Waorani Expedition: 6 Days | 5 Nights

When you learn something from people, or from a culture, you accept it as a gift, and it is your lifelong commitment to preserve it and build on it. – Yo-Yo Ma

Day 1

08:00 We leave by land transport via Auca, approximately three hours we will be arriving at the bridge of the Shiripuno river and transfer by motorized canoe to the Waorani family where we set up our campsite with the family, during the night cultural coexistence

Day 2

07:00 breakfast and we continue sailing down the river during the journey we will observe toucans, parrots, parrots among other species the journey lasts 4 to 5 hours where we set up our tent to spend the night, after dinner watching caiman.

Day 3

06:00 a.m. Breakfast is ready, we prepare the necessary equipment for a Waorani-style walk, on the walk we will find some species of monkeys, birds and medicinal plants and palm trees that are used for daily survival and we return to the camp. At night, night walk to find frogs, rodents and amphibians

Day 4

07:30 breakfast, we will visit lagoons for piranha fishing and in the afternoon we will go in search of the most feared reptile by Amazonian cultures, the Anaconda (observation is not guaranteed)

DAY 5

07:30 breakfast, this day we will make our last walk to the animal salting room in order to find peccary, deer and other species, during the afternoon a refreshing bath in the sandbanks of the river.

DAY 6

Breakfast is ready at 5:00 a.m. Then we leave with all our return luggage arriving at the Shiripuno bridge between 1:00 p.m. and lunch in the sector, finally by ground transportation back to Coca at 6:00 p.m.

Important:

• The yellow fever vaccine is important to enter the Waorani territory and original passport.
• Forbidden to carry bladed weapons.
• We have electricity for specific hours to charge your batteries
• I must stress that the tour is only for lovers of extreme adventure and the passenger must count on good physical condition, as the route will be a Waorani style adventure.
• The canoes do not have a covered roof, this allows ease of visibility for animal observations and to have the best navigation options.
• The Waorani territory is considered one of the best places for wildlife observations,
• We reserve the right to change the program without notice based on weather conditions