6 Day / 5 Night Jungle Tour Gareno Amazon Camping

DAY 1
Our staff will meet you in Tena. We have a 77 Km drive, (2.5 hours), east along the Napo River to the Gareno Lodge. We may see Parrots, Toucans and also monkeys. We arrive before dark at Gareno. Enjoy a welcome cocktail and dinner. Discuss the schedule for the remaining days. 
 

DAY 2
After breakfast, depart with a native guide and camping equipment to discover flora, fauna and the Huaorani culture. The Huaorani people will demonstrate how to survive in the jungle by collecting jungle fruits, how they make their traditional houses and handicrafts. We will have lunch in the jungle, amongst the giant, 40m tall Ceibo trees. In the afternoon we will walk for 2 to 3 hours. Then we will prepare our tents to camp in the jungle and enjoy a candle light dinner.
 

DAY 3
After breakfast, we will hike for 3 to 4 hours on a trail that traverses both terra firme and varzea forest. We follow this trail with two overlooks as it winds towards the Huaorani community. At noon we arrive at the Nushino River, where we have time to swim. The Huaorani people may join you. Lunch is served on the beach. In the early afternoon we set up our camp close to the river. After a delicious dinner, we go fishing.
 

DAY 4
After breakfast we drift down the river in a canoe and observe different birds and mammals. After lunch we follow the Nushino river to the Huaorani village, Tepapare. Here, we have the opportunity to buy handicrafts, weapons, hammocks, try chicha, and banana and yucca manioc cassava. It is possible to join the Huaorani in a traditional hunt using a blowgun and curare poisoned darts. In the afternoon we travel down the Nushino River to a hidden lagoon for fishing. We camp close to the lagoon and prepare our dinner. After dinner we do a  night walk to see the rainforest animals.
 

DAY 5
After an early breakfast, we will visit an oxbow lake on the Nushino River and walk inland. We may see the extraordinary Hoatzin (a bird that feeds almost exclusively on leaves), anacondas, capybaras, (world ́s largest rodent) and caimans( types of alligator). At noon we have lunch, then take a canoe down river to the Huaorani trails. A 3-4 hour guided hike will explain more about the complex rainforest system. Return to the Meñepare and Gareno community. From here we take the oil route and arrive at Gareno before dark.
 

DAY 6
After breakfast, pack up camping equipment, continue between traditional Huaorani territory and petroleum company lands. Return to Tena.

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*This tour is also available as a 4 Day / 3 Night Tour for a price of $350 USD

Tour includes: accommodations, food, purifide water and rain poncho

What you need for this tour: sunscreen, insect repellent, hat, light clothes, bathing suit, waterproof shoes/sandals, flashlight/headlamp