3 Day Amazon Napo Adventure

Your Amazon Adventure starts today. After lunch, you will wear your rubber boots and go hiking with your native guide. He will share traditional knowledge of local medicinal plants such as dragon’s blood, ginger, guayusa, and straw used for instruments, costumes and construction for the development of the community. You can also swing on vines like Tarzan and take a photograph at The Great Ceibo, the Giant Amazonian tree. You will then return to the lodge to get bath suits, towels, lifejackets and inner tubes for your late afternoon tubing activity in the Pusuno River. You will return to the lodge to have dinner, and after that your guide will explain the activities for the next day.

• ActivityExploring, Hiking, Tubing.
• TransportBus, Car.
• MealLunch, Dinner.
• AccommodationsSuchipakari Amazon Lodge.

This day is open for you to enjoy one or more of the lodge’s optional tours. Nature lovers may want to start before breakfast with a daybreak birdwatching tour. Along the trip you will learn about medicinal plants, taste edible fruits and insects, and discover how to weave traditional palm-fiber bags. Hikers have several options to choose from. One option is the Rayucocha Waterfall hike, which combines a demanding hike on an ancient trail leading to a hidden waterfall. Another option is the Umbuni Waterfall hike which combines a rainforest hike with a cultural visit to a Kichwa community. Later in the day, you will go to Misahualli where you can see monkeys playing in the forest next to the beach, perfect for witnessing an Amazonian river sunset. You will also visit an Indigenous Community. Here, a group of Kichwa women will speak of their customs, cuisine and everyday life in the Amazon. They have created a place to showcase their culture. This will be a unique opportunity to learn about Amazonian lifestyles along the Napo River. Here, you will have the opportunity to buy crafts, local products and souvenirs.

• ActivityBird-watching, Exploring, Hiking, Wildlife-watching.
• MealBreakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
• AccommodationsSuchipakari Amazon Lodge.

Today is the final day of your Amazon Adventure. After breakfast, you will harvest cacao, and learn how to create some of the highest quality chocolate in the world right from your Kichwa Kitchen. After making the best chocolate you’ve probably ever tasted, you will check out of the lodge and continue your travel in Ecuador or return home.

• ActivityCooking.
• TransportBus, Car.
• MealBreakfast.