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4 Days – 3 Nights
Cuyabeno Tour
ITINERARY
Days 4 – Nights 3
Day 1
Quito – Lago Agrio – El Puente. Flight (9:00.) or bus ride (one day before – 8 hour ride) to Lago Agrio. Drive from Lago Agrio to El Puente. Afternoon: canoe trip down the Cuyabeno River to our camp site.
Night: dinner and exiting night walk.
Day 2
Cuyabeno River. Morning: three hour hike in the primary forest to learn about flora and fauna, including lessons in the use of plants for survival. Lunch at Lodge, siesta time. Chocolate activity, homemade chocolate from cocoa beans.
Late afternoon: Relax sunset at Laguna Grande with a chance for some refreshing swimming and caiman (alligator) searching.
Day 3
Cuyabeno River Morning: An hour and a half boat ride down the river to a Siona indigenous community to interact and learn about their traditions and customs by making some local food. After a visit to a shaman to learn about his secrets and ancestral knowledge of shamanism.
At night: We enjoy watching hundreds of different insects coming to special lamps connected to solar system to attract them.
Day 4
El Puente – Lago Agrio – Quito. Early morning: Bird watching from a 25 meters high tower. Breakfast: journey up Cuyabeno River to El Puente.
Drive to Lago Agrio (arrive in Lago Agrio in the afternoon). Flight or bus ride back to Quito.
Includes:
Bilingual naturalist guide, meals on the tour, all the activities and excursions, transportation Lago Agrio – Cuyabeno – Lago Agrio.
Don´t Include
Transportation to/from Lago Agrio, Cuyabeno National Park entrance is free, transportation to Lago Agrio, entrance to the community visit ($6), tips for guide, additional beverages.
Pañacocha Forest
ITINERARY
Days 4 – Nights 3
Day 1
Leave Quito by plane to the small amazon city of Coca. Travel down the Napo River and arrive at the Amazon Dolphin Lodge and the Bosque Protector PAÑACOCHA. Lunch will be served during the trip. Arrive at the lodge at around 5:00 PM. Dinner. Night walk along a short trail to observe insect life, night monkeys, reptiles etc. and listen to the fantastic evening concert of the jungle.
Day 2
Cruise the Pañacocha lagoon by paddle canoe while observing the fantastic variety of birds visible from the waters edge and through the flooded forest. Return to the Lodge for breakfast. Go out in paddle canoes again to reach a trail-head. Along the way we will see the incredible flooded forest vegetation, observe riparian wildlife and tread through the islands created by vegetation in order to see colonies of birds and their nests along the rivers edge. Hike along an exclusive trail to view the diversity of vegetation and terrestrial birds. Lunch on the trail. In the evening we will have fun out fishing for pirañas. Dinner and relaxation.
(During the course of the day there will be plenty of opportunities to get a chance to observe the Pink Amazon River Dolphin)
Day 3
Early in the morning, after breakfast, we will pad by the Panayacu river to the confluence of the PIGUALI river, crossing by the innumerable swamps, rivers and laggoons of the area.
(During the course of the day there will be plenty of opportunities to get a chance to observe the Pink Amazon River Dolphin.)
In the afternoon, after lunch, continue the trip by the Napo River to reach at YARINA Ecological Reserve.. On the night, after dinner, nocturnal excursions by canoes on the SAPOCOCHA lagoon.
Day 4
Breakfast, departure to Coca´s city in order to catch the fly back to Quito or the bus to continue your travel in Ecuador.
Includes
program excursions
pure water for drinking
a native naturalistic guide
an english speaking guide
three meals per day during the tour
we supply rubber boots up to size 43
Don´t Include
bar bills
tips for the staff
personal jungle equipment
rubber boots (size 44 upwards)
transportation Quito and back to Quito
National Park Fees (10,oo usd Pañacocha Forest)
Yasuni Napo Wildlife Center
ITINERARY
Days 5 – Nights 4
Day 1
Departing from Quito, a 30 minute flight will take you to the jungle town of Coca. Here the real adventure begins! After landing, our staff members will drive you to the Orellana port, where you’ll get on board a motorized canoe that will take us to the welcoming area of the Napo Wildlife Center. During the 2 hour ride, you will have the opportunity to see some aquatic birds and nature surrounding the Napo River.
