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Do you want to go to Cuba on a 16-days unique dream tour with the best Cuba can offer of Cuban dance/salsa, music,culture and nature? Then you have the possibility now to join the Salsa Camp in Cuba 2016 tour, january 2-18. You can sign up HERE. Ultimate deadline October 1st. 2015. (18-24 seats!) Cuba is a small country, but a superpower when it comes to dance and music. At the Salsa Camp in Cuba 2016 you will get the big Cuba tour with many different adventure experiences of Cuba where you will get under the skin of Cuba and the Cubans. The tour starts with 6 days in Havana taking the pulse of the Cuban capital and its hectic dance and nightlife. Then we fly the SON-city of them all, Santiago de Cuba, where we will stay in 5 days.From Santiago we will go on beautiful mountain bus-tour to the town and nature pearl, Baracoa, at the East coast of Cuba for 3½ days, where we will thrill out, swim and do nature trecking among orthers. The tour ends with 1½ day in Havana. The tour is for salsa dancers in Denmark, Scandinavia and Europe from beginners and intermediates to advanced level 1-3. There are seats for 18-24 participants. You will be teached and trained by super high qualified instructors and assistants from some of Cuba's best dance schools including Madelyne "Marisuri" Garcia, Geldys Morales, Lazaro Pedroso and Tamara Alonso in Havana, Yanek Revilla, Karelia Despaigne and Sabor de Calle in Santiago de Cuba and the dance company Bara-rumba in Baracoa. Salsa Camp in Cuba in 2016 is organized by Salsa Camp Events in cooperation with the travel agencies Checkpoint Travel in Denmark and Gaviotatours in Cuba. Tour guide on the tour is yours truly, Carl Nielsen. I have arranged Salsa Camp in Cuba since 2012 and traveled and worked with culture meeting in Cuba since 2008. About the program: Are you e.g. a dance freak, then you can design a program with private dance lessons ad libitum in Havana, Santiago and Baracoa, with just the dance instructors that you think best suits you and your needs to move forward in your dance! Or if you eg. like to combine dance, culture and nature you will have the possibility, besides the offered cultural and nature tours, to make suggestions about what you would like to see. If this is not achiveable in the "main program", I will try to satisfy your wishes in the "a small additional program-" by arranging excursions etc. with English speaking Cuban guide from my Cuban partner network. About the dance program The common dance program will include 16-hour of dance lessons and social dancing with Cuban dance partners in the morning plus social dancing with Cuban partners at the welcome and goodbye parties in Havanna, Santiago and Baraco. There is a Cuban dance partner for each participant and the workshops will be organized as a "Fiesta Cubana" with high energy, life of joy, flirting, play, fantasy, spontanity and good laughs. You will alternate between dancing with your own Cuban partner and change partners throughout. Some of the dance lessons will take place at the beach. (See example of social dancing and Fiesta Cubana and the beach 2014) The dancing lessons in the mornings, commen welcome and godbye parties and the bus excursion in Santiago de Cuba is mandatory for all. While participation in private dance lessons, possible cultural activities, etc. in the afternoons and evenings is voluntary. The price of private dance lessons is from 15-20 CUC (about 105-150 kr.) per. hour for one person and 8-12 CUC for small groups. (60-85 kr.) About the accommodation In Baracoa you stay 3½ days at Hotel El Castillo, which is a super nice rebuilt fort with svimming pool and super beautiful view of the city, mountains and the Caribeen Occean. You end up staying 1 night in the same casa particular in Havana where you started the trip. The tour price is based on staying in double rooms; but you have the option to stay in a single room for 1.700 kr 250 Euro. extra. Breakfast is included in the price in both the hotel and in casa particulares. About flight trip Coming from outside Denmark |
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Indicative price 19.900 DKR / 2.750 euro, double room.
