With the Amazon camp expedition, you will have the Amazon basin at your fingertips. finger tips. It is the perfect adventure for nature lovers, jungle explorers and wildlife. observers who would like to experience the Amazon intact. You will discover the Amazon of Ecuador in the Yasuní National Park, world famous for its enormous biodiversity and its authentic native cultures that are still very much alive.
On this trip, when passing through rivers and lagoons, you will feel as if the animals are following you. You will see exhibits of parrots, toucans, macaws, kingfishers, herons. flying across the river, as well as curious giant otters who will come up to the canoe to take a look. Many different types of monkeys will leap over the trees and there will be opportunities to spot jaguars, the jungle's top feline predators.
The Kichwa natives will share their history and we will learn about their rich connection to Mother Nature. Go to the mainland of Ecuador and set off for the ultimate deep Amazon expedition in a remote and unspoiled area of UNESCO's YASUNI Biosphere Reserve & National Park. Experience the tremendous biodiversity and wildlife of the reserve. and connect with a native Kichwa tribe that still live the authentic and traditional way, while camping in the heart of the dense rainforest. Live the adventure while promoting conservation and long-term sustainability in two of the most valuable places and diverse ecosystems in the world!
Departure place
Meeting point: Once the reservation is made, you will be given the information
Days of operation: from Monday to Sunday
Itinerary
Day 1
QUITO - COCA - MANDARI PANGA
Upon arrival in the city of Coca, you will be picked up by the Mandari Panga staff to begin your tour.
You will have the option of having breakfast before starting the trip to the camp, which is located within the Yasuní National Park, immersed in the enormous biodiversity of the area that is considered worldwide as one of the largest in the world.
The trip will last 2 hours by ground transportation and one hour. and a half in a motorized canoe that will cross the Tiputini River with the entire extension of the park that adorns the landscape.
They will arrive at the Mandari panga facilities where they can stay in the tents (located in typical constructions of high platforms and with a leaf roof and with a first level accommodation), they will enjoy a delicious lunch.
They will have a traditional welcome drink along with a small introductory talk by the assigned native guide.
In the afternoon we will walk in the jungle for an hour and a half or two hours. where we will observe some species of animals that inhabit the area, and then enjoy a delicious dinner served in the dining room of the camp's common house, where you can also share a pleasant moment with the rest of the passengers and Mandari Panga staff.
Accommodation: Mandari Panga Homestay
Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Day 2
HUANGANA PATH WALK (WILD PIG) ROUTE - VISIT GREAT NATIVE MOTHER HOUSE
After a delicious breakfast in the morning, you will cross the Tiputini river by canoe to the other shore to begin your walk on the Huangana trail (wild pig trail) that crosses the virgin forest where you will be part of the fauna in its maximum splendor, Surrounded by the surrounding sounds of nature and the screams of howler monkeys. The duration of the circle walk is approximately 5 to 6 hours and at the end it will be the canoe to return to the camp.
Enjoy a delicious local lunch in one place Full of history and tradition, it was a rebuilt typical house and is now the guest room dining room. You can rest a bit, before continuing with an hour-long walk through the Lamedero Sahino (wild pig clay lick), named after the species of mountain pig called pecari, which exists in the area.
In the afternoon, they will take a short canoe ride to visit the Casa de la Abuela (grandmother's house), a traditional native Amazon construction that will allow them to share valuable time with members of the community.
Once here they will participate in the elaboration of Chicha, an artisan traditional drink made of yucca and many other Amazons in skills. They will return to the camp and enjoy a delicious dinner, followed by a night walk of approximately 1 hour where they can see amphibians, reptiles, many different types of insects and arachnids.
Accommodation: Mandari Panga Homestay
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Day 3
VISIT LOMA TUCAN, PARROTS CLAY LICK_ BIRDS OBSERVING THE PASEO DEL TUCAN
After breakfast, you will take a canoe trip of approximately 45 minutes again the current of the Tiputini river, in this way, you will be able to observe some species of animals until you reach a small branch of a stream called Rumiyacu that will guide you to the Parrot Lick: the most representative place of animal life and especially in the variety of birds among them are toucans, parrots, macaws, pigeons and other species of animals such as small marmosets, pygmy marmosets.
In addition, the place sometimes has predators such as snakes, boas and raptors. At noon, they will return to the camp where lunch will be served.
Around 3:30 pm, The hike will begin along a new trail near the campground known as the Toucan Trail, which takes about an hour.
Back at the camp, you will go fishing for piranhas and other fish along the Tiputini River.
Accommodation: Mandari Panga Homestay
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Day 4
TAPIR TRAIL TREK - CANOE IN PISHÑA COCHA
After breakfast, you will begin the day's activity with a short one-hour canoe trip to the Tapir Trail, which lasts for three hours.
They come back at noon for lunch and have a little free. time to rest or get to know the surroundings.
In the afternoon you will take a canoe of only 5 minutes to cross to the other side of the Tiputini river where you will walk to the Laguna de agua negra, which is shaped like a half moon and allows you to see a series of endemic aquatic species especially the giant otter, and with lucky anacondas and variety of birds and among other species.
They will return to the camp for dinner. that will wait for them already served and they will be able to sleep early for the next day's departure.
Accommodation: Mandari Panga Homestay
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 5
BACK TO COCA
Breakfast will be served early in the morning depending on your transportation schedule.
Return to Quito.
They will leave the camp in a motorized canoe for an hour and a half. and then take a 2-hour ground transportation to the city of Coca to end your tour.
If the group has an afternoon flight or group departure by land, we could have a morning activity and early lunch at Mandari Panga.
Meals: Breakfast
Includes
Transportation: Private and comfortable land transportation, motorized canoe, canoe canoe.
Accommodation based on double occupancy: 4 nights in Amazon Explorer Campsite - comfortable safari-style tent camping within the Yasuní National Park.
Meals: 4 breakfasts, 5 lunches and 4 dinners.
Activities: Navigations in the Tiputini River, Anaconda Lagoon, parrot clay lick (Saladero), Hiking in a pristine forest, Visiting the native Kichwa communities, wildlife observation, night walks.
Equipment: dry bags, life jackets, outboard motor canoe, rubber boots.
Staff: Certified expert naturalist tour and local guides.
Not included
Roundtrip Quito-Coca airfare (optional bus trip).
Supplement for my own room and tent $ 380.
International flights.
Transfers from / to Quito airport.
Travel insurance (mandatory).
Tips ($ 40 - $ 50 per person for guides and staff).