Huaorani EcoLodge - Ecuador
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Highlights
- Driving past stunning Baños
- Approaching the lowlands of the Amazon
- Flying and Rowing to an isolated jungle
- On reaching Huaorani Ecolodge
- Studying survival and hunting skills
- Swimming and Visiting the Huaorani people in the vicinity
- Visit a Huaorani handicraft market
- Hiking in the primary rainforest with a guide
- Peccaries, Canoe rides and Leaf-cutter Ants
- A second canoe ride, a salt lick visit and night-time animals
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Meals: Dinner
Accommodation: Huaorani Lodge
You will begin the day’s adventure with a view of gorgeous mountains and an unforgettable journey to a secluded jungle river in the lowland.
Visitors will be picked up from the hotel and taken for a driv...
The adventure is incomplete without going through Baños (bah-nyos). The city’s name is derived from thermal baths which have over the years attracted many tourists. This is because of the vigorous adventure sports and the renowned melcocha taffy. After Baños, travelers will see verdant green backdrops tempered with tree ferns, cloud forest patches, fast flowing rivers and waterfalls.
From Baños travelers will descend on a winding road to the sweltering Amazon basin lowlands. Change in temperature results in vegetation change too. Tropical palms and bananas become dominant. Eventually, you arrive at Shell, which is a significant Amazonian urban cen...
The flight to Quehueri’ono (keh-werioh- noh, a Huaorani settlement, begins at noon and lasts slightly over half an hour. The local people will receive you warmly and invite you into their quilla (kee-yah) which is a dug-out canoe in preparation for the downstream trip...
Your comfort is guaranteed at the Huaorani Ecolodge where you will be well-received and allowed to settle and take lunch before embarking on a trek on the Discovery Rainforest with a guide. This walk provides an apt opportunity to understand local culture and the Amaz...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Huaorani Lodge
On this day the focus is on learning Huaorani survival and hunting strategies, trekking through attractive rainforest, relaxing in a flawless jungle river and interacting with Huaorani people.
It’s the second day and you are now ready for a hunting expedition. The local Huaorani people hunt birds, monkeys and other animals. They also fish in local rivers and gather vegetables fruits and tubers. While you will gain basic hunting techniques, you will not kill...
The rainforest also presents tourists with an excellent view of the jungle and later arrive and cool tropical forest river water. You are welcome to take a dip in the waters and the Huaorani might as well join you. A delicious lunch awaits you after the swim. Later, y...
This is an opportunity for you to buy some souvenirs and in the process boost local culture and the livelihoods of the families which make the handicrafts. After the day’s activities, you will take a canoe ride to the lodge later in the afternoon. A thirty minutes talk by a naturalist guide will come your way after dinner. Alternatively, you can take an evening hike with a guide.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Huaorani Lodge
This is the best opportunity for you to trek through impeccable rainforest, ride canoes on an oxbow lake and see striking wildlife in the rainforest.
You can begin the day by going for a guided walk in the forest and then taking breakfast. You can also skip the walk and eat breakfast only. After breakfast, visitors will walk for three hours in primary forests which have gigantic trees, pristine streams and a variety of jungle bird calls. You will eventually arrive at a peak where there is a huge 40 meters-tall Ceibo tree.
The path moves along the Shiripuno River. It also crosses little tributaries one of which has White-collared Peccaries collections. You are likely to see the paths used by these untamed rainforest hogs, detect their scent or even see them. Before arriving at a tiny ox...
A tasty lunch will be followed by a ride in a canoe downstream to “Cocha Pequeña”, another ox-bow lake. Your visit to this water mass is important because you will get the chance to see the rare Hoatzin. This is a bird which eats only leaves. You will also see Caimans...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Amazon Jungle Camping
This will be an unforgettable day in which you will take a canoe ride on River Shiripuno, visit the Huoarani of Apaika area and camp out in the amazing Amazon.
You can opt for a traditional canoe ride on the Shiripuno or pay for a kayak to transport you after breakfast. The reason why activities begin early is to give you the opportunity to see a wide collection of multicolored Amazonian birds. There is enough peace in the m...
On your itinerary as you ride down the river is the Apaika community. These are Huoarani people who live within the Yame Reserve. This facility is 55,000 hectares in size and is under the management of the Huaorani Association. The association is at the forefront of e...
You will get time to relive your daytime experiences at Nenquepare village, which is a small settlement of the Huaorani people. The community has constructed a comfy campsite where you will spend your night.
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
This day will find you visiting a waterfall, cooling yourself in river water, analyzing the aftermath of oil drilling in the Huaorani area and finally flying back to Quito.
The day begins with a sweet breakfast and a trek on a community trail. The hike will lead to a beautiful tropical waterfall and a wonderful view of a number of animals and plants along the way. The Huaorani will explain why they value the waterfall so much. You can al...
On returning to the campsite where you slept in Shiripuno, a canoe will take you down the stream to the notorious “Auca Road”. Along the way, you will be told by the guides the effects of oil exploration activities on Huoarani lands. In the 1970s, oil companies began ...
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- Transportation Quito - Huaorani Lodge - Coca ($250 per person-subject to change)*
- Ticket Coca - Quito $106 (subject to change)
- Entrance fee to Huaorani Territory $20
- Kayak US$40
- Alcoholic and not alcoholic beverages
- Tips or personal expenses
- Airport tax $ 5.10 per person
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