YOUR CUSTOM GROUP MOTORCYCLE TOUR OF CUBA WILL BE DESIGNED, ARRANGED, & (IF DESIRED) LED BY ACCLAIMED CUBA EXPERT, MOTOJOURNALIST, AND PROFESSIONAL TOUR LEADER CHRISTOPHER P. BAKER
"One of the world's leading authorities on Cuban travel and culture"
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
“Christopher… I gave the tour a 99 on a 100 scale as I can’t imagine it gets much better than we experienced in Cuba. You did everything well and made sure that everyone in the group had a very memorable trip.”
BOB HENIG, BOB’S BMW of MAINE
“With you, it became an unforgettable trip, Christopher. We hope to repeat it as soon as possible with new lucky travelers.”
TAYLAN DEMIRTAS, BMW RIDER ACADEMY of TURKEY
ABOUT CUBAMOTORCYCLETOURS.COM
Cubamotorcycletours.com is one of the websites of professional travel writer/photographer, motojournalist, and tour leader Christopher P. Baker, dba Christopher P. Baker, LLC. He specializes in arranging and leading custom group motorcycle trips to Cuba under the U.S.-legal 'People to People' and 'Support for the Cuban People' licenses
WHY CHRIS?
In 1996 Christopher shipped his BMW R100GS PD to Cuba as a licensed professional journalist and rode more than 7,000 miles during a three-month motorcycle journey, resulting in publication of his Moon Cuba guidebook and his award-winning National Geographic travelogue Mi Moto Fidel: Motorcycling Through Castro's Cuba, as well as dozens of magazine and newspaper feature articles.
In January 2013, Christopher secured a license from the U.S. Treasury Department authorizing the first group motorcycle programs in Cuba under the "people-to-people" license category. That year he led the first U.S. motorcycle group tour of Cuba end-to-end since the 1959 Revolution. He has since arranged and led motorcycle tours through Cuba for such entities as Bob's BMW of Maine, Edelweiss Bike Travel, and the BMW Rider Academy of Turkey, among others.
He has ridden through Cuba dozens of times on motorcycles as varied as BMW R100GS, F650GS, F700GS, F800GS, and 1200GS, Harley-Davidson Softail and Harley-Davidson Road King, and even a Suzuki V-Strom 1000.
CUBA EXPERT
Christopher—the Lowell Thomas Award 2008 ‘Travel Journalist of the Year’—has been hailed by National Geographic as "One of the world’s foremost authorities on Cuba travel and culture." Chris written and photographed eight travel books, plus countless magazine articles about Cuba for such entities as BBC Travel, CNN Travel, National Geographic Traveler, and Playboy. His has appeared on radio and TV news and talk shows from ABC News, Al Jazeera, BBC, CBS News, and CNN to Fox News and MSNBC, among others.
Plus, he has led more than one hundred programs to Cuba for Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic Expeditions, among other prestigious tour companies, as well as medical delegations as the UCSF Medical Global Initiative, the Children's Cancer Association, and even CNN's Michael Smerconish. In 2019, he led Los Angeles Times Expeditions' 'Cuban Chrome' trips for auto and motorcycle enthusiasts and has been hired to lead similar trips for A&E's History Channel beginning in 2023.
Learn more about Christopher at his personal website
MOTOJOURNALIST
Christopher has written and photographed about motorcycle touring and culture for dozens of publications worldwide, from CNN Travel and National Geographic Traveler to such motorcycling publications as Adventure Motorcyclist, Bike (UK), BMW Motorcycle Magazine, BMW ON, Motorcyclist, and Rider.
His solo and group adventure motorcycle touring experience ranges from Scotland and South Africa to Oman and Japan.
His coffee-table books include Harley-Davidson Engines & Evolution (2021) and BMW Motorrad: A Two-Wheeled Legend (November 2023).
Learn more about Christopher as a moto-journalist at his motojournalism website