Pink Amazon Dolphin lodge
The Amazon Dolphin Lodge offer several kinds of expeditions into the forest: not just sort day long excusions but also multi-day adventures which can be adapted to your specific interests.
Thanks to our central location in the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon, our professional local guides and our multilingual staff along with our motivation to offer a hands-on experience of the the jungle. We are able to achieve a wide range of possibilities to explore the plant, animal and cultural diversity and provide the adventure that, without a doubt, you have been looking for.
The personal attention that we offer to all of our clients at the Amazon Dolphin Lodge permits us to offer the the best combination of experiences for our programs.
One of the most facinating excursiones we offer to our guests are: night voyages on the lakes and rivers looking for camain, pirahna fishing and a visit to Monkey Island and many other ways to explore garunteeing an unforgetable vacation.
We are aslo always searching for new possibilities to offer the best of this unique and important part of the amazon basin.
Summary of activities :
- cruise the laggon to observe the Amazon River Dolphin
- piranha fishing;
- races by pañayacu and napo river;
- excursions by paddle canoe arround the river
- cultural activities visiting an indigenous Quichua's family
- night excursions;
- nocturnal navigation looking caimans;
- blow gun's practice :
- excursions in the forest ;
- paddle canoes cruises arround the laggon ;
- Shamanic experience ;
- and more, much more .....
Sample Itinerary
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Monday.- Leave Quito by plane to the small amazon city of Coca. Travel down the napo River and arrive at the Amazon Dolphin Lodge and the Bosque Protector PAÑACOCHA. Lunch will be served during the trip. Arrive at the lodge at around 5:00 PM. Dinner. Night walk along a short trail to observe insect life, night monkeys, reptiles etc. and listen to the fantastic evening concert of the jungle.
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Tuesday- Cruise the Pañacocha lagoon by paddle canoe while observing the fantastic variety of birds visible from the waters edge and through the flooded forest. Return to the Lodge for breakfast. Go out in paddle canoes again to reach a trail-head. Along the way we will see the incredible flooded forest vegetation, observe riparian wildlife and thread throught the islands created by vegetation to see the colonies of birds and their nests along the rivers edge. Hike along an exclusive trail to view the diversity of vegetation and terrestrial birds. Lunch on the trail. In the evening we will have fun out fishing for pirañas. Dinner and relaxation. (During the course of the day there will be plenty of opportunities to get a chance to observe the Pink Amazon River Dolphin.)
- Wednesday.- Breakfast. Go out on a jungle trail hiking adventure for three hours, traversing wild virgin rainforest which is the heart of the Bosque Protector Pañacocha. We will observe a huge number of wild medicinal plants that have are utilized by the local indigenous communities. We will also observe Mackaws, Parrots, Parakits, Tucans and many wild animals insects and reptiles that live in the area. In the afternoon we will come together with the native guides to share their knowledge about the use of the most feared weapon of the Ecuadorian Amazon known as the “BODOQUERA O CERBATANA” or otherwise known as the Amazonian Blowgun. Dinner. Night trip in the small rowing canoes (piraguas) in the river Panayacu and Pañacocha lagoon. (During the course of this day too, there will be plenty of opportunities to get a chance to observe the Pink Amazon River Dolphin.)
- Thursday.- Early in the morning, after breakfast, we will take the motor canoe and wind our way down the narrow Panayacu river to the confluence of the great Napo river where we will visit the local native community and observe the customs and way of life. We will, at this time if you choose, also have the chance to support them by buying their beautiful seed jewlery and other crafts. In the afternoon after lunch we will have an amazing trip to Wooley Monkey Island. This is an important protected reserve to protect and increase Wooly monkey populations. Return to the Lodge. Dinner and relaxation.
- Friday.- Cast off from the Amazon Dolphin Lodge in the motor boat first thing in the morning returning to Coca. Catch the return flight back to Quito
4 nights US$ 750 per person
3 nights US$ 600 per person
Operates Monday / Friday
- Air fare is not included US$ 155 round Trip
- National park Fee US$ 20
YELLOW FEVER INNOCUALTIONS IS REQUIRED FOR THIS LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENTS
Includes
* a native naturalistic guide
* an english speaking guide
* three meals per day during the tour
* programed excursions
* pure water to drink all time
* we supply rubber boots up to size 43
