7D6N Local Living Ecuador: Amazon Jungle (SEJL)
If you’re the kind of traveller that likes to put down roots and dig deep into a destination, you’ll feel right at home here. Unpack once at a central base with a local host family and settle into some of the world’s most interesting places to discover life as it’s lived every day.
The Amazon Rainforest is so full of life; embrace it for yourself during a week unlike any other. From Quito, you’ll travel to your new home in the jungle and meet the Quichua family who will host you for the next four nights. Discover waterfalls on jungle walks and travel to an animal rescue centre by canoe. You’ll learn about medicinal plants and how to use a blowgun, experience a shaman ceremony, and walk to a jungle waterfall. Most importantly, you’ll befriend people few outsiders have the honour to even meet.
Tour Highlights:
- Visit to amaZOOnico Animal Rescue Centre
- Walks to a viewpoint and a waterfall
- Medicinal plants jungle walk
- Shamanic ceremony
- Cultural night including a jungle marriage ceremony
Good to know
- Physical Rating: 3: Some tours may include light hiking, biking, rafting, or kayaking in addition to walking.
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1 Quito
Arrive at any time.
Day 2 Quito - Tena
Travel by bus and truck into the Amazon Jungle. Spend the next 4 nights in rustic wooden huts with a local Quichua family as hosts. Walk to a viewpoint and get a natural mud face mask treatment.
breakfast · lunch · dinner
Day 3 Tena
Guided walk to a waterfall then return home for a cacao culinary experience and tasting. Learn about medicinal plants on an afternoon jungle walk.
breakfast · lunch · dinner
Day 4 Tena
Morning car and canoe ride to the amaZOOnico Animal Rescue Centre. Free time in the afternoon to relax in the jungle.
breakfast · lunch · dinner
Day 5 Tena
In the morning, experience a shamanic healing ceremony and a mock jungle marriage ceremony. Later, cycle to the nearby community of Shandia and discover the beauty of the Amazon with a member of the community as your guide.
breakfast · lunch · dinner
Day 6 Tena - Quito
Enjoy a blowgun demonstration and participate in a contest to show off new found skills. Say goodbye to your Quichua family, then travel back to Quito.
breakfast
Day 7 Depart Quito
Depart at any time.
breakfast
What's included
Included
- 6 nights’ accommodation
- All transport between destinations and to/from included activities.
- Meals as per itinerary
Not included
- International air ticket
- Travel insurance
- Tipping
- Others not mentioned
Prices & dates
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Your hotels
Rustic jungle lodge for 4 nights
★★★
Hotels for 2 nights
★★★
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