GENERAL PROGRAM
Programme summary:
Day 1: Welcome to Havana
Day 2: Transfer to Jardines de la Reina + half day fishing
Days 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7: Full days fishing
Day 8: Half day fishing + transfer back to Havana
Day 9: Departure
Day 1: Fri - Welcome to Havana
Arrival at Havana's Jose Marti International airport. Personalized welcome and assistance by our Cuba Direct representatives. Transfer to the Hotel in Havana for 1 night at 5-Star Hotel.
Day 2: Sat - Transfer to Jardines de la Reina + half day fishing
4:00am:
Meet in Hotel Lobby for pick-up and transfer to Jardines de la Reina at Jucaro.
9:00am: Transfer to La Reina boat
Early afternoon fishing!
Days 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7: from Sun to Thu - Full days Fishing
7:00am: Wake-Up call
7:30am: Breakfast
8:00am: Fishing
Note: Schedule can be changed according to your preferences and your guide's
suggestions.
Day 8: Fri - Half day fishing + transfer back to Havana
7:00am: Wake-Up call
7:30am: Breakfast
8:00am: Fishing
After lunchtime, transfer back to Havana. Accommodation at one 5-Star Hotel.
Day 9: Sat - Departure
Breakfast at the hotel and transfer to international airport.
| Prices per angler |
| Season |
Double Cabin |
Single supplement |
| 04 Sep 2010 - 28 Jan 2011 |
£2629 |
£1059 |
| 29 Jan 2011 - 18 Mar 2011 |
£3559 |
£1059 |
| 19 Mar 2011 - 03 Jun 2011 |
£3929 |
£1059 |
| 04 Jun 2011 - 24 Jun 2011 |
£3559 |
£1059 |
| 25 Jun 2011 - 03 Sep 2011 |
£2629 |
£1059 |
PRICE INCLUDES
- 2 nights accommodation in double room base in 5-star hotel in Havana (on arrival and
departure), breakfast included.
- 6 nights on La Reina boat on double occupancy. Full board basis
- 5 full days + 2 half days fishing (two people per skiff)
- Beverages on board - 10 beers & 30 drinks (water & soft drinks)
- Marine park license
- Transfer from/to Havana and Jucaro port.
PRICE EXCLUDES
- Fishing tackle: (please notify of interest in rentals at time of booking) Fly rod and reel are
available at the cost of CUC 25 / day
- Havana Airport tax (CUC 25 to be paid at the airport before leaving)
- Tips, personal expense; and drinks other than stated above.
- Available dives, to be pay locally on Jardines de la Reina
- Anything not explicitly mentioned above is not included in the price.
Note: prices are based in 2 person shared a double room in Havana and double cabin in La Reina boat. The "single supplement" it is only for Single Cabin in La Reina boat.
INFO ABOUT LA REINA AND FISHING ZONE
La Reina is a comfortable yacht, fully refurbished at the end of the 2005 season. It is sixty-nine feet in length, fully air conditioned, with 4 double rooms and 4 bathrooms. The large upper deck, where meals are usually served, makes a fine place to relax before diner with a cocktail or a good Cuban Cigar. We installed a new water maker that allows us an unlimited amount of fresh water each day. The showers now have plenty of hot water to make the accommodations as comfortable as possible for our guests.
The chef on La Reina, as on our other yachts, goes all out to provide delicious fare for our guests. Dinners are seafood oriented with fresh mutton snapper and grouper being readily available. Other traditional Cuban entrees like chicken and pork are also part of the regular weekly menu. It is very easy for us to prepare vegetarian meals on request and the chef serves a variety of salads and fruits each day. Everyone looks forward to the desserts like our famous Cuban flan, and delicious rum cake.
The guides live aboard the La Reina along with the guests, giving us the flexibility to travel around this huge island system in order to find the absolute best fishing. This is one of the keys to the popularity of booking one of our yachts like the La Reina. The ideal group of anglers is four, with two guides and two flats skiffs available at all times. For those guests that are keen to try all kinds of fishing techniques, from fly fishing to spin fishing, trolling along the reef, or bottom fishing for snapper and grouper, the La Reina is a superb choice and is the ideal setting for a smaller groups of anglers.
Daily Routine:
Unlike many of the traditional lodges, the fishing hours on board La Reina are totally at the discretion of the clients. Our fishing day normally begins with breakfast at 7:00am, and your guides will be ready to depart for fishing from 7:45 am on. Most of the flats you will fish are within fifteen minutes of the yacht, and it is always nice to take a lunch break in the comfort and shade, back on board the boat. Relaxing for an hour or so before fishing the long afternoons, especially during the warm summer season, is always a good idea.
Lunches on board La Reina are particularly good, while we are more limited in fare when making up box lunches for a full day on the water. Many of the more remote flats can produce outstanding fishing and your guides will suggest the evening before that you pack a lunch and stay out all day in order to access some of the more distant flats and estuaries.
Clients can fish late into the evening if they like, since it is usually only a short run to get back to the La Reina. At Jardines, the morning winds often calm down in the afternoons, and fishing in the late afternoon can be superb, especially for bonefish. There is never a daily gasoline limitation for our guides, so you can run longer distances to fish remote flats, especially on those days when you opt to stay out all day.
Our fishing weeks on board the yachts run from Saturday to the following Friday. Our season in the Jardines de la Reina is from mid-October to end of August. A normal week includes five full days of fishing and one to two half days depending on your schedule and mode of transportation to Jucaro. Jucaro is the port town where clients will board the La Reina for the trip to the Jardines de la Reina.
Know these virgin cays of Cuba where another fisherman never dream to go!