Private groups · Your dates · Maximum 10 guests
Cuba Educational Tours for Private Groups
Music, dance, language, history, and cultural exchange shaped into a focused learning program for your school, ensemble, organization, family, or group.
8 days / 7 nights
Sample private program
Havana & Matanzas
Regional musical context
Daily learning
Workshops, lessons & exchange
Built for your group
Goals, level, pace & dates
Learning through participation
A program built around how your group learns
Cuban music makes more sense when rhythm, history, movement, and community are experienced together. A private educational tour lets your group move beyond observation and spend time learning directly from working musicians, dancers, music specialists, guides, artists, and independent cultural partners.
We begin with your group’s purpose. A university ensemble may want workshops and rehearsal exchange. A dance school may focus on casino and rumba. A family or community organization may combine approachable music sessions with history, architecture, food, and neighborhood life.
The program is private, non-accredited unless your institution separately arranges credit, and priced by proposal. Student-group pricing may be available based on the final scope.
Choose the emphasis
Study Tracks We Can Build Around
Music history & listening
Son, rumba, jazz, timba, sacred and secular traditions, recording history, and the musical exchange connecting Cuba with the Caribbean and the United States.
Instrument study
Percussion, piano, voice, bass, tres, guitar, trumpet, trombone, or ensemble work matched to participant level and instructor availability.
Dance & embodied rhythm
Casino, rumba, movement, clave, partner work, and the cultural context that turns a sequence of steps into musical understanding.
Spanish in context
Practical Spanish, Cuban expressions, listening practice, and guided use during cultural activities for beginner or intermediate learners.
Culture, history & place
Old Havana, neighborhood life, visual art, architecture, private enterprise, foodways, rural and coastal context, and contemporary Cuban perspectives.
Organization-specific goals
Custom research questions, repertoire, peer exchange, educator meetings, project visits, or reflection sessions built around the purpose of your group.
Eight-day sample framework
A Full Program We Adapt to Your Goals
The final schedule is timed and trip-specific. Artists, educators, venues, and regional visits are confirmed only after availability and applicable transaction restrictions are reviewed.
Days 1–2 · Orientation & foundations
Arrival, Havana orientation, guided neighborhood context, introduction to Cuban music, group rhythm work, a first dance or movement session, and a selected performance.
Days 3–4 · Focused study
A study day can begin with guided listening or a group introduction to the musical theme, followed by the instrument, voice, dance, language or research work selected for your group. An artist conversation or available evening performance connects the study with musical practice. Your proposal specifies lesson hours, participant level, instructor availability and the balance of study and cultural visits.
Days 5–6 · Rumba & regional context
Afro-Cuban musical history, percussion and movement, a structured Matanzas day with independent cultural partners, and comparison of regional musical practice.
Days 7–8 · Synthesis & departure
Final workshop or group reflection, scheduled community or artist exchange, farewell dinner and performance, then airport transfer on departure day.
Included by proposal
The Learning Program and the Logistics Around It
- Privately operated accommodation with private rooms and bathrooms
- Bilingual musician and music-specialist leadership
- Guides from our team in Cuba, plus instructors, artists, and cultural partners
- Scheduled workshops, lessons, and group sessions
- Confirmed performance reservations and cultural activities
- Private ground transportation and scheduled airport transfers
- Meals specified in the final proposal
- Havana and Matanzas program design when selected
- Pre-departure preparation and documentation
- Flight-timing guidance; flights are not included
- Current eVisa, insurance, cash, and packing reminders
- On-the-ground coordination when schedules change
Pricing is customized. Group size, dates, lesson hours, instructor mix, accommodation, transportation, meals, and regional travel all affect the proposal. Any card fee and payment schedule will be disclosed before booking.
For U.S. Educational Groups
“Educational tour” describes the learning format. It is not, by itself, a U.S. travel authorization.
We review the eligibility of the proposed program against the activities actually planned and the travelers involved. When appropriate, a qualifying private cultural program may be designed around Support for the Cuban People, 31 CFR § 515.574, with a full-time schedule of qualifying activity, meaningful interaction, and support for independent Cuban activity.
We do not assume that a school, university, ensemble, nonprofit, or professional group qualifies under a particular category because of its name. Academic, professional, research, and institutional programs require activity-specific review. We also review applicable restrictions on accommodations, institutions, instructors, venues, tickets, intermediaries, and direct or indirect payments.
General information only, not legal advice. Travelers and sponsoring organizations remain responsible for determining and documenting eligibility.
Tell Us What Your Group Wants to Learn
Share your dates, group size, ages, experience level, academic or organizational goals, preferred subjects, and accessibility needs. We will prepare a realistic private proposal.
Havana Music Tours contributes 5% of tour revenue to the separate CreatiVrole Project. No separate traveler donation is required, and a contribution does not provide travel authorization.