about Cubamotorcycletours.com

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?

Christopher P. Baker in Vinales, Cuba, with his BMW R100GS PD, in 1996

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 Maryland, 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 1250GS, Harley-Davidson Softail and Harley-Davidson Road King, and even a Suzuki V-Strom 1000.

He speaks regularly about motorcycle touring in Cuba for such venues as the BMW MOA International Rally and Horizons Unlimited, etc.

CUBA EXPERT

Christopher P. Baker interview with Jake Tapper, CNN, as a Cuba travel 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."

Christopher brings immense added value to any tour with his profound knowledge and contacts accumulated during 30+ years experience as a journalist and group tour leader in Cuba.

A former member of the international press corp in Cuba, Chris has written and photographed eight travel books about Cuba, as well as countless magazine articles for such entities as BBC Travel, CNN Travel, National Geographic Traveler, and Playboy. He has appeared as a Cuba expert 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 almost 150 group programs to Cuba for Lindblad Expeditions, National Geographic Expeditions, and Jim Cline Photo Tours, among other prestigious tour companies, as well as medical delegations such as the UCSF Medical Global Initiative and the Children's Cancer Association, and even CNN's Michael Smerconish. In addition to arranging and leading many group motorcycle tours in Cuba, in 2019 also led Los Angeles Times Expeditions' 'Cuban Chrome' trips for auto and motorcycle enthusiasts.

Learn more about Christopher as a travel journalist, Cuba expert, and tour leader at his personal website

MOTOJOURNALIST

National Geographic Traveller

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, Rider, and Robb Report. His solo and group adventure motorcycle touring experience spans the globe, 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). His literary travelog Mi Moto Fidel: Motorcycling Through Castro's Cuba (National Geographic Adventure Press, 2001) won both the Lowell Thomas Award as "Travel Book of the Year," as well as the North American Travel Journalist's 'Grand Prize.]

Learn more about Christopher as a moto-journalist at his motojournalism website