What distinguishes CCT from other travel groups?

• Our long term relationships in Cuba;
• The depth and experience of our Cuban team;
• Our pioneering  leadership in developing and equipping  Cuban guides, naturalists, and field biologists;
• Our continued leadership in  creating and refining new birding itineraries;

Very recently, a number of retail travel companies and even retail birding tour providers have begun offering mixed agenda Cuba travel programs (based on People-to-People licenses issued by US Department of Treasury) that offer some birding. None of these programs come close to legally permitting participants to spend the time that we spend dedicated to identifying birds in the field.

We are able to avoid the mixed agenda programming that some of these other organizations are beholden to. In addition to fulfilling our authorized obligation to identify and record birds in the field, CCT programs  visit a variety of habitat in various Important Bird Areas (IBAs) as designated by BirdLife International, covering very diverse parts of the country, and providing excellent opportunities to interact with some of Cuba’s most talented naturalists and bird experts. We work directly with Cuba’s leading ornithologists and biologists to provide an important conservation link to this endeavor, benefiting the Cuban people and environment.

Better for birds, better for birders! We design our program so that your valued time and energy in Cuba is spent in birding habitat during prime time hours.