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Cuban teachers and their students in Artemisa province. Photo Henk van der Leeden.
All Cuba Education and Explorer Tours include official Cuban medical insurance coverage.
CLUB CUBANO membership provides cash, rewards and free travel, even if you can't go to Cuba now. |
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Teacher programs :: Cuba Education and Culture Tours highlights |
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Group welcome dinner with your guide and tourmates to get to know one another, and farewell trip dinner to cement friendships and relish trip memories. |
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Tour and dine at the largest urban organic collective farm in Havana, employing 600 people and producing millions of pounds of vegetables, fruits and herbs. |
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Visit Convento Belén, an ecumenical community project providing local people with healthcare, meals, vocational training and volunteer opportunities. |
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Witness the largest collection of colonial-era architecture in the Americas and learn about restoration and preservation efforts. |
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Visit the urban primary school Angela Landa serving children from Old Havana. |
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Private guided walking tour of the main historical sites of Old Havana, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. |
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Institute for Superior Arts (ISA) from which the island's best music, dance, design, and visual arts talents emerge. |
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Las Terrazas eco-community in the Sierra del Rosario mountain range west of Havana in the new province of Artemisa. |
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Dine at delicious restaurants serving authentic Cuban cuisine and international dishes, and imbibe in pulsating Latin entertainment, music and dance. |
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Escuela Taller [Workshop School] trains local youth historical restoration arts and sciences. You'll meet its teachers and students. |
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Attend a rumba performance at the Callejón de Hamel that sports hundreds of Afrocuban inspired murals. |
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Guided coach tours spanning old to new Havana, and environs. |
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Live music and dance lessons with the Afrocuban Grupo Dulce María. |
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Explore the Afrocuban community of Regla. Its rich African influenced traditions span centuries. |
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Visit a scale model of Old Havana used for social development and planning. |
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Excursion to Viñales Valley in the province of Pinar del Río where we'll explore caves, nature, art and a tobacco plantation. |
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Dine with famed ceramist José Fúster at his whimsical Havana studio spanning several city blocks. |
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Visit a community run school for K-8 students in the Cayo Hueso neighborhood of Central Havana. |
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Attend a regal cannon firing ceremony dating from 1519 at one of the best-preserved Spanish colonial fortification in the Americas. |
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Visit the house and farm of literary titan Ernest Hemingway, today a museum exhibiting his untouched library, manuscripts and personal effects. |
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Museum of Literacy tour led by curator Luisa Campos. |
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Tour the House of Africa display sub-Saharan arts and crafts and objects from Cuba's rich African influences. |
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Click here for a schedule of all tours of interest to teachers and educators.
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Watch this Cuba school tour video featuring music, dance, culture and nature. It's a wonderful planning and promotion resource. A DVD version is yours for asking.
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Teacher tour leaders travel free. |
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| Student programs :: Cuba study abroad tours with 8, 10 and 15-day options |
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CHECK OUT these sample Cuba tours. They'll serve as a useful starting point for planning your school tour.
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Hola! I am Leonardo Hechavarría. I coordinate Cuba Education and Explorer Tours for teachers and students. I'm here to help you go to Cuba. I grew up there and love my country. I guarantee your study abroad program to my homeland will be perfect. I've helped thousands of people from 18 nations interact with my people since 1992. |
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Safe educational tours to Cuba for students and their teachers.
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CLICK HERE to request a custom tour for your school and students. |
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While in Cuba, North American students make new friends, practice Spanish, and learn all about island culture. They return home motivated to redouble academic and civic commitments. |
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| Prior Cuba Education Tours programs :: Add your school to this prestigious index |
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WE BUILD a free custom website for all schools that go to Cuba. |
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WATCH THIS six-minute video "Auténtica Cuba," featuring activities you'll savor on tour Cuba Education and Explorer Tour. |
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Cuba Education and Explorer Tours are proud providers of green sustainable social travel. Verify our status. Search by keyword 'Cuba.' |
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| Cuba highlights :: Education, social justice, and teacher and youth issues |
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Education rules in Cuba! Young people are considered the island's greatest asset. Teachers are considered guardians of the future, rather than burdens upon the public purse. Healthcare and education get the bulk of the federal budget. |
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Cuban students score tops academically in Latin America at all levels |
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Emphasis on sports and fitness |
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No McDonald's or Burger Kings. Most food is raised locally and organically |
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Sex education at all grade levels, including appreciation for all expressions of loving sexuality |
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Low teen birth rate. Abortion on demand |
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Bullying is combated |
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Preventative healthcare taught |
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Foreign languages required |
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Race and color are celebrated |
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Gender parity is the norm. Female leadership promoted |
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Students aspire to academic excellence |
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Hyperactive kids given supervised focused assignments and tasks instead of pharmaceutical maintenance |
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Graduation rate at grade twelve: 97.5% |
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Abundance of music, dance and arts curriculum. |
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Youth are cherished and elders revered |
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Cuba is a narcotics free nation |
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Youth vote at 16 years, the age of majority, except for military at 18 |
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History and geography are elevated, together with math and science |
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Healthcare is free and accessible |
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Education is free through university, for adult students too |
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Ecological and environmental awareness integrated into courses |
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High civic engagement by youth |
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Low student to teacher classroom ratios |
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Strong teacher unions that determine curriculum, planning and budgets |
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Parents volunteer to maintain school facilities |
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Preschool spots available for all |
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No school closures. Some rural schools only have two students |
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Youth literacy rate: 99.3%, the 0.07% deficit on account of disabilities |
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Meals provided free at schools |
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All books and supplies at no cost |
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Youth volunteerism expected |
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Special needs kids get full-time one-on-one attention |
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No precedent for weapon assaults and mass murders at schools |
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Low delinquency and youth incarceration rate. Community plays role in rehabilitation |
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Teachers intervene when domestic violence, resignation or depression is apparent |
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Standardized testing used as a planning benchmark, not as a threat, or to thwart teacher creativity |
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Individual educator innovation is publically acclaimed |
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WE HELP American teachers travel legally. 
