Highlights of Haiti
Overview
Highlights
- Get familiar with the art culture of haiti
- Cool off in the turquoise pools of bassin-bleu
- Visit a foundation teaching arts to at-risk youth
- Learn about vodou culture and savour creole cuisine
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Trip includes
- Your G for Good Moment: Art Creation Foundation
- JacmelYour Welcome Moment: Meet Your CEO and GroupYour Foodie Moment: Rum Distillery Visit
- Cap-HaïtienYour Foodie Moment: Kasav Making Demonstration
- Cap-Haïtien
- Arrival transfer
- Citadelle Laferrière visit (Cap-Haïtien)
- Rum distillery visit
- Cap-Haïtien city tour
- Bassin-Bleu visit (Jacmel)
- Port-au-Prince city tour including Noailles at Croix-de-Bouquets artist communities
- Iron Market
- and Rezistans artists
- Internal flights
- All transport between destinations and to/from included activities
Itinerary
Arrive at any time. Included arrival transfer from the airport to the hotel.
Today is arrival day, so there are no planned activities until the evening welcome meeting. You are free to arrive at the Port-au-Prince airport at any time where you will be met and transferred to our hotel in the city, which is approx. 30 minutes from the airport.
Enjoy an included city tour focusing on Haitian history, culture and the vibrant local arts scene. Visit the Iron Market (Marché en Fer). Meet a Vodou priest at Noailles and see the fascinating iron-working community of Croix-des-Bouquets. Fill up on Creole cuisine an...
Fly to Cap-Haïtien and visit the famous Citadelle Laferrière, a UNESCO-designated mountaintop fortress. After, visit the sugarcane fields and learn to make Haitian rum.
Fly to Cap-Haïtien, on the northern coast. Visit the famous Citadelle Laferrière and the suga...
Enjoy a walking tour including the cathedral and main city market. Learn to make kasav, a traditional food of the native Taino people.
Explore the city on foot to learn more about the area. With free time in the afternoon, opt to visit the beach on this northern...
Fly back to Port-au-Prince and continue to Jacmel. This town is known for its vibrant art scene, carnival celebrations, and sandy beaches. Take a city tour focused on the art community here. Pop into artists' studios to view the local papier mâché creations and wander past colourful mosaics on every wall.
Visit the most famous attraction in the area, Bassin-Bleu. After a fun ride and a hike down hill, arrive at the natural blue pools and waterfalls. Jump in and cool off.
Visit the most famous attraction in the area, Bassin-Bleu. This is a series of waterfalls and...
Visit a local grassroots project, the G Adventures-supported Art Creation Foundation for Children. The program teaches at-risk children different types of traditional art while providing meals and a "second home". Enjoy a homemade meal here and learn about the great work this organization is doing. Travel back to Port-au-Prince for a final night with the group.
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G Adventures Reviews & Ratings
Very interesting, tourism just at the beginning stage
Very interesting, tourism just at the beginning stage. Bad roads but...
Met my expectations
Met my expectations. Great experience. The driver was amazing! Discovered...
Overall, the highlights of Haiti trip was an authentic tour of very diverse places across the country
Overall, the highlights of Haiti trip was an authentic tour of very diverse places across the country. From the hectic city of Port au Prince to the relaxed beaches ...
I think that everyone who lives in a developed nation should visit Haiti simply to learn how people can survive three hundred years of colonial oppression
I think that everyone who lives in a developed nation should visit Haiti simply to learn how people can survive three hundred years of colonial oppression. It's only...
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