Travel Opportunities to Cuba
By following the links below, you will learn about a variety of ways to visit Cuba.
A growing number of Americans are traveling to Cuba on trips licensed by the US Treasury Department. A wide variety of not-for-profit institutions are now eligible to obtain their own license.
Every year tens of thousands of Americans also go to Cuba through third countries in violation of the US travel ban.
USCRI does not advocate unlawful conduct. Our view is that the policy should be changed, and that travel to Cuba should be lawful for any American wishing to go, even if the purpose is simply tourism or personal curiosity about life in Cuba today.
The US law which denies Americans the freedom to travel to Cuba is an anachronism of the Cold War and is completely counterproductive to proclaimed US policy goals.
The continued existence of the travel ban is evidence that the political and financial power of special interests can supersede the national and humanitarian interest of both the American and Cuban people.
If you share our view that travel restrictions must end now, we urge you to write to the President, your Senators and Representative and to local newspapers. If you wish to join with other Americans campaigning to restore our freedom of travel, please contact the Cuba program officer.
Inclusion of these links implies no endorsement or guarantee of content by the USCRI. If you have had a poor experience with any of the following organizations, email us so that we can remove them.
Marazul Tours -- US travel agency which lists numerous opportunities for licensed travel and handles weekly charter flights from New York City.
Witness for Peace -- organizes "socially responsible travel" throughout central and south America.
Common Ground Travel -- organizes educational trips and posts information concerning customs and US Treasury Department regulations.
Travel Concepts International -- organized by the League of Women Voters to promote tours for cultural understanding.
Center for Cuban Studies -- organizes trips for groups and individuals around cultural issues and studies.
Global Exchange -- many "Reality Tours" to Cuba around various cultural, political, and religious themes.
Cuban Tourism Portal -- official Cuban government tourism agency website, with information about various forms of travel and tourism in Cuba.
Witness for Peace -- organization working for peace and human rights, giving educational tours to Cuba and other countries in the Americas.
Island Travel Tours -- hosts complete tour packages including those related to study tours and sports teams exchanges.
Maine Photography Workshops -- workshops on photography, film & video, writing, research assistants.
Insight Programs Cuba -- cross cultural solutions hosts one and two week tours of Cuba.
Cuba Travel USA -- agency based in Austin, Texas with tours and packages.
Web Havana -- on-line booking services for bed and breakfasts, hostels, private houses and apartments in Havana and other cities in Cuba.
Center for Constitutional Rights -- Since the early 1980s, CCR has played a significant role in efforts to challenge the government regulations that restrict the ability of U.S. citizens to travel freely to Cuba.
National Lawyers Guild -- The National Lawyers Guild's Cuba subcommittee works on issues around Cuba, particularly ending the U.S. Blockade.
A. Nash Travel -- Canadian tourist agency with information on air schedules, hotels, tours and visas.
Cuba Linda -- travel agency in Cuba run by US citizen Philip Agee with information-and ability to make reservations-regarding hotels, airlines and other activities.
Cuba Travel -- Mexican based agency that arranges trips and provides general information on travel for US citizens.
Cuba Web -- a web site organized in Cuba to provide information to travelers and others, in Spanish and English.
Cubatravel.com -- site describing itself as Cuba's official travel authority.
Hotel Reservations -- price comparisons for lodging in Havana and Varadero.
Lonely Planet -- this popular guidebook provides a brief traveler's report.
Suites Olimpia - accommodations with private family in Havana.
Traveling to Cuba - travel information gathered by the Afro-Cuba Web.
Cuba.com - miscellaneous information on Cuba and travel.
Cuba Scams - listings of various scams designed to take advantage of those interested in Cuba