Huaorani Ecolodge 4 Days / 3 Nights
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The Huaorani are a timeless tribe. Huaorani translates as “The People”. The Huaorani maintain their traditional lifestyle. By inviting small numbers of people to share their world for short periods they intend to keep their culture alive. They have opted for sustain¬able tourism. This is Huaorani Ecolodge.
Huaorani Ecolodge is small. It has been designed to be intimate, har¬monious and environmentally sus-tainable way to share time with the Huaorani and experience the rich¬ness of their natural environment, while creating the least possible impact on the surroundings.
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Days of Week the Trip can Start:
Monday, Thursday
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Day 1
Monday and Thursday only
Starting in Quito, early morning transfer to the Ecuadorian Amazon (4.5 hours). Heading south, we will pass by the Andes following a stretch of the Pan American Highway. We will have the opportunity to see beautiful haciendas and towns protected areas before we descend towards the rainforest. If weather permits we will be able to see all high and steep-sided volcanoes like the famous Cotopaxi, the Tungurahua and the Antisana. You will feel the change climate when entering the jungle. We will make a brief stop near a waterfall to eat our lunch box.
Arriving at a town called Shell (named after the oil company), transfer to the airport to take a light aircraft heading northeast to the green vastness where the Huaorani community lives. Upon arrival, our staff we will take care of your luggage while you board a shallow dugout canoe and sail along the Shiripuno River. Enjoy of the scenery and the wildlife before arriving to the intimate setting of the Huaorani Ecolodge. Check-in, briefing and dinner.
Day 2
After breakfast, we will star our 3 hour hike walking along majestic trees and quiet streams. We will visit a Heliconia swamp and the small hill in which it grows a giant ceibre tree (131 ft high). We will then follow a path parallel to the Shiripuno River crossing several small tributaries. Up and down several hillocks and some open forest, we will reach a leaf-cutter ant metropolis on the edge of a small oxbow lake. Return to the Lodge for lunch.
After lunch, we go back downstream to an oxbow lake and walk inland and keeping it quite, we will be able to watch Hoatzins, Anacondas, Capybaras and Caimans living in their habitat. Later, we will climb to the peak of a hill to see a heavily used salt clay lick. We will return to the lodge when it is already dark to see the nocturnal rainforest animals – especially mammals and amphibians – this is your best opportunity to see some of these elusive creatures, or at least hear them climbing through the trees or digging for food. The stars of the night are the insects and the bats, both attracted by your lights, and other animals reveal their presence by the reflection of their eyes.
Day 3
The Huaorani are hunters and gatherers, and their main sources of protein are mammals, fish and birds. In order to not stop their traditional practices, today we will follow them on a hunting journey after a long morning hike. Also we will learn surviving skills in the middle of the jungle: you will set traps, make fire without matches, build a shelter in minutes, use a blowgun, practice the perfect swing of the machete, and catch fish in small creeks. Your guide may also show you edible insects, medicinal plants, the right clay to make pottery, and honey produced by stingless bees.
Day 4
After breakfast, we will hike (2 hours) to a pictures waterfall and a “Mirador” from where it is possible to get an exceptional view across miles of lush rainforest to the volcanic peaks of snow-capped Altar and green, multi-peaked Sangay, potential because since these volcanoes are at the edge of a tropical rainforest, they are often obscured by clouds as the rising, warm air condenses on the slopes.
Return to the lodge for last minute packing before catching your flight to Shell and then land connection to Quito.
4 days , from $1278
| Occupancy Type |
3-Star |
| Double | $1278 |
| Single | $1692 |
Prices shown above are per person, in US Dollars ($).
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