Upon arriving at the Napo Cultural Center, guests are welcomed with a nice and refreshing traditional drink and then shown to their cabins with stunning views of the wilderness and natural gardens bordering the lodge. Once settled into your new home located in the Kichwa Añangu community, you can discover what real life is like in the Amazon rainforest.
In the afternoon, you can join us on a short walk to the Napo river bank to enjoy a beautiful sunset on the beaches and natural islands of the Napo river bank. Then, we’ll return to the lodge to have a delicious traditional typical dinner at the restaurant. You are welcome to see how the meals are cooked by the chef since the kitchen area is open to visitors.
Day 2
(OPTIONAL) We get up early at 4:30am, before the sun rises, to participate in one of the most ancient customs of the Kichwa Añangu community. The wayusa tea ceremony will energize the body and then follows the ritual of listening to Kichwa songs and meditating about life and important issues peacefully. Dream interpretation by the elders is possible.
After a buffet-style breakfast at the restaurant, we’ll visit the Canopy Observation Tower that proves to be a place where you’ll experience life in the jungle atop the trees. The 36-meter Canopy tower is about 30 minutes from the lodge and rooted deep in the forest. A place unlike any other!
Get a close-up view of colorful birds such as tanagers, toucans, macaws, parrots, flycatchers, and some monkey species. As spider or howler monkeys feed on the fruits and seeds found in the nearby trees, you can compare things like your own appetite or family dynamics.
After visiting the Canopy tower, we’ll go to the Napo Wildlife Center to have a delicious local lunch at the lodge’s restaurant. Enjoy features like a 360° view of the Añangu Lake and surrounding nature. After lunch time, you can choose from the many options the NWC offers you: relaxing on the hammocks, reading a book, or climbing the dining room observation tower for birdwatching.
In the afternoon, you’ll go hiking through a stunning terra-firme forest where you will discover this complex ecosystem. Living in the Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador are vines, orchids, bromeliads, ancient trees and incredible animals such as insects, spiders, mammals, birds, and monkeys. After the hike, you’ll ride on the surrounding creeks by paddle-canoe to explore the aquatic wildlife. Dinner at the lodge at about 7:30pm.
Day 3
Get up early in the morning to visit the most stunning parrot clay licks in the Amazon Jungle of Ecuador! First, we will paddle downstream on the Añangu creek until reaching the Kichwa Añangu community. Then, after a 10 minute ride on a motorized canoe, we’ll arrive at the parrot clay licks where hundreds of magnificently colorful birds gather to lick the minerals contained in the soil that help them to digest the fruits and seeds that make up their diets.
A short walk brings us to the parakeets’ clay lick next. See hundreds of parakeets atop the trees waiting for the best time to eat the minerals and salt contained in the soil. Hungry ourselves by now, we will enjoy lunch that will be served riverside in the welcoming area.
In the afternoon, we’ll visit the Interpretative Centre where the women of the community will welcome you. Learn about their customs and traditions while you enjoy the community’s typical rituals and dances. Late in the afternoon, we’ll go back to the Napo Wildlife Center lodge to have dinner and rest up for the next day’s adventure.
Day 4
This morning we’ll explore the terra-firme and swamp forests of the Tiputini trail in search of more wildlife such as monkeys, snakes, two and three-toed sloths, squirrels and exotic plants and trees typical of the Tropical forest.
Then, we’ll go back to the lodge to have lunch and rest in the rooms or the social areas. And in the afternoon, we’ll paddle around in the surrounding creeks to explore the waters of Amazonia to meet with more unique wildlife.
Back to the lodge for another excellent meal. After dinner time, our staff members will play a video about the Kichwa Añangu community and the Napo Wildlife Center.
Day 5
After an early breakfast, we’ll go the way we came back to Coca city. In this last excursion upstream on the Napo River, you may see some new sights of the Amazonia flora and fauna.
WHAT TO BRING
Cotton shirts Small backpack (waterproof) Insect repellent Shorts, 2 or more
T- Shirts, 3 or more Binoculars Torch (flashlight) Sun block
Bathing suit Cotton underwear Original Passport Sunglasses
Hat or cap Water Canteen Sweater Book and notebook
Toiletries Long trousers, 2 or more High speed film Cotton socks
Comfortable walking sandals Money Prescription medicines and small first aid kit
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