Custom Cuba Travel

Custom Cuba Travel presents a unique opportunity for youth and little league players from the United States to compete on the diamond against Cuban little league teams in this once in a lifetime opportunity to engage as youth ambassadors while playing baseball. In the midst of the highs and lows of the 20th century relationship between the United States and Cuba, one thing that has always remained a constant is the American and Cuban obsession over the game of baseball.

 

Historically, Cuba has provided Major League Baseball with some of its greatest and most exciting stars. In turn, many great American players of the Golden Age of baseball also spent time playing ball and vacationing in pre-Revolutionary Cuba. In this course, you can follow the footsteps of Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio in Havana. Learn about the effect of politics on the game. From Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez’ remarkable journey to the United States aboard a flimsy raft to President Jimmy Carter getting pitching advice from Fidel Castro at a game during a non-state visit to the island in 2002, the game of baseball has never ceased to capture the imagination of the masses in the United States and Cuba.

 

Under a people to people exchange, youth participants will have the opportunity to play against five different local youth teams in the vicinity of Havana. The program will allow participants to learn about the history of the game in Cuba and in the process create a bond with ordinary Cubans they meet over their shared love of the truly “American” pastime of “beisbol.”

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**Note: Dates are approximate and will be coordinated by our organization with local US youth and little league groups’ availability.

 

All pricing includes air-fair and prices are subject to change based on the quality of the accommodations requested by trip participants.