Green Peas

Sample itinerary by 5 days & 4 nights 900,oo usd per person

Occupying an area of more than 30,000 Km2, with a population of about 2,800 individuals, surrounded by the YASUNI National Park, the largest protected park in Ecuador, declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1979, inhabited by the "Waorani" - "Huaorani" or "People", called "Aucas" by civilization, as well as the "Tagaeri" - "Taromenane" or "Pata Colorada".

The latter are one of the few indigenous cultures or tribes not yet contacted by civilizations and that currently in Ecuador constitute and form part of its intangible cultural heritage, with the protection, care and respect of all neighboring societies.

The Huaorani currently inhabit what are now the provinces of Napo, Pastaza and Orellana. Although the first Huaorani were nomadic, they have been forced to establish their boundaries within the Yasuni National Park and its intangible zone.

Location

Between the Napo River to the north, and the Curaray River to the south, along the Yasuní, Shiripuno, Cononaco and smaller tributaries, in an area of 678,220 hectares, part of the Huaorani territory. The Waorani or Huaorani is an Amerindian* people living in the northwestern Ecuadorian Amazon. They defended their territory from colonization and other indigenous cultures, and were persecuted by oil exploitation in the last century.

Called "aucas" because of the mestizaje (white people), they speak the "wao terero" which is a unique language. There are communities such as the Tagaeri and Taromenanes that live in voluntary isolation, rejecting all contact with humanity, always moving continuously in untouchable areas. They live exclusively on what nature provides them, feeding themselves by hunting and fishing, cultivating cassava and plantain, they are expert hunters, they make their spears and blowguns, also a neurotoxin called "curare" for the use of their darts.

Today, they struggle to survive in the face of oil and timber exploitation, especially due to the contamination and loss of their territories, as this brings with it the invasion of colonizers.

In the Bameno Community, on the banks of the Cononaco River, the Huaorani are fully convinced that well-managed tourism will help them to solve, in part, the current problems, living in their "ome" jungle, as they call it, free from any attack on their culture and territory, preserving their millenary customs and traditions, cultivating the purest contact with Mother Nature.

ITINERARY 05 DAYS - 04 NIGHTS

Day 01. - Arrival to the city of Francisco de Orellana (Coca), transfer in private transport to Puerto Shiripuno (2 hours trip from the city of Coca), then we will take the kayaks and motorboat and navigate between 4 and 5 hours to reach the Gawa Clan (Gemeneweno Community). We will serve a box lunch on the way. In the afternoon short walk in the jungle. Dinner and rest.

Day 02. - Breakfast at 06:30 am, then we will navigate by canoe on the Shiripuno River where we will admire the local flora and fauna (monkeys, caimans, parrots, etc.), lunch on the way. Arrival to the Karue Clan (Cononaco Chico Community) located near the Intangible Zone where the uncontacted Tagairis and Taromenanes live. In the evening we will enjoy a cultural interaction with the Huaorani. Dinner and rest.

Day 03. - Breakfast. Walk in the jungle, we will visit a parrot lick, to observe different species of parrots, parakeets and macaws, the lick is made of clay which is essential in their diet. Lunch. In the afternoon we will go fishing with the Huaorani family and visit their crops, we will also share with legendary Huaorani warriors their feats and customs. Dinner, night tour to see caimans, nocturnal birds, mammals, etc.

Day 04. - Cultural interaction in the forest with the Huaorani warriors, day of hunting, manufacture of weapons and food (cotton thread), traditional herbal medicine, etc. . Return by the Cononaco river to the Gawa Clan, dinner and rest.

Day 05. - Breakfast - Return to Puerto Shiripuno and then travel to the city of Coca, arriving at approximately 9:00 am to board the plane to the city of Quito.

• We guarantee the operation with a minimum of 2 passengers registered
• Consult dates and rates for groups.
• Programs start and end in the city of El Coca.

During the navigations through the rivers and tours inside the forest, you will learn about the traditions and culture of this fascinating ethnic group, their way of life, the secrets of the "curare" and how they hunt in the Amazon jungle with blowguns.

This is an opportunity we offer to those who love nature and want to live with an ancestral Amazonian community that refuses to disappear in the face of the threat of a globalized world, living in harmony with nature.

RATE: 900.00 USD

AIR TICKET  UIO – OCC –UIO : 220.00 usd

INCLUDE

Airport transfer, river and land transportation (private), full board, camping equipment, activities with the Huaorani warriors, cultural coexistence, bilingual guide in English, rubber boots, purified water.

NO INCLUDE

Entrance fee to the community (60.00 usd), tips.