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Highlights of Haiti and Carnival
9 days, Port-au-Prince to Port-au-Prince
Itinerary
Day 1Port-au-Prince
Arrive at any time in Port-au-Prince. Included airport transfer to the start hotel.
Arrival Transfer
You will be met at the airport and transferred to the hotel to start your adventure.
Your Welcome Moment: Welcome Moment - Meet Your CEO and Group
Your opportunity to meet your CEO and fellow travellers, and learn more about your tour. Opt to join the group for a local meal afterwards. Don't forget to see the notice in the lobby (or ask reception) for the official time and place to meet up with the group.
Day 2Port-au-Prince/Jacmel
Travel to Jacmel, tour the city, and watch the city come alive with carnival preparations. Visit a local grassroots project, the G Adventures-supported Art Creation Foundation for Children. In the evening, hit the town and take in the music and street parties as carnival kicks off.
Private Vehicle
Settle in and scan the scenery from the convenience of a private vehicle.
Jacmel City Tour
Take a city tour focused on the art community here. Pop into artists' studios to view (and buy) papier-mâché creations and hand-carved wooden animals and wander past colourful mosaics on every wall.
Your G for Good Moment: Art Creation Foundation
The Art Creation Foundation for Children has a simple core belief – if a child can make a papier-mâché bowl or bird, s/he will never have to beg, sell their body or starve. Practical and powerful. Visit the program and meet some of the 100+ at-risk children and youth who are now creating art, going to school and eating three meals a day.
Share a homemade meal and learn more about this valuable community-building initiative in Jacmel.
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Breakfast | DinnerDay 3Jacmel
Get into the heart of Jacmel's Carnival and take in the creativity and colours of giant papier-mâché masks, choreographed dance troupes, and local music at the annual Sunday parade. Learn about regional traditions, Haitian history, and local culture while reveling in the celebration.
Jacmel Carnival Parade
Dive right into the revelry of Haitian Carnival in the streets of Jacmel, the home of Haiti's most colourful Carnival experience. Locals flock to the streets to watch various troupes and groups dance through the street. Some don colourful, oversized papier-mâché masks and others are doused head to toe in various paint colours. This approximately 3-hour parade has thousands of participants, numerous bands, and more culture and tradition than you can shake a stick at. You'll have to see it to believe it.
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Breakfast | DinnerDay 4Jacmel
Visit the breathtaking pools and cascades of Bassin-Bleu before capping off the day with a beach barbecue.
Bassin-Bleu Visit
Visit the turquoise pools of Bassin-Bleu. A short hike takes you into the hidden paradise of the pools and waterfalls. Dare to leap off nearby cliffs or just slip in and relax in the water.
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Breakfast | Lunch | DinnerDay 5Jacmel/Cap-Haïtien
Drive back to Port-au-Prince before boarding a flight to Cap-Haïtien.
Private Vehicle
Settle in and scan the scenery from the convenience of a private vehicle.
Plane
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... yup, it is a plane, actually.
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Breakfast | LunchDay 6Cap-Haïtien
Visit the famous Citadelle Laferrière, a UNESCO-designated mountaintop fortress. After, visit the sugarcane fields and learn to make famous Haitian rum.
Citadelle Laferrière Visit
Beginning in 1805, it took 20,000 men five years to build the imposing Citadelle Laferrière high atop a mountain in northern Haiti, 27km (17 mi) south of Cap-Haïtien. This UNESCO World Heritage site is the biggest fortress in the Americas. Walk the grounds, imagine firing one of the 365 cannons, and admire the resilient architecture of this Haitian icon.
Your Foodie Moment: Rum Distillery Visit
Visit a traditional rum distillery (or “guildive”) surrounded by sugar cane fields. Watch workers unload the cane, place it onto a conveyor and pressed to extract the sticky clear liquid. The belt is powered by a steam engine built in France in 1948. See the copper distillery drums and then sample some of the potent rum for which Haiti is famous.
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Breakfast | Lunch | DinnerDay 7Cap-Haïtien/Port-au-Prince
Enjoy a walking tour around Cap-Haïtien including the cathedral and main city market. Learn to make kasav, a traditional food of the native Taino people. Fly to Port-au-Prince in the afternoon.
Cap-Haïtien Walking Tour
Visit some of the highlights of the city including the city centre and the cathedral.
Your Foodie Moment: Kasav Making Demonstration
Visit a local kitchen to learn how to turn manioc (yucca) into kasav, a type of flatbread. Learn the history and preparation of this traditional dish, passed down for generations from the native Taino people who first inhabited the islands before Columbus' arrival.
Plane
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... yup, it is a plane, actually.
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BreakfastDay 8Port-au-Prince
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 and culture along the way.
Port-au-Prince City Tour
Visit the Champ-des-Mars neighbourhood with stops at the remains of the National Palace and statues of the Unknown Maroon and Independence Heroes. See the devastating effects of the 2010 earthquake side-by-side with colourful arts, crafts and traditional goods at the newly created artist community of Atis Rezistans. Search for artifacts related to the pervasive Vodou (Voodoo) culture in Haiti.
Meet a Vodou priest and find beautiful metal art treasures in the fascinating iron-working community of Noailles at Croix-des-Bouquets. Fill up on delicious Creole cuisine and unique cultural experiences along the way.
With time, opt to get a bird's eye view at the Belvedere on Boutilliers Hills, scanning the Bay of Port-au-Prince and city below.
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BreakfastDay 9Port-au-Prince
Depart at any time.
Departure Day
Not ready to leave? Your CEO can help with travel arrangements to extend your adventure.