Description
5 Days – 4 Nights Amazon Nature Tour (FRIDAY – TUESDAY)
Overview:
During Our 5 Days Amazon Nature Tour, you will explore special forest location called “Forest Clay Lick” where Amazonian Wildlife such as Macaws and Tapirs come to drink water. You will learn about the Natural History and Ecology of Amazonian Wildlife.
5 Days Amazon Nature Trip Itinerary:
DAY 01: Quito-Coca by airplane, from Coca We’ll travel 90 km south into the Yasuni Biosphere Reserve and Waorani Ethnic Reserve, by small bus “Chiva” to the Shiripuno Bridge (approx. 2:30 hrs). Box Lunch would be served on the site. Yasuni Amazon Spa
Afterward, we’ll navigate 65 km downstream with a motorized canoe to reach the Shiripuno Lodge, the canoe journey will take approximately 4 hours depending on water levels. It will turn into your first experience with the wide diversity of wildlife of the Amazonian Rainforest. Dinner and lodging at the Shiripuno Lodge.
DAY 02: Breakfast. We’ll navigate to start our morning hike (3-4 hrs.) into pristine Rainforest along the Mirador Trail; the aim of this trail is to share with you scenic view of the Amazon Basin and show you millions of reason to preserve the Rainforest for future generations.
Shiripuno Lodge – “One hectare of forest close to Yasuni was found to contain 87 species of amphibians, almost half the number in the United States and three times as many in Western Europe. (Yasuni as a whole contains 50% more frogs species than the entire United States and Canada combined). Amazon Rainforest Ecuador
The Waorani and the Naturalist guides will provide you information and explanations about the biodiversity of the Rainforest, and the medicinal plants use by indigenous people. This hike requires a good physical condition. Lunch.
In the afternoon relax along the Shiripuno River. Dinner and lodging at the Shiripuno Lodge.
DAY 03: Before breakfast. We’ll descend the Shiripuno River and listen the Rainforest waking up!!! Birds and mammals getting up!! Breakfast. Then we’ll go to a back-door trail to explore the different type of forest and increase our chance to find more animals. Lunch.
In the afternoon we will take the motor canoe and make an excursion into one of the small oxbow lakes where it is possible to see different kinds of plants and animals such as; the bizarre bird Hoatzins. We will explore the Rainforest at night searching for nocturnal fauna. Dinner and lodging at the Shiripuno Lodge.
DAY 04: Breakfast. We are going to spend an entire day in the Rainforest. We’ll hike on the el Saladero Trail; at the end of this trail there is a Forest Clay Lick, it is a location where mammals and birds with vegetable diet-base come to lick minerals all year round. We’ll have lunch in the middle of the Rainforest. Dinner and lodging at the Shiripuno Lodge.
DAY 05: After breakfast, navigate upstream to the Waorani Community; early canoe rides are great to surprises animals crossing the river such as Capybaras, Tapir or resting Caimans; birds such as Macaws and Toucans also can be seen from the canoe. At the Waorani Community, you will see the effects of cultural expose by which are living all the different indigenous groups in the Amazon.
The Waorani People still keep most of their traditions alive such as: hunting with blowguns and poisoned darts, their unique language Wao Terrero, the knowledge of the Rainforest and oral traditions. Responsible tourism brings revenues to all the families at different levels by selling handicrafts, canoe drivers, native guides, housekeeping, kitchen assistants and other activities. Lunch.
We’ll continue the navigation upstream to the bridge where we are going to take the bus back to Coca (arrival at 16:30 approx.).
Shiripuno Lodge – Frugivores very important in the forest, they play a dispensing seed for many trees, liana, epiphytes, and other plants use Common Woolly Monkey.
What is included in the cost:
- Transportation Coca-Shiripuno Lodge-Coca
- Lodging in double rooms with bathroom
- Set Meals
- Naturalist Guides
- Native Guide
- Excursions in the forest
- Rubber boots up to size 43
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What is not included:
- Transportation Quito – Coca – Quito
- Entrance fee $ 20
- Raincoat
- Soft & Alcohol drinks
- Tips
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