What to expect
Art, culture, nature, wellbeing, biodiversity, local communities.
Itinerary
Day 1 Leticia – Maloca Wairuru
Reception in Leticia at the Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport. Transfer to the kilometres, lunch. continuation to the Maloca Wairuru (walk of approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes) where you will share the gastronomy of the cassava and tucupi, you will learn about the cosmogony and harmonization of this ancestral house, in the company of the “taita” or wise grandfather. Dinner and accommodation.
Day 2 Leticia –Mocagua – Maikuchiga
Breakfast. City tour through the city of Leticia, visiting the central market and medicinal plants pharmacy. Lunch and transfer by shared boat to the indigenous community of Mocagua. Arrival and installation in a lodge. Amazonian natural juice. In the afternoon you will visit the Maikuchinga Foundation, which is dedicated to the conservation and preservation of the “churuko” monkey. You will have the opportunity to interact with this species in the middle of the jungle and learn about the Amazonian flora and fauna. In the
lake of the community you will be able to observe the Victoria Regia (Giant Amazonian Lotus). Return to the village, handicraft workshop. Dinner and accommodation.
Day 3 Amacayacu park – San Martín de Amacayacu Community
Breakfast. Transfer by native boat, navigating the Amazon and Amacayacu rivers. Arrival to the community of San Martin de Amacayacu, where you will be welcomed by a grandfather from the Moruapow group. short talk about the culture and life of the Tikuna ethnic group. Installation in selected accommodation. Lunch prepared with fresh products from the chagra (native farms). Tour through the traditional Chagra, where the indigenous people will invite you to taste delicious, fresh fruits, as well as share their knowledge about the medicinal properties of the plants and their uses. Return to the village, plant remedies or flower essences production workshop. Gardening and handicrafts activities with native grandparents. Dinner and accommodation.
If you choose to stay in Puerto Nariño, you can return by the “Ecovia” (3 hours walk) or by river via the Amacayacu and Loretoyacu Rivers. Installation in Maloca Napü.
Day 4 San Martín de Amacayacu – Puerto Nariño – Natutama – Tarapoto lakes
Breakfast. Departure to Puerto Nariño, installation in Maloca Napü (hotel – accommodation). City tour through the village, visit Puerto Nariño’s viewpoint and the Natutama foundation. Lunch. Afternoon: transfer by native boat to the Tarapoto lakes, where the Omagua foundation develops a protection and conservation project developed by the fishermen of the zone. Share time with the fishermen, have a snack and contemplate the lake. Learn about the dolphins, their habitat, biology and mythology. “Connection with the dolphins” activity. Return to Puerto Nariñot at sunset, dinner and accommodation.
Day 5 Puerto Nariño – Leticia – Vásquez Cobo Airoport
Breakfast. Departure by speedboat to Leticia, free time and at the agreed time transfer to the airport.
The experience ends, the memories begin.
What’s included?
- Airport reception and in-out transfers.
- River transport by shared boat Leticia-Mocagua/ Puerto Nariño-Leticia and native boats for internal tours Mocagua – San Martin – Tarapoto Lakes. Puerto Nariño.
- Accommodation 1 night in Leticia (Waira suites or similar), one night in the community of Mocagua in the Ecolodge La Ceiba, one night in San Martin de Amacayacu and one night in Puerto Nariño in the hotel Maloka Napu.
- Selected accommodation
- Full board from dinner on the first day to lunch on the last day.
- Fruit and filtered water on tours.
- Local bilingual interpreter (supplement with permanent guide).
- Entrance fees to specified sites and communities
- Activities described in the programme.
- Specified activities.
- Community contributions.
- Entrance to specified sites.
- Visit to the Ethnographic Museum and Parrot Park in Leticia.
- Cultural exchange Huitoto, Tikuna and Yagua ethnic groups.
- Medical assistance insurance.
- Ecodestinos Coordinator in Leticia and Puerto Nariño
- Travel insurance
- Expenses not specified in the plan.
- Entry tax to Leticia (to be paid directly at the airport on arrival): $35.000 COP
- Air Tickets.
- Luggage carriers (for summer season $80.000 COP for the tours)
- Private boat service for flights arriving after 1 pm and before 3 pm (in case of arrival after 3 pm accommodation in Leticia is suggested).
Bill Rylander MD –
I and my two friends had a fantastic adventure with Ecodestinos . They did everything they said they would do ; they arranged the flights to Latisia and met us at the airport and communicated with us all the way giving us peace of mind. Our guide , Eliecer was very attentive , spoke excellent English and was knowledgeable about the flora and fauna of the Amazon . I felt confident and safe the whole time thanks to him. The indigenous people who showed us around were extremely gracious . I highly recommend this company