Your Travel Experience with chilepro
Day 1
Flight to Coca and entrance to Yasuni National Park
In the morning, take a flight OR land transport (subject to availability) to Coca City, where your adventure begins. You will drive to the Tiputini River, the entrance to YASUNI National Park. While the naturalist guides prepare our equipment, enjoy a picnic lunch on the riverbank.
Kajak in Yasuni National Park
On the first kayak tour you will paddle on this beautiful river surrounded by nature and wildlife. On the way you will have the opportunity to observe river turtles, monkeys, caimans and many species of birds such as the Oropendola, cockatoos, kingfishers, macaws, toucans, parrots and many more. You will spend the night at the campsite.
Accommodation: camping in Yasuni National Park. Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Day 2
Kayak deeper into the rainforest
After a hearty breakfast, you will continue your kayak tour and go deeper into the jungle. Every day in the Amazon is a new adventure: the more you paddle, the more pristine and wild the jungle becomes, and you will have the opportunity to see even more wildlife, such as different species of monkeys, capybaras, tapirs, swallows, flycatchers, herons, river sandpipers and hawks. You will also go on hikes to learn more about the local plants and their medicinal properties. You will arrive at your campsite on the Tiputini River in the late afternoon. Your cook will prepare a special gourmet dinner for you tonight.
Accommodation: camping in Yasuni National Park. Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 3
Kayaking in Anaconda Lagoon - Flooded forest
After breakfast we will go down the Tiputini River by kayak to reach the entrance to Amarun - Cocha, which means Anaconda Lagoon in the local language. If you are lucky, here you can see the biggest and most beautiful snake in the world. You will also enjoy breathtaking landscapes with incredibly dark and clear water in a flooded forest. Here you will discover the mythical piranhas, caimans, boas and much more. Later, you will return to the campsite by kayak and after a pleasant rest in the hammocks, you will go on a night exploration to observe insects, frogs and possibly some snakes.
Accommodation: camping in Yasuni National Park. Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 4
Educational hike and visit to an indigenous community
In the morning, you will take a hike through the pristine forest to learn more about the area's rich flora and medicinal plants. After lunch, you will take a canoe trip to a local Kichwa community to learn more about their way of life in the jungle, their stories and traditions. You will also see how they make the traditional drink called chicha. In the afternoon you will go fishing.
Accommodation: camping in Yasuni National Park. Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 5
Visit the Clay Lick and return to Sani Lodge
This excursion takes place early in the morning, because you want to get to the clay lick as early as possible. It is one of the best adventures in the jungle to visit the Lamederos or Saladeros (Parrot Lick), where there is a large concentration of different species of parrots and macaws and few predators live in the area. The parrots feed on the clay of the mineral-rich soil, which helps them digest and detoxifies them from the toxins in their main diet. Such places are unique in the Amazon rainforest as they offer a great chance to see a wide range of Amazon animal species. Later, return to Sani Lodge to extend your stay.
Accommodation: Sani Lodge Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 6
Lake Challuacocha and Chorongo Trail
After breakfast, observe life in the treetops from the 36-meter observation tower. To get there, your naturalist guides will paddle on Lake Challuacocha for 30 minutes, followed by a short 10-minute walk. So far, over 565 species of birds have been recorded, including colorful birds such as macaws, toucans, bee honeyeaters, tanagers, flycatchers, hummingbirds, and if you are lucky, howler monkeys, squirrel monkeys or sloths resting in the treetops. The tower gives you a unique perspective and opens up a whole new world of Amazon biodiversity that is often difficult or impossible to see from the understory. The journey continues with exploration of the nearby trails in search of more Amazonian creatures on the Chorongo trail, a 5-hour walk through the deep tropical rainforest.
Accommodation: Sani Lodge Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 7
Return to Coca via the Napo River
After breakfast, you will board a motor canoe to navigate the Napo River towards Coca City. From there, you will be transferred to the airport for your return flight to Quito.
Meals: Breakfast