6-Hour Cienfuegos Bay Boat Tour with Jagua Fortress Visit

The journey

Trip highlights

• 01 Visit a cemetery of sunken ships in Cienfuegos Bay
• 02 Walk around Cayo Cardenas, the bay's only inhabited key
• 03 Bathe in waters adorned with beautiful colored fish
• 04 Discover the history of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Jagua Fortress

Explore Cienfuegos Bay on a 6-hour excursion that combines sailing, history, and time by the water. Along the way, you can visit a cemetery of sunken ships and Cayo Cardenas, the only inhabited key among the bay's 14 keys, where you may walk around and enjoy the local flora and fauna. Beautiful colored fish adorn the surrounding waters, where you can bathe before continuing to Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Jagua Fortress. In its exhibition rooms, you can discover the different stages the building went through, as well as the firearms and sabers once used by the soldiers stationed there.

Beautiful colored fish adorn the surrounding waters, where you can bathe before continuing to Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Jagua Fortress.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 6 Hours

Tour type Shared

Activity level Moderate

Accommodation Not included

Transport Included

Wheelchair access No

City Cienfuegos

Languages English, French, Russian, Spanish

Day by day

The itinerary

1

Day 01

Sailing Cienfuegos Bay to Jagua Fortress

• 9:00 am: Pick up by the guide at the hostel where the clients are staying to start the excursion, with a brief explanation of the itinerary.
• 9:00-9:10 am: Transfer by moto-taxi, where the visitor can see the charms of our city until arrival at the boat meeting point.
• 9:15-10:30 am: Sailing around Cienfuegos Bay.
• 10:35-11:35 am: Visit Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Jagua Fortress, where the client will receive a broad historical explanation of the site.
• 11:40 am-1:30 pm: Seafood lunch. Vegetarian and vegan options are also available.
• 1:35-2:45 pm: Return to the city.
• 2:50-3:00 pm: Transportation back to the hostel.

The route

Where you'll travel

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

• Transportation to the harbor
• Bath in the bay
• Tour on the ship
• Entrance to the Fortress
• Lunch based on seafood
• Cienfuegos tour guide

What's Not Included

• Tips for the guide are not included in the final price.

What to bring

• Bring water.
• Swimming clothes.
• Sunglasses.
• Cap.
• Sun protector to keep hydrated.

Know before you go

• Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Jagua Fortress is a castle built to protect the territory from corsairs and pirates that prowled the Caribbean coasts and took refuge there in search of water and food. Located at the very entrance to the bay, facing the Atlantic Ocean, this fortress has the only drawbridge in the country that still works.
• Cayo Cardenas is one of the 14 keys in the bay and is characterized by being the only one where people live.
• The Bay of Cienfuegos, formerly known as Jagua Bay, is an inlet of the Caribbean Sea located on the southern coast of the island of Cuba and belongs to the province of Cienfuegos.
• In case of cancellation, you should let the guide know 24 hours before the date.
• The client must pay for beverages.

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point

Palacio de Valle, Cienfuegos, Cuba

Tour start

Cienfuegos, Cuba

Tour ends at the same location as the start point.