Licensed Cuba Travel Providers

Authorized Tour Companies for U.S. People to People Travel to Cuba

By Robert Curley

Updated 06/26/19

The Obama administration has loosened the ban on travel to Cuba by U.S. citizens to allow most Americans to visit the largest Caribbean nation for so-called "people-to-people" tours. If you want to legally visit the land of Castro, Hemingway, salsa, and cigars, here are the companies that can get you there now. (Note: Companies that actually run tours are listed first, followed by charter firms authorized to fly U.S. citizens into Cuba.)

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Insight Cuba

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Insight Cuba offers nine specialty tours of Cuba to U.S. travelers, including

  • Undiscovered Cuba Tour (10 days, 9 nights)
  • Classic Cuba (7 days, 6 nights)
  • Legendary Cuba (6 days, 5 nights)
  • Varadero and Havana (5 days, 4 nights)
  • A three-night Weekend In Havana
  • Havana Marathon (4 days, 3 nights)
  • Havana Jazz Festival (6 days, 5 nights)
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National Geographic Expeditions

National Geographic's 10-day "Cuba: Discovering Its People and Culture tour will take in Havana, the Bay of Pigs, Trinidad, Cienfuegos, and more.

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Friendly Planet

Friendly Planet offers four small group tours:

  • The eight-day Captivating Cuba itinerary: Havana, Cojimar, Varadero, Trinidad, Santa Clara & Sancti Spiritus
  • A five-day Authentic Havana tour Havana, Cojimar & Regla
  • A seven-day Authentic Havana & the Scenic Viñales Valley tour:  from the culture and communities of Havana to the spectacular vistas of the Viñales Valley
  • A seven-day Havana International Jazz Festival tour
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Cuba Education Tours

Offers weekly trips to Cuba for people-to-people exchanges, including a Cuba Education and Culture Tour, Discover Cuban Culture Tour, Cuban Music Workshop and Island Culture Tour, Havana Arts Biennial Dream Tour, and more.

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Common Ground Education and Travel Services

Common Ground launched a variety of people-to-people tours in 2012, including:

  • Life in Revolutionary Cuba
  • African Roots of Cuba
  • Cuba Today
  • Cuba por Dentro: Un programa dirigido al mundo latino de los Estados Unidos
  • Art & Artists of Cuba
  • Afro-Cuban Women Today: In Their Own Voices
  • Cuba: History, Land & People
  • Along the Path of the Revolution: From Santiago to Havana
  • Spiritual Life in Cuba: Santeria, Christianity and Judaism
  • Architectural Heritage as a Living Force in Cuban Life
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World Travel Cuba

Offers Cuba travel services to educational groups, schools, professional groups and individuals with specific licenses to travel to Cuba. Does not run people-to-people tours.

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American Tours International

Offers Cuba travel services to educational groups, schools, professional groups and individuals with specific licenses to travel to Cuba. Does not run people-to-people tours.

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Cuba Travel Services

Offers Cuba travel services to educational groups, schools, professional groups and individuals with specific licenses to travel to Cuba. Does not run people-to-people tours.

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Distant Horizons

Offers Cuba travel services to educational groups, schools, professional groups and individuals with specific licenses to travel to Cuba. Does not run people-to-people tours.

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Global Exchange

Offers Cuba travel services to educational groups, schools, professional groups and individuals with specific licenses to travel to Cuba. Does not run people-to-people tours.

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Holbrook Travel

Offers Cuba travel services to educational groups, schools, professional groups and individuals with specific licenses to travel to Cuba. Does not run people-to-people tours.

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Destination Cuba (Tico Travel)

Offers Cuba travel services to educational groups, schools, professional groups and individuals with specific licenses to travel to Cuba. Does not run people-to-people tours.

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Marazul

Offers Cuba travel services to educational groups, schools, professional groups and individuals with specific licenses to travel to Cuba. Does not run people-to-people tours.

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Academic Travel Abroad

Offers Cuba travel services to educational groups, and schools with specific licenses to travel to Cuba. Does not run people-to-people tours.

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Airline Brokers Company

Authorized Cuba air charter company.

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C&T Charters

Authorized Cuba air charter company.

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ABC Charters

Authorized Cuba air charter company.

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CTS Charters

Authorized Cuba air charter company.

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Xael Charters Inc.

Authorized Cuba air charter company.

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