( CNN ) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez heads home Thursday after undergoing five days of medical tests in Cuba . Chavez made the announcement on state-run VTV on Wednesday night . Once home , Chavez said he will make a religious trip to the state of Tachira , which borders Colombia . `` Well , we will return tomorrow , '' he told the station . `` At noon we will be there , God willing . We will depart early . We will go to the Santo Cristo de la Grita to pay for a promise I made . '' Chavez did not elaborate on the trip . Chavez has been in Cuba for undisclosed medical tests since Saturday . In June , he announced that doctors in Cuba had removed a cancerous tumor from his body . He has not said what type of cancer he has . The president has undergone treatments in both Venezuela and Cuba . Last month , the president was in Cuba for what he said was his fourth and possibly final round of chemotherapy . Chavez has pledged to run for re-election next year , dismissing speculation that his illness would force him out of politics .
Chavez announced in June that he has cancer . The Venezuelan leader is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital outside Caracas and will be released from the facility on August 2.