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| --------------- | Tentative Day-to-Day-Program |
| Before departure I have planned to hold an information meeting before departure with participants from Denmark - As well as Skype meetings or similar meetings with participants outside Denmark. The aim is to ensure that everyone gets the best preparation for the journey as possible by clarifying the expectations and wishes to the program - So that everyone gets the great tour and unique experience, they are looking for!. The following day-to-day program is a tentative draft program, which will be adjusted and developed before departure - Among other things, from the participants' potential wish to the program. |
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Day 1: Saturday 2. January |
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| 08.00: |
Check in Copenhagen Airport with Carl. |
| 09.55: | Departure with Air France to Paris. |
| 13.40: | Departure Paris to Havana. |
| 18.05: |
Arrival Havana's Airport, Jose Marti. Here we are met by our assistant tour-guide Lazara Pedroso. After we exchanged money at the airport's small change house we drive in own bus to Hotel Lincoln. Here will be received by our casa particulares hosts, who are ready to accommodate us. After accommodation we meet again at the Hotel Lincoln and go for a walk in the Havana mild evening air, get something to eat and drink and inhale the first impressions and moods from Havana's body and soul - and then it time to sleep after a long and good journey. The eager ones, who cant wait start dancing, will have the posiblity to join the Saturday party at the roof terrasse of Hotel Lincoln or the late music performance at Casa de la Musica in the Galiano Street, situated 200-500 meters from our casas particulares. |
Day 2: Sunday 3. January |
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| 09.10-09.40: |
Departure from the Hotel Lincoln and walk through Habana Centros streets to the Marisuris dance school. We live in a neighborhood with ordinary Cubans outside the tourist areas, where you every day can experience people in their daily lives in their homes and at the streets doing a lots of purposes. It's a discovery, where you can choose a new route every day the dancing school and come in contact with the people - Also going along the Malecon watching the Ocean and charging your mental batteries before dancing workshops. In short you we will be living in the midle of Cuban and Havana daily life. |
| 09.40-10.00: | Presentation by Carl of the today's introduktion program and activities. |
| 10.00-10.30: | Welcome and introduction by our hosts and dance instructors Marisuri, Geldys Morales, Tamara Alonso and Lazaro Pedroso. |
| 10.30-12.30: | Our first common dance lessons and social dance with our twinkle in the eyes dedicated and gently Cuban instructors and dance partners. There will be 4-5 dance levels depending of the group. |
| 12.30-14.00: | Lunch at Marisuris dance school, where will enjoy a nice cuban lunch, while Marisuri tells you about her school, street and nighbourhood, where she has lived all her life and knows everybody. |
| 14.00-17.00: |
City walk with Lazaro Pedroso through the "Centro Habana" and "Habana Vieja" (Old Havana), where Lazaro will shows us the key music venues, restaurants, money exchange houses, attractions, etc. so you can navigate on your own. We finish at the famous Brewery at Plaza Vieja with a glass of frothy beer, mojito or piña coloda and probably a little dance and rueda de casino to the local orchestra. |
| 18.00-20.00: | Dinner surprice |
| 20.00-23.00 | Great La Fiesta Cubana Welcome Party with our dance instructors and assistants at the famous 1830 restaurant, which is the best salsa dance place in Havana, situated at the Malecon by the Havana Bay. |
Day 3: Monday 4. January |
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| 09.40-10.00: | Morning meeting at Marisuris with Carls presentations the day's program and possible dance, music and culture activities |
| 10.00-11.30: | Common dance lessons with Cuban instructors and dance partners |
| 11.30-12.00: | Social dance with Cuban instructors and dance partners |
