Motojournalist and Cuba expert Christopher P. Baker pioneered motorcycle travel and group two-wheel touring in Cuba. He first rode Cuba end-to-end solo in 1996, and has since led motorcycle tours of Cuba for several leading motorcycle tour companies, and arranges customized U.S.-legal group tours of Cuba on request
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“One of the world’s leading authorities on Cuban travel and culture” — National Geographic
In 1996 Christopher shipped his BMW R100GS PD to Cuba and rode more than 7,000 miles during a three-month motorcycle journey as a licensed journalist, resulting in publication of his Moon Cuba guidebook and his award-winning National Geographic travelogue Mi Moto Fidel: Motorcycling Through Castro’s Cuba.
In January 2013, Christopher secured a license authorizing the first group motorcycle tours in Cuba for U.S. citizens under the ‘people-to-people’ license category. That year he led the first U.S. motorcycle group tour of Cuba end-to-end since the 1959 Revolution. He has since led more than one hundred group programs in Cuba for National Geographic Expeditions, among others, including more than a dozen motorcycle tours for the BMW Riding Academy of Turkey, Bob’s BMW of Maine, Edelweiss Bike Travel, MotoDiscovery, and others.
Christopher arranges custom group motorcycle tours on request. These tours are U.S.-legal under the “support for the Cuban people” license.
“Christopher… I gave the tour a 99 on a 100 scale as I can’t imagine it gets much better than we experienced in Cuba.
You did everything well and made sure that everyone in the group had a very memorable trip.”
BOB HENIG, BOB’S BMW (motorcycle tour 2015)