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Sierra Maestra Photography Expedition
Three days chasing golden hour with a Cuban photographer who knows every ridgeline by name.
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discoverthe cubayou never saw.
Hidden gems, insider experiences, and unforgettable moments with the most interesting locals on the island. your real cuban bucket list ↓
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✦ chapter 02 — the premise
we are nota tourcompany.
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started as a newsletter.
Stories, hidden gems, and the locals who make Cuba worth flying for.
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you tell us what to build.
Every vote you cast helps us decide which experience becomes a real trip first.
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locals get paid first.
Fair, transparent splits. The photographers, chefs, and guides come before margin.
✦ chapter 03 — featured
trips people arefalling in lovewith.
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✦ chapter 04 — the vote
which onegets builtfirst?
Sign in with Instagram, vote on the experiences you want us to turn into real packages. Top voted = launched first. voters get the first invite.
live@maya.s ✦ voted Havana Family Kitchen
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Sierra Maestra Photography Expedition
Three days chasing golden hour with a Cuban photographer who knows every ridgeline by name.
482/ 500
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Havana Family Kitchen Night
Cook a four-course Cuban supper in a Centro Habana home. Music, rum, real conversation.
671/ 500
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Secret Scuba with a Local Legend
A dive with the man who taught most of the divers on the island. Reefs the boats never reach.
358/ 500
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Hidden Waterfalls & Local Life
Trek to falls that don’t appear on maps. Lunch with the family who keeps them secret.
294/ 500
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Vintage Car Mountain Road Trip
A ’57 Chevy, a route through the Escambray, and a mechanic who can fix it with a butter knife.
412/ 500
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Salsa Night on a Secret Rooftop
A live septet, a rooftop most Cubans don’t know exists, and lessons that work even on you.
537/ 500
funded ✓✦ chapter 05 — the mag
field notes fromthe othercuba.
The fisherman who feeds half of Baracoa
On the eastern tip of the island, where the road runs out, we spent a morning with Reinaldo and his grandson.
✦ readA coffee farm in the clouds
Three hours up a mule track outside Santiago is a finca where the beans dry on the porch and the rocking chairs are always free.
✦ readYoandra, the only female luthier in Holguín
She builds tres guitars in a converted bedroom. The waiting list is now eighteen months long.
✦ read✦ chapter 06 — the locals
the peoplebehindthe magic.
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Lázaro MendietaPhotographer · BayamoYC
Yamilet CruzChef · Centro HabanaTD
El Tigre DomínguezDive instructor · PinarRO
Reinaldo OrtizMountain guide · TopesYP
Yoandra PérezLuthier · HolguínOM
Onel "El Mecánico"Vintage cars · Trinidad✦ + 38 more locals · 11 provinces ✦
✦ chapter 07 — why us
three things werefuseto compromise.
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real cuba, real people
Every trip starts in someone’s kitchen, workshop, or boat. No coaches.
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locals paid first
Fair, transparent splits — before margin. The whole moat is trust.
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stories worth telling
You come back with a name in your contacts and a story your friends ask to hear twice.