| 12.00-14.00: | Lunch time |
| 14.00-17.00 | Free time with the possibility of private lessons in dance or culture activities or doing own activities. |
| 17.30-19.00: | Today's cultural activity: Lecture and meeting with Leonardo Padura, Cubas famous crime writer. Beside writing crime novels with his detective figure, Mario Conde, solving the crimes with his friends in the kitchen of Josefine in the suburbs of Havana, Leonardo Padura is a captivating storyteller with a huge capacity and knowledge about the development of the Cuban culture and society. |
| 19.00-21.00: | Dinner time - Possibility to have a common dinner at a delicious dancing restaurant in Calle Obisbo |
| 21.00........: | Dance- and night activities. (Common or individually) Possibility to dance at Hotel Florida in Calle Obisbo where Havana's sharpest dancing sharks usually meet |
Day 4: Tuesday 5. January |
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| 09.40-10.00: | Morning meeting at Marisuris with presentations from Carl about the day's program and possible activities |
| 10.00-11.30: | Common dance lessons with Cuban instructors and dance partners |
| 11.30-12.00: | Social dance with Cuban instructors and dance partners |
| 12.00-14.00: | Lunch |
| 14.00-17.00: | Free time with the possibility of private lessons in dance or culture activities or doing own activities. Today's culture tour: "Havana through 500 years": City bus-tour with Lazaro Pedroso in and around Havana with Lazaro Pedroso, who will show how the Cubans live in the different neighborhoods in Havana. Along the way, Lazaro will tell you about the development of Havanas 500 year history and demografic development from colonial times to the present. This is an excursion you can look forward to. Lazaro is, besides our salsa instructor, trained as an architect and knows very much about Havana's history, architecture, culture and neighborhoods, so you will get an excelent impression and insight in the capital of Cuba. |
| 18.30-21.00: | "Cuban dinner and dancing" with Geldys Morales and her neighbors.Geldys lives in a 11 floor high building with a breathtaken view of the historic entrance to Havana Harbor. We will be divided into small groups and have dinner with Geldys neighbors in four selected homes. Here you will have the opportunity to meet Cuban families, see how they live, learn about their daily life and culture, understand how a local neighborshood and commnity are organized - and of course tell something about yourself and the country you are coming from. |
| 21.00......... | Dance- and night activities. (Common or individually) |
Day 5: Wednesday 6. January |
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| 09.00-09.15: | Morning Meeting Hotel Lincoln |
| 09.17-19.00: | Day off for own activities Here you have the possibility to organize for example a common bustour to the Havana Beach or a bustour to the Viñales Valey and the organic community Las Terrazas in West-Cuba. Or to see some om the attractions in Havana like the Hemmingway Museum, the Asger Jorn Museum, a tobaco factory and the art Galleries. Or go fishing, having private dance clases or just to chill out and explore Havana on your own. |
| 19.00-21.00 | You can visit one af Havana up comming lovely restaurants and paladars enjoying an excelent Cuban meal or a Chinese meal in Havana Chinatown. |
| 21.00.........: | Dance and night activities. Here you can choose to watch the famous Tropicana show or visit the jazzbar Zorro y Cuervo in 23 Street, or Salon de la Rumba, or watch the Havana Ballet or go to Casa de la Musica in Havana or Miramar etc. |
Day 6: Thursday 7. January |
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| 09.40-10.00: | Morning meeting at Marisuris with presentations from Carl about the day's program and possible activities |
| 10.00-11.30: | Common dance lessons with Cuban instructors and dance partners |
| 11.30-12.00: | Social dance with Cuban instructors and dance partners |
| 12.00-14.00: | Lunch time |
| 14.00-16.30: | Free time with the possibility of private lessons in dance and culture activities Today's cultural activity: Excursion to a hospital with seightseeing and lecture about the Cuban health system |
