This 7 night - 8 day, adventure trip offers you the experience of a lifetime.
Central Americas best kept natural and cultural secret, explore the Rio Platano Biosphere a world heritage site. Discover its rich biodiversity, which ranges from Caribbean coast, lagoons, rivers, mangrove forest, pine forest to tropical rain forest. Meet and interact with the local inhabitants Garifuna, Misquito and Pech.
Your Itinerary
Day 1: La Ceiba - Brus Laguna - Kuri
Meeting at the airport in La Ceiba. Flight to Brus Laguna, located on the border of the Moskitia. Brus Laguna is the meeting point between the indigenous and mestizo communities. After arrival, we board a motorized canoe which locals call a "tuktuk". We cross the huge Ibans Lagoon before reaching the Misquito village of Kuri. In the afternoon we have leisure time to enjoy the village's beautiful beach and to interact with the locals. Dinner and overnight in Kuri.
Day 2: Kuri - Las Marías / Río Plátano
After breakfast we board a boat that will take us from Kuri to the Pech community of Las Marías. Going up counter currents along the banks of the Plátano River. Along the way we will observe the ecological change between the coastal vegetation formed mainly by mangroves and lagoons, and the tropical lowland rainforest. In the late afternoon we arrive in Las Marías. Typical dinner. Overnight in Las Marías.
Day 3: Las Marías / Río Plátano
After breakfast we leave by pipante, with our local guides. The pipantes are perfect for viewing the flora and fauna of the virgin tropical rainforest along the rivers edge. We are poled up the river against the current; we take a rest stop and a brief jungle hike before we arrive at the first set of petroglyphs. Which consist of numerous mysterious rock carvings. We return to Las Marías late afternoon. Overnight in Las Marías.
Day 4: Las Marías
We leave early in the morning for a day hiking into the tropical rainforest. The forest around Las Marías offers many hiking trails of different levels of difficulty, these trails will lead us through virgin forest, that is home to over 350 species of birds and to many large mammal species, some being white-faced monkeys, howler monkeys, giant anteaters, white-tailed deer and white-lipped peccaries. We return to Las Marias late afternoon. Overnight in Las Marías.
Day 5 + 6: Las Marías
After breakfast we take a hike into the heart of the jungle, we will observe the rich diversity of flora and fauna in the company of our guides, the Pech. After the hike, we will return to Las Marías, with leisure time to interact with locals, relax or to bathe in the river. Overnight Las Marías.
Day 7: Las Marías - Kuri - Brus Laguna
Early in the morning we say goodbye to our hosts the Pech and return to the Caribbean village of Kuri and on to Brus Laguna. During the boat ride we will admire the exotic birds sighted along the way. Overnight in Kuri or Brus Laguna.
Day 8: Brus Laguna - La Ceiba
We take the morning flight from Brus Laguna to La Ceiba where the tour ends.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Rates per person:
2 persons - USD 1'055.00
3 persons - USD 760.00
4 persons - USD 655.00
Trips can depart only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from La Ceiba.
Services included:
7 nights lodging in local camps
Daily breakfast
Expedition and safety equipment
Transfers according to itinerary
Domestic flights not included
Mesoamérica Travel Guide
Entrance fees and local guides
16% local taxes
Rates valid until 15.12.2008
Contact us for information on shorter programs or jungle extensions in the Moskitia and Rio Platano Biophere Area.
Also see tour packages in:
Central America and Caribbean
Honduras
Nature & Wildlife
Ecotourism
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