Tour Ticuna Adventure

5 Nights - 6 Days

(Rain season: December until May)

Tour in short:

Explore the native Ticuna culture and share today’s daily life in the native communities of the Ticuna. Get to know the Amazonian rainforest, the dolphins and a lot more – Accommodation in bed with mosquito net and in hammock with mosquito net

Day 1 – Arrival and entrance in the Reserva Natural Tucuchira

Reception at the airport or the place of arrival
Transfer fluvial in public boat to the Reserva Natural Tucuchira
Arrival and installation at the Reserva Natural Tucuchira
Information about the plan
Lunch at Tucuchira or in Leticia (depending on the time of arrival)
Exploring the area around the reserva
Dinner
Nocturnal walking tour

Day 2 – Camping in the jungle

08:30 a.m. Breakfast
10:00 a.m. Entrance into the jungle for one day and one night
We will walk through primary jungle
You’ll be accompanied by native guides showing you their knowledge of survival in the jungle
Lunch in the jungle
You’ll learn how to make a refuge of natural materials
Rest and bath in a small jungle river
Traditional fishing
We will look for a place to spend the night in hammock with mosquito net
Dinner
Nocturnal walking tour
Night of stories, myths and legends of the native guides

Day 3 – Amazonian Nature

07:00 a.m. Return to Tucuchira
Breakfast in Tucuchira
Rest in hammock or relaxing net
Workshop of traditional used plants, for example the native fabric, yanachama
Lunch in Tucuchira
Visit of an indigenous agriculture to get to know the regional and traditional food and fruits
Dinner
Nocturnal canoe tour

Day 4 – Bird and dolphin watching

05:00 a.m. Departure to watch birds in typical canoe
Watching birds and exploring the floodable jungle with possibilities to see sloths in their natural habitat
09:00 a.m. Breakfast at Tucuchira
Rest in hammock or relaxing net
Feeding a species of monkeys coming to the reserva
Lunch at Tucuchira
02:30 p.m. Departure to the Amazon river
Watching river dolphins
Sunset at the Amazon (depending on weather)
Dinner
Story night of the native guides

Day 5 – Living one day in a native family

08:00 a.m. Breakfast
09:00 a.m. Visiting a native community to spend the day and night there
You’ll live the day with a native family
Cultural exchange
You’ll get to know the daily live of a native family
Lunch preparation
01:00 p.m. Lunch with the native family
Handcraft and painting workshop
Natural temporal tattoos
06:00 p.m. Dinner in the native community
Talk with an indigenous leader of the community in the maloca, the traditional house
You spend the night in hammock with mosquito net in the maloca of the community

Day 6 – Departure from the native community

06:30 a.m. Breakfast at the native community
07:00 a.m. Departure from the native community
08:00 a.m. Transfer fluvial in public boat to Leticia (optional at 11:00 a.m.)

The tour includes:

Accommodation in bed with mosquito net in Tucuchira (3 nights), jungle camping in hammock with mosquito net (1 night) and in a native maloca in hammock with mosquito net (1 night) with breakfast, lunch and dinner
Activities described in the tour
Drinking water
Personal guide (speaks Spanish)
Loan of rubber boots (let us know your size)
Loan of rain capes
Pick up at the airport or hotel
All fluvial transports in public boat (from and to Leticia, last boat leaves at 1:30 p.m., until 3:00 p.m. transport in private boat possible with different cost)
Medical assistance insurance

The tour does NOT include:

Translator (it’s possible to organise tours with translator in English)
Tourism tax ($ 35.000 COP at the airport of Leticia)
Personal shopping
Airline tickets
Activities and nutrition not described in the plan

Notes:

This plan is subject to changes without prior notice during its execution due to weather factors.
This plan is flexible and changes can be made in agreement between visitors and guides.
All activities are voluntary and done at your own risk.
To carry out the activities, the physiology of the visitor’s effort will be taken into account.

Price per person (COP):

Group of	1 person	2 persons	3 – 4 persons	5 – 6 persons	7 persons	8 persons and more
Prive per person [COP]	2.860.000	2.090.000	1.760.000	1.430.000	1.320.000	1.265.000

Payment:

50% payment beforehand to confirm the tour on a bank account or via PayPal 50 % payment in cash arriving at the Reserva Natural Tucuchira (we can only receive cash payments at the Reserva Natural Tucuchira)