ThuRS 13 APRIL: RETuRN TO MIAMI A leisurely morning, then travel to the airport for your flight to Miami.

Revisit the Hyatt Regency Coral Gables for an overnight stay. (B,L,D) Hotel: Hyatt Regency Coral Gables (1 night)

fRI 14 APRIL: MIAMI TO SAN fRANCISCO(or continue with alternative arrangements)

Depart Miami 5pm, arriving San Francisco at 8pm.

Transferred to your hotel – one of the top luxury hotels in the city. Your time is your own to discover San Francisco. Alpha Travel can help with day tours or things to do in this lovely city. (B)

Hotel: Taj Campton Place (2 nights)

SAT 15 APRIL: SAN fRANCISCO Day at leisure (B)

SuN 16 APRIL: SAN fRANCISCO – hONg kONgA transfer is included to the airport.

Depart San Francisco on Cathay Pacific Airways at 1.30pm (B)

MON 17 APRIL: ARRIVE hONg kONg AT 6.55PMExplore Hong Kong at your leisure. Airport transfers are included. (B)

Hotel: Marco Polo Hotel (1 night) – subject to change

TuES 18 APRIL: hONg kONg – PERThDepart Hong Kong 2.50pm, ARRIVE Perth 10.35pm

Your Cuban adventure ends, with many wonderful memories.

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RESERVATIONS AND PAYMENTS

Once your reservation is confirmed, a deposit of $1,750 per person is required within 7 days.

Final payment is required no later than 16th December 2016.

AIR FARES are booked when your tour is confirmed. These should be fully paid within 4 weeks of the reservation being made, or at the discretion of Alpha Travel.

* payments by Visa or Mastercard incur a surcharge of 1% – AMEX & Diners are 3.5%

CANCELLATIONS

Any cancellations received prior to 27th January 2017 will incur a fee of $2,500 per person.

Cancellations from 28th January to 10th March – $4,500 per person

Cancellations advised after 10th March – 100% cancellation fee per person

(Air fares will be refunded less a fee of $500 per person)

hOLIDAY VALuE (PER PERSOn)

TWIn SHARE SInGLE

Tour with international flights in economy class $16,950 $20,580

Tour with international flights in premium economy class $19,050 $22,680

Tour with international flight in business class $23,550 $27,210

TRAVEL INSuRANCE

Travel insurance is compulsory and is available from Alpha Travel, which will cover cancellation fees should they be due to unforeseen risk events accepted by the insurance company. It is recommended that insurance be purchased at the same time as paying your deposit.

YOuR hOLIDAY PACkAgE INCLuDES:

• Air fares with Cathay Pacific Airways: Perth/new York and San Francisco/Perth

• Internal air fares with American Airlines: new York/Miami and Miami/San Francisco

• 4 nights’ luxury hotel New York with breakfasts

• Tours and meals as indicated in New York

• Broadway theatre show - New York

• 13 day Tauck group tour as per the itinerary from Miami arrival 2nd April to Miami 14th April

• All accommodation, tours and meals on the Tauck tour as per the itinerary

• 2 nights’ luxury hotel San Francisco with breakfasts

• 1 night first class hotel Hong Kong with breakfasts

• All airport/hotel transfers

• Gratuities on tour

• Services of an Alpha Travel tour escort from Perth

If for any unforeseeable reason the advertised tour director is unable to escort the tour, an alternative tour escort will

be provided by Alpha Travel.

whAT’S NOT INCLuDED IN ThE TOuR PRICE

• Cost of comprehensive travel insurance which is compulsory

• All items of a personal nature including beverages, laundry and shopping

• All passport and visa application fees, vaccination and medical consulting fees

• Any expenditure of personal nature – i.e. telephone calls, laundry, mini bar or drinks in hotels, tips to driver, guide, helper etc.

• Any other meals which are not mentioned in the itinerary

• Additional fees and charges due to changes in entrance fees and statutory charges

Alpha Travel reserves the right to alter or omit any part of the itinerary or change of reservation, features and/or means of conveyance without any notice and for any reason whatsoever.

We reserve the right to take any reasonable action should your health, actions or behaviour impinge on the rights, welfare or enjoyment of other passengers.

RESPONSIbILITY

Tour prices are based on land rates, taxes and exchange rates, current at time of printing. These are subject to change without prior notice until final payment has been made.

Hotels can be subject to change depending on availability and circumstances beyond our control.

Costs are based on group prices and are subject to a minimum of 10 passengers travelling together. Alpha Travel reserves the right to re-cost the tour should minimum numbers not be met.

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