SHIRIPUNO LODGE
ACCOMMODATION
Our cabins, furnished with both single and double beds, accommodate up to three people per room. All rooms have private bathrooms and hammocks. After dark we use candles, creating perfect harmony with the sights and background sounds of the rainforest. Recently we have also equipped each room with a rechargeable solar lantern. Solar electricity is available to charge camera batteries and other electronic devices.
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During Our 4 Days Amazon Nature Tour you will explore the most biodiverse place on Earth: The Yasuni Biosphere Reserve (Yasuni National Park & Waorani Reserve). The Yasuni is where LIFE Itself evolve into millions ways!You would learn about the Natural History and Ecology on many Amazonian Wildlife during our daily activities.Your Amazon Rainforest Trip will start with a short fly from Quito to Coca, (Check Our Day Trip to Coca) an optional visit to the Archaeological Museum of Amazonian Cultures. MACCO. Then leave the civilized world behind and enter to a remote location in the Yasuni Biosphere Reserve. Here you will explore in pristine forest, searching for monkeys, toucans, macaws and bizarre creatures at night.
PROGRAM
4 DAYS / 3 NIGHTS
Your Amazon Rainforest Trip will start with a short fly from Quito to Coca, (Check Our Day Trip to Coca) an optional visit to the Archaeological Museum of Amazonian Cultures. MACCO. Then leave the civilized world behind and enter to a remote location in the Yasuni Biosphere Reserve. Here you will explore in pristine forest, searching for monkeys, toucans, macaws and bizarre creatures at night.
DAY 1:
Quito-Coca by plane (Not included), from Coca We will travel 90 km south to the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve and the Waorani Ethnic Reserve, in local transportation to the Shiripuno River (2:30 hrs approx.). Box Lunch will be served on site. We will then navigate 65 km down the river with a motorized canoe to reach the Shiripuno Lodge, our canoe trip will take approximately 4 hours depending on the water levels. It will become your first experience with the great diversity of wildlife in the Amazon rainforest. Dinner and accommodation at the Shiripuno Lodge.
DAY 2:
Breakfast. We’ll navigate to start our morning hike (3-4 hrs.) Into pristine Rainforest along the Mirador Trail; the aim of this trail is to share with you scenic view of the Amazon Basin and show you millions of reason to preserve the Rainforest for future generations.The Waorani and the Naturalist guides will provide you information and explanations about the biodiversity of the Rainforest; and the medicinal plants use by indigenous people.
This hike requires good physical condition. Lunch.In the afternoon catch-and-release Piranha Fishing along the Shiripuno River. Dinner and lodging at the Shiripuno Lodge.
DAY 3:
After breakfast. We’ll descend the Shiripuno River and listen the Rainforest waking up!!! Birds and mammals getting up!! Breakfast. Then we’ll go to a back-door trail to explore different type of forest and increase our chance to find more animals. Lunch.
In the afternoon we will take the motor canoe and make an excursion into one of the small oxbow lake where it is possible to see different kinds of plants and animals such as; the bizarre bird Hoatzins. We will explore the Rainforest at night searching for nocturnal fauna. Dinner and lodging at the Shiripuno Lodge.
DAY 4:
After breakfast, navigate upstream to the Waorani Community; early canoe rides are great to surprises animals crossing the river such as Capybaras, Tapir or resting Caimans; birds such as Macaws and Toucans also can be seen from the canoe.
At the Waorani Community you will see the effects of cultural expose by which are living all the different indigenous groups in the Amazon. The Waorani still keep most of their traditions such as: hunting with blowguns and poisoned darts, their unique language Wao Terero, the knowledge of the Rainforest and oral traditions.
Responsible tourism brings revenues to all the families at different levels by selling handicrafts, canoe drivers, native guides, housekeeping, kitchen assistants and others activities. Lunch. We’ll continue the navigation upstream to the bridge where we are going to take the bus back to Coca (arrival at 16:30 approx.).
