Sacha Lodge is among the best places in the Amazon to explore the jungle without leaving behind your creature comforts - an unforgettable Amazon tour!
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Arrive Quito Overnight
Day 2: Fly to the Amazon and Sacha Lodge (L,D)
A short flight takes you over the high Andes and down to the Amazon frontier town of Puerto Francisco de Orellana (called Coca by the locals). From here you travel by motorized canoe two and a half hours down the Napo River, followed by a short walk through a thick palm forest to Sacha Lodge -- your home for the next week and base for an incredible Amazon travel adventure!
Days 3-5: Sacha Lodge (3B,3L,3D)
Days at Sacha Lodge are filled with discovery. Sacha Lodge has something for everyone. A favorite activity includes paddling dugout canoes along black water creeks and lakes past luxuriant lianas, bromeliads, and enormous palms. During excursions, visitors are divided into small groups (max 6), each with its own native guide and bilingual naturalist. Native guides carry a lifetime of knowledge about the medicinal and functional uses of rainforest plants.
Naturalists, educated in biology and ecology, translate for native guides and compliment your Amazon tour excursions with explanations of the scientific workings of the rainforest.
Swimming and piranha fishing are also popular (the piranha here are harmless, really!). And for the adventurous there are night walks and canoe trips in search of caiman and other nocturnal creatures. Sacha Lodge also offers three very unique sites to visitors.
The first is a 130-foot observation tower that gives visitors a chance to get above the rainforest canopy for incredible views of the area. This is also a great place to observe toucans and macaws and with luck spot noisy howler monkeys or a three-toed sloth. The second site is the butterfly house where over 40 local butterfly species are bred.
Visitors can see the process of breeding and raising these colorful insects and wander through the "flying room." Finally, there's the Yasuní Macaw Lick. Just a short distance from Sacha Lodge is Ecuador's most famous macaw lick, where visitors can observe dozens of the magnificently colored birds feeding on the clay's salt.
Day 6: Return to Quito
After an early breakfast, you'll head back up the Napo River for the flight back to Quito to complete your Amazon tour. At the airport, you'll be picked up and transferred to your hotel and have the evening free to enjoy Quito.
Day 7: Depart for home.
Accommodations: 2 nights comfortable hotels, 4 nights rainforest lodge.
Food Includes: All meals as indicated (B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner); most of our hotels offer free continental breakfast.
Transportation: Local flights, taxi, motorized and paddled canoes.
An easy Amazon tour for any age. Emphasis is on wildlife and nature with lots of time to follow personal interests.
Weekly departures.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Single Supplement: US$500
US$955 - SL5
5-day option: US$955
4-day option: US$760
Note: Roundtrip flight from Quito to Coca is not included. Please add US120 (flight cost subject to change). Sacha Lodge also offers a 30% discount for children under 12
Pre & Post Tour Accommodations: Share US$45, Single US$75
Arrival/Departure Transfers: 1 person $50 USD each 2 or more people $25 USD per person
Personal Budgeting: Allow US$40 for meals not included, US$15 for park fee to optional parrot salt lick, US$41 international departure tax.
Prices are based on a 3% cash discount
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Ecuador
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