
Havana Bicycle Excursions
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Book a Havana Bicycle Excursion for individuals or groups
Includes optional pricing supplements for support (vehicle, mechanic), guide, water supply + more.
7 days’ booking notice required.
Need to rent a bike for just 1 or 2 days?
CicloCuba’s normal minimum rental booking requirement is 3 days, but there’s a way around that. With a supplement fot < 3 days, you can Reserve a Short-Term Rental.
Independent cyclists: check out CicloCuba’s FREE Havana Bicycle Routes.
in your iOS or Android device.
Each route includes pins & links to suggested places to visit.
City Tour: Havana (to 70th Street)

Description:
The most urban route, this option includes suggested visits including:
•Floating dock
•Almacenes San Jose craft fair
•Revolution Square
•Columbus Cemetery
•Metropolitan Park (Havana Forest)
•The Boardwalk at 1ra & 70 (food/beverages overlooking the sea)
•F.A.C. (Cuban Art Factory)
•John Lennon Park
•Malecon (Havana Seawall)
•Malecon 663 (refreshments, curated local handcrafts)
Distance: 31.1 km
Elevation: +219 m
Suggested Maximum # Riders: 20
Available: Daily
Inclusions/Extras: Services/entry fees optional, payable locally
Farm to Table: Finca La Palmita

Description
Ride to the outskirts of southern Havana and visit a diversified farm cooperative with a specialty in ornamental plants. Observe how to make Guava bars and sugarcane juice before having a typical Cuban lunch. On the return visit the former spa town of Santa Maria del Rosario.
Suggested visits:
•La Virgen del Camino
•Finca La Palmita
•Santa María del Rosario
•Casablanca
Distance 48.6 km
Elevation +347 m
Suggested Maximum # Riders 20
Available: Subject to availability: advance booking required
Inclusions/Extras: Farm tour & lunch: ~$20 USD/person includes: guided farm tour, demonstrations of guava bar & sugarcane juice production, typical Cuban lunch
Farm to Table: Finca Vista Hermosa

Description:
Ride to the eastern Havana countryside with optional stops at
• Morro-Cabaña fortress
•Regla Sanctuary
•Guanabacoa
•Lenin Hill
•Hill of the Cross
•Ashkenasi Hebrew Cemetery
•Finca Vista Hermosa (farm to table experience, with lunch included)
•Christ of Havana lookout
Distance: 41.2 km
Elevation: +289 m
Suggested Maximum # Riders: 20
Available: Daily
Inclusions/Extras: Farm tour & lunch: ~$35 USD/person includes: guided farm tour on foot & horseback, lunch with beverage
Farm to Table: Finca Vista Hermosa Overnight

Description:
Ride to the outskirts of southern Havana and visit a diversified farm cooperative with a specialty in ornamental plants. Observe how to make Guava bars and sugarcane juice before having a typical Cuban lunch. On the return visit the former spa town of Santa Maria del Rosario.
Suggested visits:
•La Virgen del Camino
•Finca La Palmita
•Santa María del Rosario
•Casablanca
Distance: 48.6 km
Elevation: +347 m
Suggested Maximum # Riders: 20
Available: Subject to availability: advance booking required
Inclusions/Extras: Farm tour & lunch: ~$20 USD/person includes: guided farm tour, demonstrations of guava bar & sugarcane juice production, typical Cuban lunch
Farm to Table: Finca Tungasuk

Description:
Discover west of Havana including optional visits such as:
•Fusterlandia community art project
•Santy Pescador seafood specialty restaurant
•Santa Fe coastal community
•La Casa de Julio (fabulous seafood on the ocean)
•Finca Tungasuk (farm to table experience)
•F.A.C. (Cuban Art Factory)
•John Lennon Park
•Malecon (Havana Seawall)
Distance: 78.1 km
Elevation: +290 m
Suggested Maximum # Riders:20
Available: Subject to availability: advance booking required
Inclusions/Extras: Farm visit & lunch: ~$35 usd/person
Beach: Bacuranao

Description:
Discover Eastern Havana including optional stops/activities:
•Christ of Havana lookout
•Rincon del Cristo trail & farm project
•Morro-Cabaña Historic Military Park
•Cojimar fishing village
•Al Campestre Restaurant
•El Jardin de los Afectos (recycled materials art brut museum)
•Bacuranao Beach (closest sandy beach to Havana)
•Snorkel to a shipwreck or do reef cleanup
•El Bacura restaurant & equestrian farm
•Casablanca Ferry
Distance: 78.144 km
Elevation: +276 m
Suggested Maximum # Riders:20
Available: Daily
Inclusions/Extras: Services/entry fees optional, payable locally
Beach: Tarara

Description:
Tarara Beach is a gated community with a marina. Suggested visits:
•Christ of Havana lookout
•Rincon del Cristo trail & farm project
•Morro-Cabaña Historic Military Park
•Cojimar fishing village
•Al Campestre Restaurant (entrance to Alamar)
•El Jardin de los Afectos (art brut museum specializing in art from recycled materials)
•Tarara community & Tarara Beach
•Tarara Marina offers seafaris. Even just snorkeling from the beach you can sometimes see blowfish, octopus and more.
•Casablanca Ferry
Distance: 56.1 km
Elevation: +359 m
Suggested Maximum # Riders:20
Available: Subject to daily capacity (first-come, first served)
Inclusions/Extras: Services payable locally. Tarara entry fee: ~$____
Beach: Santa Maria

