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1st day:
11:00 am Transfer by jeep from the airport to Puerto de Samariapo
after arriving in a Venezolana Air plane. (1 hour). Start navigating
through Orinoco River. Visit to Isla de Raton and to the religious
mission school. Navigation through Sipapo River. Have lunch at a
place along the river. Navigation through Cuao River up to Danto’s
torrent waterfall. Visit to the Piaroa’s native tribe. Overnight
stay in a hammock. (L/D)
2nd Day:
09:00 am Walk around the upper section of a waterfall. Navigation
to a place in the jungle. (30 min) Start walking through the jungle
accompanied by our guides, who will carry the overnight staying
gear and food (3 hours). Arrival at the foot of Cuao Tepuy, where
you will be able to take refreshing baths in the waterfalls and
natural pools. Take a walk and go up the mountain to get to a viewpoint
to enjoy the jungle’s enormity. After dinner, we will take
a night walk around the jungle where we will be able to experience
nightlife in the jungle and observe glowing insects. Overnight stay
in hammocks (B/L/D)
3rd Day:
09:00 am Walk back to Cuao River. After that, navigation back to
Danto´s torrent. Lunch. Navigation to Sipapo River up to Autana’s
river mouth. Visit to the Piaroa native tribe where we Hill spend
the night. Overnight stay in a hammock. (B/L/D)
4th Day:
Navigation to Autana River up to Ceguera’s torrent
which is the nearest point to Autana Tepuy. Visit to a native tribe.
Walk through the jungle where we will be able to have a different
view of the Autana Tepuy. Navigation back to Ceguera to enjoy this
wonderful place and spend the night. Overnight stay in a hammock
(B/L/D)
5th Day:
Navigation back through Autana River. Stopover at a place
along Sipapo River to have lunch. Navigation through Orinoco River
up To Puerto de Samariapo. Transfer by jeep to Puerto Ayacucho and
lodging at a city hotel with A/C (B/L/D)
6th Day:
08:00am Check out. Visit to a handcraft native market where
you can have breakfast and buy souvenirs. Transfer to the Airport.
Board the plane at 11:00am. End of our services. Breakfast not included;
however, you can have breakfast at the market or the airport.
It Includes:
- All meals and non-alcoholic drinks.
- Bilingual guide.
- Lodging at a city hotel in a double sized
bedroom with A/C
- Lodging at a single size room will have
an additional fee.
- Pictures to the natives are not guaranteed.
Not Included:
- Plane ticket Caracas-Puerto Ayacucho-Caracas
and Puerto Ayacucho-Camani Camp- Puerto Ayacucho.
- Lodging at Puerto Ayacucho Hotel (If required)
Minimum 3 people
DETAILS ABOUT THE EXCURSION
Boat and equipment:
The boat used for this excursion is a 14 meter (45, 93 feet) long
wooden boat equipped with a roof made with the leaves of palm trees
which is typical among the native’s tribes of the area and
it is powered by a 40 HP outboard motor. Overnight staying takes
place in hammocks with mosquito nets placed in the camp. There are
gas and solar lamps for night lightning.
We are equipped with coolers and enough ice
for all trip, as well as bottled mineral water and cooking gear.
In addition, there will be first aid kits, safety equipment for
the boat and radio communication with the main office in Puerto
Ayacucho and every emergency station in the area.
Our guides will make food at the moment. It
is varied and plentiful. Breakfast and dinner will be served at
our camping sites. Lunch is the lightest meal and will take place
as we travel or in the boat. In some of the places we will be visiting
there are available latrines, in other areas will be informed about
proper ways to avoid damage to the habitat.
These are adventure excursions; however, we
strive to fulfill our passenger’s needs in order for them
to enjoy the trip.
DETAILS ABOUT THE TRIP
We will be navigating through the Orinoco River starting from Puerto
de Samariapo just before the torrents up the river until we get
to one its most interesting tributaries, which is Sipapo River.
In addition, there will be visits to the some of the native communities
along the riverbank. There are native tribes that do not like being
visited so in some cases we will have to observe them from the boat.
Navigating will not take more than two hours
with visits and stopovers in between to enjoy the landscape and
the rivers.
The Piaroa native tribe avoids the area we
will be visiting. Our guides will direct visits to native tribes,
during which we will be able to observe and learn about their daily
life, as well as mythology and customs. Our guides will let you
know how to behave in order not to disturb them and negotiate with
their chiefs the possibility of taking pictures.
Along the way, our guides will give you general
information about the sceneries we will be visiting as well as their
characteristics. This is a jungle adventure excursion so you must
listen carefully to all our guides’ recommendations to minimize
the risks of accidents and the damage to the surrounding habitats.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
- We will be navigating for around 250 km (155,
34 miles) through Orinoco, Sopapo, Cuao and Autana rivers.
- We will be able to identify Sipapo River´s
basin natural reserve.
- Autana Tepuy is 1.430 meters (4691, 60 feet) high
and you can go through it walking along a visible cave
- We will be visiting the Piaroa’s native tribe
territory, which is the most numerous and deeply rooted to its
culture in all the Venezuelan Amazon.
- We will be able to see over 600 registered species
of birds, some of them endemic to the area.
- In addition, we will be able to experience and
learn about the characteristics the rainforest.
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