# Yasuni Kichwa Rainforest Excursion

> Embark on an adventure in the Yasuni Rainforest. Connect with Kichwa culture, explore exotic wildlife, and stay by a serene lagoon.

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- **Location:** Orrelana Province, Ecuador
- **Duration:** 5 Days, 4 Nights
- **Price:** from USD 1,690/person
- **Activities:** Community Visit, Cultural Activities, Wildlife Viewing
- **Experience type:** Multi-Day Tours
- **Travel style:** Cultural Immersion, Connect with Nature, Off the Beaten Path
- **Guide:** Local guide (not bilingual), Bilingual guide
- **Languages:** Spanish, English
- **Meals:** All meals included
- **Accommodation:** Cabin: Private Room
- **Transport:** Private car, Boat
- **Physical activity:** Light activity, Moderate activity
- **Wi-Fi:** Limited
- **Cell coverage:** Limited
- **Run by:** [Napo Wildlife Center Ecolodge](/en/provider/napo-wildlife-center-ecolodge) (Community Cooperative, Locally Owned)

Live the Yasuní and Napo Wildlife Center experience, visiting exotic places along the Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest and connecting with the Kichwa Anagu community. Learn about their native ancestral customs, traditions, and rich culture. This lodge sits on an incredible lagoon, and sets you alone with the wilderness. 

## Highlights

- Stay at this one-of-a-kind ecolodge, situated on a beautiful lagoon amongst the Amazon rainforest.
- Interact with the native Kichwa community, learning their traditional culture and customs. 
- Hike, canoe through the rivers, and take night walks to observe the beautiful wildlife & scenery that awaits. 

## Itinerary

### Day 1 - Sail to Yasuni Kichwa Ecolodge

Departing from Quito, a 30 minute flight will take you to the jungle town of Coca. Here the real adventure begins! After landing, staff members will drive you to the Orellana port where you’ll get on board a motorized canoe that will take you to the welcoming Napo Wildlife Center. During the 2-hour ride, you will have the opportunity to see some aquatic birds and nature surrounding the Napo River.
Upon arriving to the Yasuni Kichwa Ecolodge located in the Kichwa Anangu community, guests are welcomed with a nice and refreshing traditional drink, and then shown to their cabins with stunning views of the wilderness and natural gardens bordering the lodge.
In the afternoon, you can join in a short walk to the Napo riverbank to enjoy a beautiful sunset on the beaches and natural islands of the Napo riverbank. Then, you'll return back to the lodge to have a delicious traditional typical dinner at the restaurant. You are welcome to see how the meals are cooked by the chef since the kitchen area is open to visitors.

### Day 2 - Wildlife viewing in the Amazon Rainforest

(OPTIONAL) We get up early in the morning at 4:30 am before sun rises to participate in one the most ancient customs of the Kichwa Anangu community--making the wayusa tea to energize the body. Then, follow the ritual of listening to kichwa songs and meditate about life and important issues.
After a buffet-style breakfast at the restaurant we’ll visit tthe Canopy observation Tower, a place where you’ll experience the life in the jungle atop the trees. 
The 36-meter Canopy tower is about 30 minutes from the lodge deep in the forest. A place as any other! Get a close up view of colorful birds such as tanagers, toucans, macaws, parrots, flycatchers and some mokey species as Spider or Howler monkeys that feed with the fruits and seed found in the nearby trees.
After visiting the Canopy tower, we’ll go to the Napo Wildlife Center to have a delicious, typical Ecuadorian local lunch at the restaurant. It features a 360° view of the Anangu Lake and surrounding nature. After lunch time, you can choose from the many options the NWC offers you: relaxing on the hammocks, read a book or climbing the dinning room observation tower for birdwatching.
In the afternoon, you’ll go hiking through a stunning terra-firme forest where you will discover the complex ecosystem living in the __Amazon Rainforest__ __in Ecuador__, vines, orchids, bromeliad, ancient rees and different animals such as insects, spiders, mammals, birds, monkeys, etc. After the hike, you’ll ride on the surrounding creeks on paddle-canoe to explore the aquatic wildlife. Dinner at the lodge at about  7:30pm.

### Day 3 - Visit the parrot clay licks

Get up early in the morning to visit the most stunning parrot clay licks in the Amazon Jungle of Ecuador!! We’ll paddle downstream on the Anangu creek until reaching the Kichwa Anangu community. Then, after a 10 minute ride on a motorized canoe we’ll get to the parrot clay licks where hundreds of wonderful colorful birds gather to lick the mineral contained in the soil that help them to digest the fruits and seeds they eat. 
Lunch will be served in the welcome area and then, in the afternoon, we’ll visit the Interpretive Center where you will be welcomed by women of the community. Learn about their customs and traditions at the same time you enjoy from community  the typical rituals and dances.
Late in the afternoon, we’ll go back to the Napo Wildlife Center lodge to have dinner and rest for the next day adventure.

### Day 4 - Explore the forests of the Tiputini trail

This morning we’ll explore the terra-firme and swamp forests of the Tiputini trail, in search of more wildlife such as: monkeys, snakes, two and three toed sloths, squirrels and exotic plants and trees typical of the Tropical forest.
Then, we’ll go back to the NWC to have lunch and rest in the rooms, or the social areas. And in the afternoon, we’ll paddle in the surrounding creeks to explore deeper in the waters of the Amazonia to meet with unique wildlife.
Back to the lodge, after dinner time, our staff members will play a video about the Kichwa Anangu community and the Napo Wildlife Center.

### Day 5 - Return to Coca City

After an early breakfast, we’ll go the way we came back to Coca city. 

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