Exploring the areas around Sacha LodgeAfter checking out my room and taking some pictures of birds, I headed to the dock to be fitted for some lovely rain boots. It took awhile for all of the group to find a size that fit, but we did.
Then since it was quite warm and humid we all jumped into the lake. So who cares if there were piranhas in them. After a few minutes one lady started shouting, look Caiman. They were only about 4 feet long and could care less about us. When I got out of the water I counted and I still had all my toes and fingers.
At six I met my guide Julio and my native guide Evon. I was the only one in the party, since the rest of my group would be arriving tomorrow. We went in the canoe down a lagoon to see wild orchids and bromeliads. They were beautiful and so was the sunset. We also saw a great many birds.
We the headed to the main lounge for dinner. The buffet was wonderful a large variety of food and all wonderful. Each meal was this way so I won't go into it except it was all good and varied and people would be hard put not to find something to satisfy their palates. I especially like the deserts. There were always four to chose from, and the most wonderful watermelon, grown on the coast of Ecuador. They even had a tree tomatoes fluff. I know about tree tomatoes since we had them in Hawaii.
After dinner I met my guides for a hike through the jungle. I was truly amazed how the native guide would go running off in to the bush and come back with a poison tree frog about and inch big. How did he see them? We saw lizards, heard all sorts of creatures and when we came upon Conga ants was told to stamp our feet and move quickly. I sure did, since the bite can lay you up for a week with a high fever.
After the hike I was happy to head to the Cabin for a shower and a good night's sleep.
Excellent travel advice and service
This is my second experience working with Adventure Life. I’m sold. Jess Heuermann is an experienced traveler and provides a lot of useful information when planning a trip. These are the questions I like to ask at the outset - What’s it like to go here, there, what would you suggest, what do people report, can we add any additional side trips? Jess took the time to answer my questions and seek additional information to share with me. Petchie Colina is outstanding in helping with travel logistics and final preparations. Adventure Life has excellent guides and offers private guides and small group adventures. We enjoyed the opportunity to talk with the guides and drivers to learn more about their countries, cultures and histories. A highlight was having the guides pick local restaurants where we could share meals together. Highly recommend.
Claire Cordon
4 days ago
Our six-day tour in Iceland went smoothly with one exception. We had asked for two rooms each night. Somehow we were booked with one room with three beds. It could not be fixed at the first hotel in Reykjavik because the hotel was fully booked. Once informed of the problem, however, Adventure Life rebooked for two rooms for the remainder of the trip. As an 85-year-old traveler, I appreciated that one could participate at different physical levels at many of the stops. Iceland is a great place to visit but on the expensive side.
Mary Warren
5 days ago
Jess was very easy going and answered all our questions. It’s not easy dealing with 6 people at once but she did an outstanding job!
Diane Foster
1 week ago
Kassandra and the Adventure Life team have been incredible! Kassandra was very knowledgeable and attentive to our asks while making sure we kept within our budget. This was our first experience with a travel agent and we were blown away by the booking/initial exploration service. We will use Adventure Life again.