Description:
Santa Maria beach is a local favorite. Suggested visits:
•Christ of Havana lookout
•Rincon del Cristo trail & farm project
•Morro-Cabaña Historic Military Park
•Habana del Este
•Cojimar fishing village
•Al Campestre Restaurant in Alamar
•El Jardin de los Afectos (art brut museum specializing in art from recycled materials)
•Eastern Havana Beaches & Playa Santa Maria
•Casablanca Ferry
Distance: 57.1 km
Elevation: +369 m
Suggested Maximum # Riders:20
Available: Daily
Inclusions/Extras: Services optional, payable locally
Glamping or Country Lunch (El Patron/Guanabo o/n)

Description:
Bicycle day tour with overnight options and optional visits including:
•Havana Bay ferry to Regla
•Regla & Guanabacoa towns
•Visit Cuba’s oldest Jewish Cemetery in Guanabacoa
•Finca Vista Hermosa (farm to table experience with lunch included)
•Hacienda El Patron (day use facilities and elevated farm to table food experience)
•La Coca Ecological Reserve
•Finca Calunga (Michel Mirabal Studios)
•Guanabo Beach
•Eastern Havana Beaches
•Habana del Este
•421 Restaurant
•Rincon de Guanabo Protected Natural Landscape
•Christ of Havana lookout
•Rincon del Cristo trail & farm project
•Casablanca Ferry
Distance: 76.7 km
Elevation: +476 m
Suggested Maximum # Riders: 6
Available: Daily
Inclusions/Extras: Day pass at Hacienda El Patron:
$100 USD/person includes: welcome cocktail, cocktail class, lake swimming, fishing, kayaking, hiking the hacienda, farming experiences, 7-course lunch (2 options). Accommodations: ~$120-$240 USD glamping or ~$30-100 private B&B (per unit)
Hemingway Museum & Cojimar

Description:
Cycle in famous North American writer Ernest Hemingway’s steps by visiting the hacienda (now museum) that was his home in Havana, and the eastern Havana fishing village where he kept his boat, the Pilar. Suggested visits:
•Virgen del Camino sculpture in San Miguel del Padron
•Finca Vigia (Hemingway Museum)
•Santa Maria del Rosario
•Cojímar fishing village and Hemingway bust
•La Terraza de Cojímar waterfront restaurant
•Habana del Este
•Morro-Cabaña Historic Military Park
•Christ of Havana lookout
•Rincon del Cristo trail & farm project
•Casablanca Ferry
Distance: 50.8 km
Elevation: +392 m
Suggested Maximum # Riders: 20
Available: Daily
Inclusions/Extras: Hemingway Museum entrance fee:
~$125 CUP/person payable locally
Havana Botanical Garden

Description:
Cycle south of Havana to discover the city’s green oasis. Visits:
•National Botanical Garden (with optional zipline adventure)
•Parque Lenin
Distance: 46 km
Elevation: +328 m
Suggested Maximum # Riders: 20
Available: Wednesday to Sunday
Inclusions/Extras: Entrance fee: $____ (payable locally)
Western loop/north shore: Baracoa Beach

Description:
Cycle along the scenic north shore to a popular beach town west of Havana. Suggested visits:
•Fusterlandia community art project
•Santy Pescador seafood speciality restaurant
•Santa Fe town
•La Casa de Julio (restaurant on the water in Baracoa, limited hours)
•F.A.C. (Cuban Art Factory)
Distance: 54.4 km
Elevation: +266 m
Suggested Maximum # Riders: 20
Available: Daily* *Julio’s is open Thu-Fri-Sat-Sun 12-7 only
Inclusions/Extras: Services optional, payable locally
About CicloCuba’s Havana Bicycle Excursions:
For anyone interested in exploring Havana on 2 wheels, they’re available as free digital routes.
If you’re seeking independent or guided excursions, optional support services can be provided for these routes by CicloCuba’s expert local team, with a minimum of 7 days’ advance notice.
All suggested routes start/end at CicloCuba’s shop in front of the Habitat Park in Vedado. Digital routes are printable and downloadable in multiple formats, plus they include route metrics & elevation profile. Download the RidewithGPS app in advance and navigate with your phone.
- Create a free Ride With GPS account. A Premium (paid) account is not required to access our public Event routes.
The offline Ride with GPS app is available for Android/iOS devices. It’s recommended to install the app on your phone prior to arriving in Cuba, where US regulations may restrict certain app store downloads. For an overview of all the features you’ll have access to, please view the Tour Participants Benefits help page. - Register for CicloCuba’s Havana Day Tours Event. All of our free public Havana routes are available there.
In the Ride With GPS application, Go to “My Events”. Navigate to CicloCuba’s Havana Day Tours. If navigating with your phone, just click your preferred route and start navigating. It’s as simple as that! If navigating with an alternative device, you can select the “Download All” option from the main menu to download files to be uploaded to your navigation device. Or if you just want to download an individual route, you can do that from within the route. Note: If navigating with your phone, many travelers find a backup power bank useful for solving battery drain issues. The Cyclotron is a convenient cell phone holder with integrated battery backup.
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