CONTACT CHRIS to arrange your own custom motorcycle tour of Cuba by Harley-Davidson for your group
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Every U.S. citizen can legally travel to Cuba, pre-approved, under the “support for the Cuban people” license. These programs are designed to maximize “support for the Cuban people” through stays at private B&Bs, meals at private restaurants, and interactions with independent artists, private tobacco farmers, owners of classic convertible taxis, etc. |
Chris–author of Harley-Davidson Engines & Evolution (2021)–is delighted to partner with his personal friend Ernesto Guevara in offering custom tours for U.S. citizens interested in riding Cuba on Harley-Davidsons. There’s no more fitting motorcycle for riding this iconoclastic Caribbean island, which has a proud and fiercely loyal community of harlistas (aficionados and owners of antique Harley-Davidsons) See Chris’ feature article, “Cuba and the art of motorcycle maintenance.”
Ernesto and his wife Maria Elena founded La Poderosa Tours a decade ago to offer motorcycle tours of Cuba using a medley of Harley-Davidsons imported from South America. Riding with Ernesto brings an extra panache and interest to any tour. His father, the revolutionary icon Ernesto “Che” Guevara famously rode his Norton motorcycle around South America in 1956. Although Ernesto Jr. was only an infant when his father died, he inherited his love of motorcycles, and for mechanics in general. For many years, his personal ride was a 1948 Panhead!
A true member of Cuba’s harlista community, he is down-to-earth, affable and fun-loving and, obviously, a trove of fascinating stories, including of his university studies in Moscow, and his time serving with the Cuban military in Angola during their independence war (he also helps run the Che Guevara Study Center, in Havana). Trained as a lawyer and now in his late ’50s, Ernesto has decades of experience riding his 1948 Harley-Davidson Panhead throughout Cuba, and leading foreign groups on his fleet of modern HD models.
If Ernesto is not available, you’ll ride with another experienced Cuban guide.
CONTACT CHRIS tO BOOK one of the following La Poderosa itineraries…
TOUR 1: WEST CENTRAL CUBA – 7 DAYS
HIGHLIGHTS: Havana: Pre-revolutionary grandeur & fantastic nightlife / Santa Clara: City of Che Guevara / Cienfuegos: Peaceful Caribbean bayside city / Trinidad: UNESCO World Heritage Site colonial city / Santa Clara: A lovely town where ‘Che’ led the final battle that toppled brutal dictator Fulgencio Batista / Varadero: Cuba’s premier beach resort
From $ 4,100
TOUR 3: WEST CENTRAL CUBA – 9 DAYS
HIGHLIGHTS: Havana: Pre-revolutionary grandeur & fantastic nightlife / VIñales Valley: Tobacco & fantastic scenery / Las Terrazas & Soroa: Rural beauty and recreation / Cienfuegos: Peaceful Caribbean bayside city / Trinidad: UNESCO World Heritage Site colonial city / Santa Clara: A lovely town where ‘Che’ led the final battle that toppled brutal dictator Fulgencio Batista / Cayo Santa María: Superb beaches and a magnificent ocean causeway / Varadero: Cuba’s premier beach resort
From $4,900
