Cuyabeno 4 Day Jungle Tour

1.-Quito - Lago Agrio - El Puente. Bus ride (one day before –8 hour ride) to Lago Agrio. Drive from Lago Agrio to El Puente. Afternoon: canoe trip down the Cuyabeno River to our camp site. Night: dinner and exciting night walk.

2.- Cuyabeno river. Three hour hike in the primary forest to learn about flora and fauna, including lessons in the use of plants for survival. Late afternoon: Relax, go to Caimancocha and Patococha for birdwatching, sunset at Laguna Grande with a chance for some refreshing swimming and caiman (alligator) searching.

3.-Cuyabeno River. Morning: An hour and a half boat rides down the river to a Siona indigenous community to interact and learn about their traditions and customs by making some local food. After a visit to a shaman to learn about his secrets about the ancestral knowledge of shamanism. At night we enjoy watching hundreds of different insects coming to special lamps connected to solar system to attract them.

4.- El Puente-Lago Agrio-Quito. Early morning: Bird watching from a 25 meters high tower. Morning: journey up Cuyabeno River to El Puente. Drive to Lago Agrio (arrive in Lago Agrio in the afternoon). Flight or bus ride back to Quito.\

Transport:
Private: $20 (one way)
Public: $12.50 (one way)

*We recommend private transportation because it will take you directly to the meeting
point and it also has to departure points that are in la mariscal and are also in the
colonial district, saving you both time and money :)