| 17.30-22.00: | Matineé with a GREAT La Fiesta Cubana Goodbye Party with instructors,assistants and Cuban friend met during the stay in Havana; including shows, orchestre, animation and a lots of social dancing! |
| 22.00.........: | Good night and sleep well |
Day 7: Friday 8. January |
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| 03.30: | Departure from Hotel Lincoln to Havana Airport |
| 06.00: | Departure from Havana Airport to Santiago. |
| 07.30: | We arrive to Santiago - The Son City of Cuba in La Tierra Caliente. in South-East Cuba (The hot land). Santiago is one of Cubas most exotic cities with a very large black and mixed population. It is Cuba's musical cradle of Afro-Cuban famous for its Son tradition and largest Carnival in Cuba. |
| 07.30-08.30: | From the airport we go by bus to Plaza Dolores in the Center midle of Santiago, which will be our meeting point during our stay in Santiago. Our hosts, Yanek Revilla and Karelia Despaigne, directors of the dance company Sabor de Calle and one of Cubas best salsa dancers in Cuban-style, will form the welcome comity together with our casa particulares hosts. From Plaza Dolores we will be accommodated in our casa particulares which have either a patio or terrace with views of Santiago de Cuba. |
| 09.50-10.00: | Meeting again at the Plaza Dolores |
| 10.00-12.30: | "My Santiago" - City walk with Yanek down through the central street in Santiago de Cuba, called La Enramada, to the new dance school of Sabor de Calle and Yanek Revillas, located by the harbor. On the walk Yanekwill present us the beautiful sights, atractions, bars, restaurants, change houses and music places in his loved downtown Santiago. |
| 12.30-14.00 | Lunch time in one of the new very good Cuban restaurants mainly used by the local Cubans |
| 14.00-14.30: | Wellcome ceremony and introduction to the dance program, instructors, dance partners and Camp participants by Yanek, Karelia Carl |
| 14.30-16.30: | Common dance lessons with instructors and Cuban dance partners |
| 18.00-23.00: | Welcome party with buffet, dance and surprises with the Yanek dancecompany Sabor de Calle |
Day 8: Saturday 9. January |
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| 08.00-09.00: | Meeting at Plaza Dolores |
| 09.00-09.45: | Beachtour to the El Caleton Beach with instructors and dance partners |
| 10.00-11.30: | Common dance lessons with Cuban instructors and dance partners |
| 11.30-12.00: | Social dance with Cuban dance partners |
| 12.00-14.00: | Lunch time at the beach |
| 14.00-17.00: | Free time at the beach with the possibility of private lessons. |
| 17.00-17.45: | Departure and bustour back to Santiago |
| 19.00-21.00: | Dinner time |
| 21.00........ | Dance at Casa de la Trova which normaly go wild Saturday night |
Day 9: Sunday 10. January |
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| 09.40-10.00: | Morning meeting at Yaneks with presentations by Yanek & Carl about the day's program and activities |
| 10.00-11.30: | Common dance lessons with Cuban instructors and dance partners |
| 11.30-12.00: | Social dance with Cuban dance partners |
| 12.00-14.00: | Lunch time |
| 14.00-17.00: | Free time with the possibility of private lessons in dance and culture activities Today's cultural activity 1: (Not scheduled yet!) |
| 17.30-18.30: | Todays cultural activity 2: Conga flash mob with the residents of an old community in the middle of Santiago de Cuba, where the inhabitants orginal wereescaped slaves from Haiti. |
| 19.00-21.00: | Dinner time |
| 21.00.......... | Dance- and night activities in one of the many dance places in Santiago. (Common or individually) |
Day 10: Monday 11. January |
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| 09.00-17.00: | Common bus trip and seightseeing in the Santiago Region (not scheduled yet) |
| 19.00-21.00: | Dinner time. |
| 21.00.........: | Dance and night activities in one of Santiago's many dance clubs. (Common or on your own) |
Day 11: Tuesday 12. January |
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| 09.40-10.00: | Morning meeting at Yaneks with presentations by Yanek & Carl about the day's program & possible activities |
