7 Days 6 Nights
Colombia
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CERROS DE MAVICURE & EL TUPARRO NATIONAL PARK 7D6N
In our experiences to these destinations, you can experience 3-,4-,5-and 7-days expeditions where you will explore the best of those departments (provinces). You will travel mainly by boats on several rivers of different characteristic colors and majestic rapids in several indigenous territories that contain special natural wealth. You will also visit some productive projects and sustainable practices that locals are running in order to get an income while preserving the ecosystems.
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(10:30) – Welcome by the local team at Inírida airport (The hour depends on the flight itinerary), afterthat, you are taken to the town dock. Subsequently you will have a 2-hours boat ride by the Inírida river heading to the Mavicure hills. Once there, you will have lodging in beds in basic conditions at the Remanso indigenous community. Later on, you will start a trek towards Diablo hill, which is a monolith behind the Mavicure hills, having a great panoramic viewofthe place.Atthe end youwill head back to the community where you will have dinner and will sleep in basic beds.
(07:00) – Breakfast and then you will cross the Inírida river in order to start a trek to the top of Mavicure hill, where you will have the most famous view of the destination with the two highest hills and the Inírida river in front of you. After that you will swim in the red waters of the San Joaquin creek before getting back to the community, where you will have lunch and then will take a 1-hour boat ride towards La Ceiba indigenous communitywhich also has basic accommodation conditions. After that, we will attempt to see river dolphins, having at night a canoe activity to see nocturnal fauna in one of the creeks.
(08:00) – Breakfast before doing “the honey route” where you will get to know sustainable projects that are run by the indigenous communities supported by NGOs. After that, you will have a 1.5-hours boat towards the Inírida fluvial star, where 4 different big rivers join forming the big Orinoco river, which is the second most powerful river of America. Later on, you will get to Morú Natural Reserve and have lunch there. Afterwards, you can swim in the red waters of Atabapo river, visiting fascinating rock formations before getting back to the reserve where you will have dinner and basic lodging.
(07:30) – Breakfast at the reserve and then walk to the jungle protected in the reserve. Thenyouwill do a canopy activity rappelling up to trees of 15 meters of height and then crossing bridges and platforms in which you will admire the jungle from above. After that you will get back in orderto have lunch and prepare for another 2.5- hours boat transportation on the Orinoco river heading to El Tuparro National Park setting a campsite at the point of Mantequero island and having dinner there. Here you will travel by very well-preserved ecosystems in an experience reserved just for a few people.
(07:00) – Breakfast at the campsite and then navigation till the entrance of El Tuparro national park, where we will start the ascent of the Guahibo hill attempting to get to the top of it, at this point you will be inside the national park. Afterwards you will visit the indigenous graveyard at the area having lunch there, and then we will head to the jewel of this national park: the Raudal of Maipures, which is an imposing river rapid with special unique rock formations that will definitely astonish you. After that we will set the campsite at the shores of the Orinoco river and will have dinner there.
(07:00) – Breakfast at the campsite and then a boat transfer to the Garcitas village where you will have the chance to see river dolphins while crossing the Raudal of Atures, which is another imposing place with one of the largest river rapids of the world with its 13 kms of width. Then we will get to the point of Causarito where you will have lunch and afterwards will navigate towards Puerto Carreño, which is the capital of Vichada department (province) where you will do the check-in at the hotel, will have dinner and rest
(07:00) – Breakfast at the hotel and then visit Bandera hill where you can contemplate the Savannahs of Vichada, where Meta, Orinoco and Bita river can be admired. Afterwards we will head back to the town in order to have lunch and prepare the luggage before heading to the airport of Puerto Carreño, where the flight with SATENA airline will take us to Bogotá, then our big and unique experience reserved for few real adventurous-minded explorers will end.
Cost Info
Cost Info
Included
- Pick-up from the airport & dropping there on the last day.
- All the meals and hydration during the whole expedition.
- Ascent of two of the Mavicure Hills.
- Several opportunities to swim at the rivers with different colors and characteristics of the region.
- Visit to La Ceiba community + tour around the sustainable projects there
- Visit to the Inírida fluvial star.
- Canopy activity at Morú reserve.
- Visit to El Tuparro National Park and its most important natural attractions: Raudal of Maipures and Raudal of Atures.
- Visit Bandera hill with a panoramic view of the rivers and savannahs of Puerto Carreño.
- All the boat and ground transportations during the expedition.
- 3 nights of accommodation at indigenous communities and natural reserves with basic conditions in beds.
- 2 nights of sleeping at camp-sites at marvelous places where we will provide all the professional elements.
- 1 night at a hotel in Puerto Carreño before the day of the flight back to Bogotá.
- Local Spanish-speaking guides during the whole expedition (1 guide every 12 people).
- Permits & contributions to the indigenous communities
- Medical assistance card.
Not included
- Flight tickets Bogotá
- Puerto Inírida and Puerto Carreño– Bogotá.
- Handicrafts and Souvenirs.
- Other expenses not explicit in the plan.
Add-ons & optionals
Add-ons & optionals
• Option of organizing specialized activities such as sport-fishing, bird-watching or others.
• Other languages speaking guides or translators (For this we need to confirm availability of guides).
• Flights to & from Puerto Inírida and/or Puerto Carreño depending on the tour.
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• Option of organizing specialized activities such as sport-fishing, bird-watching or others.
• Other languages speaking guides or translators (For this we need to confirm availability of guides).
• Flights to & from Puerto Inírida and/or Puerto Carreño depending on the tour.