Program 3 Days/2 Nights
for Groups > 10 PAX
Day 1: Arrive to the Lodge in the afternoon, relax in the swimming pool or visit the sand beach at the river. Dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Breakfast at 8.00 a.m.
After breakfast drive to the Misahualli village and bord the canoe receiving your life vest. CANOE TOUR
Departure 9.00 a.m. from the Lodge.
Canoe ride on the Napo River. Arrive to the PROTECTED FOREST “MISICOCHA” of the Jungle Lodge El Jardin Aleman of one square kilometre and hike in the forest. Admire the extraordinary flora and the exotic sounds of the primary rainforest. If you are lucky see toucans, oropendulos, parrots and small monkeys. Your local Indian guide will explain you flora and fauna of the Amazon Region with special emphasis to medicinal plants. Lunch in the jungle.
Embark the canoe and ride upstream to visit an Indian village and see how to prepare “chicha”, a fermented yuca drink and if you like taste it. The natives will show you their traditional dance and invite you to join them. Here you can buy also handicraft made by the Indians. Return to the Lodge in the afternoon.
Dinner and overnight.
Day 3: Departure after breakfast.
Program 4 Days/3 Nights
for Groups > 10 PAX
Day 1: Arrive to the Lodge for dinner by public or private transportation. Dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Breakfast at 8.00 a.m.. You start your Jungle hike at 9.00 a.m. ROCKY LABYRINTH AND DART-POISON FROGS
Start your hike directly from the lodge and your native guide shows you first the typical plants native people use daily. Than you enter the jungle and hike until you arrive to a amazing rocky formation. Pass this huge rocky formation, like a labyrinth with open caves and an amazing vegetation. All is natural, but it seems to by a Hollywood arrangement for an adventure film. Don´t forget to ask your guide to show you the tiny coloured dart-poison frogs. Lunch at Lodge.
In the afternoon go by bus to the nearby village Misahualli, cross the Napo River and make a short walk to the PAIKAWE LAGOON. A pristine small lake privately owned by Pedro Aguinda and his wife with the adjoining 13 hectares of primary Amazonian forest in the Napo province. Pedro and his wife love this land and its biodiversity. Their family have protected for 70 years because they believe in conserving nature and Eco-tourism. The proximity to the touristy town of Misahullai has attracted buyers but he still wants to keep it as a safe heaven for all the little animals that nurtures his reserve. Explore flora and fauna of this small lake by rowing canoa. Back to Lodge. Dinner and overnight.
Day 3: Breakfast at 8.00 a.m. After breakfast drive to the Misahualli village and bord the canoe at the beach of Misahualli, where a large group of Capuccino monkeys live. Receive your life vest.
Canoe ride on the Napo River. Arrive to the PROTECTED FOREST “MISICOCHA” of the Jungle Lodge El Jardin Aleman of one square kilometer and hike in the forest. Admire the extraordinary flora and the exotic sounds of the primary rainforest. If you are lucky see toucans, oropendulos, parrots and small monkeys. Your local Indian guide will explain you flora and fauna of the Amazon Region with special emphasis to medicinal plants.
Pick nick lunch in the jungle. Embark the canoe and ride upstream to visit an Indian family and see how to prepare “chicha”, a fermented yuca drink and if you like taste it. Experience how natives prepare chocolate and taste the special aroma of an original jungle chocolate. Also some handicraft made by the Indians are available. Return to the Lodge in the afternoon.
Dinner and overnight.
Day 4: Departure after breakfast.
