Summary
- Day 1 : Arrive Quito Overnight
- Day 2 : Fly to the Amazon and Sacha Lodge
- Days 3-5 : Sacha Lodge
- Day 6 : Return to Quito
- Day 7 : Depart for Home
- Additional Tour Options
- $945 - 5 Day w/out Quito hotel
- $755 - 4 Day w/out Quito hotel
- $1285 - Casa Del Suizo and Sacha Lodge 8 Day
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Amazon
- Napo River
- Coca
- Quito
Nature ViewingIncludes intentional opportunity to observe flora or fauna with an experienced guide.
HikingIncludes guided hiking excursions. Hikes may vary from easy and optional three hour hikes to more difficult multi-day treks.
Details
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)
During your Ecuador travel, days at Sacha Lodge are filled with discovery. 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. They proudly display the wonders of their home environment, sometimes even offering a tasty treat like the strange lemon tasting ants that coexist in the stems of certain trees. Naturalists, educated in biology and ecology, translate for native guides and complement excursions with explanations of the scientific workings of the rainforest. Sacha Lodge has something for everyone. A favorite activity includes paddling dugout canoes along blackwater creeks and lakes past luxuriant lianas, bromeliads, and enormous palms. Swimming and piranha fishing are also popular (the piranha here are harmless, really!). And for the adventurous Ecuador traveler there are night walks and canoe trips in search of caiman and other nocturnal creatures. Sacha Lodge offers a number of very unique sites to its visitors.
A 130-foot observation tower and a 940-foot canopy walkway both give visitors a chance to get above the rainforest canopy for incredible views of the area. These areas are also great places to observe toucans and macaws and, with luck, spot noisy howler monkeys or a three-toed sloth. Another 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 Yasuni Parrot Lick. Just a short distance from Sacha Lodge is Ecuador's most famous parrot lick, where visitors can observe dozens of the magnificently colored birds feeding on the clay.
Day 6 Return to Quito
(B) 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
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Accommodations:
2 nights comfortable hotels, 4 nights rainforest lodge.
Single Supplement:
$485
Meals Included:
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.
Notes:
Roundtrip flight from Quito to Coca is not included. Please add US130 (flight cost subject to change). Sacha Lodge also offers a 30% discount for children under 12
Group & Staff:
No min or max...bilingual naturalist guide and indigenous guide at the lodge.
Personal Budgeting:
Allow US$40 for meals not included, US$15 for park fee to optional parrot salt lick, US$45 international departure tax.
Pre & Post Tour Accommodations:
Share US$45, Single US$75
Is it for Me?
An easy Amazon tour for any age. Emphasis is on wildlife and nature with lots of time to follow personal interests.
Arrival / Departure Transfers:
1 person US$50 each
2 or more people US$25 /person
Weekly Departures