| 10.00-11.30: | Common dance lessons with Cuban instructors and dance partners |
| 11.30-12.00: | Social dance with Cuban dance partners |
| 12.00-14.00: | Lunch time |
| 14.00-17.00: | Free time with the possibility of private lessons in dance and culture activities Today's cultural activity: (not scheduled yet) |
| 19.00-24.00: | GREAT La Fiesta Cubana goodbye Party with buffet, shows, animation, orchestre and lot of social dance! |
Day 12: Wednesday 13. January |
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| 07.50-08.00: | Morning meeting Plaza Dolores |
| 08.00-13.30: | Departure for a beautiful mountain bustour to Baracoa on the East Coast. The first town founded by the Spanish in 1503, and where Columbus landed. In Baracoa we will stay at the luxury Hotel El Castillo with svimmingpool and a spectacular scenic views of the city, surrounding mountains and the Carribean Ocean. |
| 13.30-14.00: | Check in hotel rooms |
| 14.00-15.30: | Lunch by the swimmingpool with the tourguides from Gaviotatours parter, who will inform us about their lovely nature tracking tours in the Baracoa mountains/hills with good English speaking tour guides. Here you will have a lots of opportunities like: Visiting cacao farm, sail on rivers, bath at waterfalls, walking in nature parks, visiting the family of farmers and fishermen, having beach tours and climb the peak of Baracoas famous mountain El Yunque. |
| 15.30-17.00: | City tour with Carl, where I will show you Baracoas main sights, restaurants, bars, dance halls and galleries, so you afterward can navigate on your own. |
| 17.30-18.30: | Welcome and social dancing with the dancers from Bara-rumba Dance Company, beside the swimmingpool. Everyone will havea dance partner and you will afterwards have the ossibility to book private dance lessons with the Bara-rumba instructors We end the afternoon in the svmmingpool with a drink, watching the sun set over the Caribbean Ocean |
| 19.00-21.00: | Dinner time |
| 21.00........: | Exploring the dancing- and night activities of Baracoa |
Day 13: Thursday 14. January |
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| 08.45-09.00: | Morning meeting |
| 09.00-16.30: | Free day for your own activities |
| 16.30-20.30: | "Dance & Dinner Excursion" to the mountain village of El Güirito, where we will watch a little dance show performed by the villagers and enjoy a buffet with the region's local cuisine served in güiros bowles. Afterward we will dance nengón, kiribá and son with the local vilagers from the community. Nengón and Kiribá are one of the dances and roots behind the development of Son montuno dance, meaning "Son of the mountains". |
| 21.00-22.00: | Rumba show with Bara-rumba at Casa de la Cultura. |
| 22.00........ | Dance with the Bara-rumba dancers in on one of the city bars and dance clubs |
Day 14: Friday 15. January |
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| 08.45-09.00: | Morning meeting |
| 09.00-18.00: | Free day for your own activities |
| 19.00-23.00: | Buffet and GREAT La Fiesta Cubana Goodbye Party, shows and lots of social dancing with Bara-rumba beside the swimmingpool at Hotel El Castillo. |
Day 15: Saturday 16. January |
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| 08.45-09.00: | Morning meeting |
| 09.00-12.00: | Free morning for own activities |
| 12.00: | Departure from Hotel Castillo to Baracoa Airport |
| 14.20: | Departure Baracoa Airport to Havana Airport |
| 17.00: | Arriving Havana Airport |
| 18.30-19.00: | Arrtiving Hotel Lincoln and check in casa particulares |
| 20.00......... | Dinner, dance and night activities (Common or on your own) |
Day 16: Sunday 17. January |
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| 09.00-09.15: | Morning meeting |
| 09.15-17.00: | Free day own activities |
| 17.00: | Departure Hotel Lincoln to the Airport |
| 20.25: | Departure from Jose Martí Havana Airporte with Air France to Paris |
Day 17: Monday 18. January |
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| 11.50: | Arriving Paris, Charles de Gaule Airport |
| 13.10: | Departure Paris, Charles de Gaulle Airport |
| 14.50: | Arriving Copenhagen Airport |
