Havana, Cuba
People to People Cultural Exchange
with Peter Turnley
Dec 3-9, 2012

Organized and operated by Cuba Cultural Travel, in consultation with, and endorsed by, Peter Turnley.

Package price $4,500 (tuition, air fare, hotel, meals, entertainment, local guide/translator)

Peter Turnley is excited to announce a once in a lifetime opportunity that many photographers based in the United States have long been waiting for: the opportunity to visit and photograph the daily life of Havana, Cuba. If you are interested, you will want to register as soon as possible to reserve a spot for this exciting unique photographic experience. Each program will be limited to 12 participants.

Led by one of the world’s most renowned photojournalists, who has made many previous trips to Cuba, this is a unique opportunity for photographers to visit Havana, Cuba and engage in people-to-people experiences with the Cuban people. This will be an opportunity to make a portfolio of photographs of this amazingly human, vibrant, and passionate people and culture. This educational exchange offers participants the chance to be a part of the amazing spirit and passion for living the Cuban people have to offer.

This program, led by photojournalist Peter Turnley, is organized and operated exclusively by Cuba Cultural Travel, which was is licensed by the United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control to engage in the travel-related and other transactions incidental to its travel program and to authorize United States persons to travel on those programs under Cuba Cultural Travel’s auspices. This program will be led by a U.S. staff member of Cuba Cultural Travel. Cuba Cultural Travel is located at 425 E Alvarado Street, Ste H, Fallbrook, California 92028, Tel. 760.645.3269. You may contact them at any time.

Photographers will have the opportunity daily to explore and photograph the neighborhoods of Havana and engage in person-to-person activities with Cubans and their everyday life. Daily presentations and lectures will be led by Peter Turnley and others, and the photographers will be offered a rich schedule of visits to fascinating aspects of Cuban life related to education, arts and culture, photography, music, dance, and food. Presented with a very exciting mix of activities and group shooting opportunities, as well as the possibility for the photographers to make their own personal explorations, students will visit many of the fascinating Havana neighborhoods, markets, witness great dance and hear great music, visit a boxing gym, one of the Caribbean’s most amazing cemeteries, churches, schools, and much more. During the week, Peter Turnley and the students will be assisted by English-speaking Cubans who live in Havana and will help as local guides and translators. There will be daily group photo review sessions of the participants’ photographs and we will finish with a final show with each participant presenting a 15 image photo-essay/portfolio to be edited with Peter Turnley.

Photographers joining will leave from Miami, Florida as a group on a charter flight from Miami to Havana, on Dec 3, 2012, and stay for six nights and seven days. The group will return to Miami on Dec 9. The group will stay at a 5 star hotel in the center of Havana, the Hotel Parque Central.

This price includes tuition, roundtrip airfare from Miami to Havana, single accommodations for six nights in Havana, breakfast daily plus two group dinners, two group lunches, one evening of entertainment, airport transfers, all visas and licenses, and tuition. A $45 application fee will also be charged. Airfare to Miami and hotel accommodations in Miami are not included.

Cuban Authorities have mandated that all tourists entering Cuba carry health insurance and emergency evacuation coverage. This coverage is included as part of your airfare through the charter company. This coverage will pay your medical expenses up to 25,000 CUC and pay up to 7,000 CUC for repatriation or transportation. Eligibility is up to 80 years old.

You may choose to purchase additional coverage through a U.S. insurance provider – especially travel cancellation insurance or for travelers over the age of 80.

Any optional event that requires an admission fee. Such as museums, night clubs, a baseball game, etc. • Meals and beverages - except breakfast at the hotel and the two group dinners. • Individual guides and translators • Individual transportation within Cuba for optional activities. • All expenses of a personal nature such as room service, phone, mini-bar, laundry, internet access, etc. • Airport Taxes upon departing Havana, CUC 25 (USD 30.00). • Tips for drivers, guides, hotel staff, restaurants, etc. • Travel/cancellation insurance. • Any excess baggage charges. • Cost of obtaining a passport. • Any additional cost(s) not included in the itinerary.

If students want to bring along a companion and share a double occupancy room with them, the package cost for the companion will be $2,600.

Enrollment: 12 maximum. Spots will be held on a first come basis. It is expected that there will be high interest in this trip so if you would like to hold a spot; it is recommended that you send an email stating your intention to attend to:

Peter Turnley: pturnley@attglobal.net

You will then receive instructions how to proceed to register and make payment. Registration and payment will be handled by Cuba Cultural Travel . Registrations are accepted on a first-come first-serve basis and your spot is held only once a payment has been received. Please be advised, for travel to Cuba, your passport must be valid up to at least 6 months AFTER the dates of travel.

Note: Participants will be required to make their own travel arrangements for arriving to and from Miami.