PROGRAM
5 DAYS / 4 NIGHTS
Your Amazon Rainforest Trip will start with a short fly from Quito to Coca, (Check Our Day Trip to Coca) an optional visit to the Archaeological Museum of Amazonian Cultures. MACCO. Then leave the civilized world behind and enter to a remote location in the Yasuni Biosphere Reserve. Here you will explore in pristine forest, searching for monkeys, toucans, macaws and bizarre creatures at night.
DAY 1:
Quito-Coca by airplane (Not included), from Coca We’ll travel 90 km south into the Yasuni Biosphere Reserve and Waorani Ethnic Reserve, by small bus “Chiva” to the Shiripuno Bridge (approx. 2:30 hrs). Box Lunch would be served on the site.Afterwards we’ll navigate 65 km downstream with a motorized canoe to reach the Shiripuno Lodge, the canoe journey will take approximately 4 hours depending on water levels. It will turn into your first experience with the wide diversity of wildlife of the Amazonian Rainforest. Dinner and lodging at the Shiripuno Lodge.
DAY 2:
Breakfast. We’ll navigate to start our morning hike (3-4 hrs.) into pristine Rainforest along the Mirador Trail; the aim of this trail is to share with you scenic view of the Amazon Basin and show you millions of reason to preserve the Rainforest for future generations.
The Waorani and the Naturalist guides will provide you information and explanations about the biodiversity of the Rainforest; and the medicinal plants use by indigenous people. This hike requires good physical condition.
Lunch.In the afternoon catch-and-release Piranha Fishing along the Shiripuno River. Dinner and lodging at the Shiripuno Lodge.
DAY 3:
After breakfast. We’ll descend the Shiripuno River and listen the Rainforest waking up!!! Birds and mammals getting up!! Breakfast. Then we’ll go to a back-door trail to explore different type of forest and increase our chance to find more animals. Lunch.
In the afternoon we will take the motor canoe and make an excursion into one of the small oxbow lake where it is possible to see different kinds of plants and animals such as; the bizarre bird Hoatzins. We will explore the Rainforest at night searching for nocturnal fauna. Dinner and lodging at the Shiripuno Lodge.
DAY 4:
Breakfast. We are going to spend an entire day in the Rainforest. We’ll hike on the el Saladero Trail; at the end of this trail there is a Forest Clay Lick, it is a location where mammals and birds with vegetable diet-base come to lick minerals all year round. We’ll have lunch in the middle of Rainforest. Dinner and lodging at the Shiripuno Lodge.
DAY 5:
After breakfast, navigate upstream to the Waorani Community; early canoe rides are great to surprises animals crossing the river such as Capybaras, Tapir or resting Caimans; birds such as Macaws and Toucans also can be seen from the canoe.
At the Waorani Community you will see the effects of cultural expose by which are living all the different indigenous groups in the Amazon.The Waorani People still keep most of their traditions alive such as: hunting with blowguns and poisoned darts, their unique language Wao Terero, the knowledge of the Rainforest and oral traditions. Responsible tourism brings revenues to all the families at different levels by selling handcrafts, canoe drivers, native guides, housekeeping, kitchen assistants and others activities. Lunch.
We’ll continue the navigation upstream to the bridge where we are going to take the bus back to Coca (arrival at 16:30 approx.).
RATES 2023
All rates are per person.
| ACCOMMODATION | DOUBLE StandarD |
|---|---|
| 4 DAYS - 3 NIGHTS | $870 |
| 5 DAYS - 4 NIGHTS | $1080 |
NOTE:
Children under 11 years 11 months have a 50% discount on the rate, if they share the same cabin with their parents, upon presentation of their passport or identity document.
INCLUDED
- Canoe transportation from Coca to the Lodge
- Accommodation
- All meals according to program
- Entrance Fee to the Visit the Parrot Clay Licks
- Bilingual English/Spanish speaking Naturalist Guide.
- Guided Excursions.
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Rubber boots (only up to # 43)
NOT INCLUDED
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Airfare Quito–Coca–Quito
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Check-in and transfer in & out in the city of Coca.
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Alcoholic Drinks
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tips and personal expenses
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Internet, laundry and any other unspecified requirements.
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Rubber boots (size larger than #43).
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Personal equipment: flashlight, water poncho.
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Ticket price $20
