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Brazil- Venezuela- Mexico
15 days/ 14 nights
Indigenous Culture and Nature of the Amazon
MEETING WITH THE YANOMAMI
The Amazon region of Venezuela is located south of the Orinoco River, also called "Río Padre". It occupies 3 federal states: Bolívar state (240,528 km²); Amazonas state (177,617 km²) and a third state that, although it is not a giant like the previous two, has a wonderful biodiversity and hydrogeographic configuration that makes it unique, being the largest delta on the planet: Delta Amacuro state (40,200 km² ). Apure state (76,500 km²), which is not south of the Orinoco, contains a minuscule portion of the Amazon in its southwestern part. It is a savannah region with unique characteristics due to the biodiversity in the flat terrain it shares with Colombia. In total, the Venezuelan Amazon covers 458,345 km², constituting almost 50% of the national territory.
This expedition promises unforgettable experiences in the heart of the Amazon, where we´ll have the opportunity to discover landscapes that can only be found in this region called "Lung of the World", mountains at more than 1,000 meters above sea level; granite rock formations in the middle of the rivers and hidden in the dense jungle; giant and millennial trees; endemic flora and fauna; different indigenous tribes distributed in geographical areas of easy and difficult access we will have the chance to get to know up close; learn about their cultural heritage and share trails and walks in the jungle.
We begin our navigation through the Orinoco River, passing through hundreds of islands and towns; e will meet several indigenous and Creole families, until we reach the Siapa River, which is the stopping point, where we will share with the oldest tribe on the continent: The Yanomami.
In this expedition we will have traveled part of the route that the naturalist Alexander von Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland made in 1799, a trip that led him to discover and study the biology, geology and geography of America and to which he referred in his book "Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent", originally published in French in Paris in 1807.
Take your backpack, move your heart, open your mind, let the explorer in you, live the experience of this expedition in the most remote places on the planet, feeling the Connection between Man and Nature.
SITES OF INTEREST THAT WE ARE GOING TO VISIT:
Puerto Ayacucho, Turtle Stone, Port of Samariapo, River Orinoco, Castillito Island, San Fernando de Atabapo, River Guaviare, River Ventuari, Yagua Canal, Curripaco Indian Community, Mount Yapacana, Banibas Indian Community, Mount Duida, Casiquiare Canal, River Pamoni, Yanomami Indian Community, Lagoons of Coramoni and Maminave. + info
Our services begin at the time of the meeting with the group in an agreed place. (Meeting point).
DAY 1.- WELCOME TO THE AMAZON. (Caracas/ Puerto Ayacucho)
In the morning, we will go to the national terminal of the "Simón Bolívar" Airport in Maiquetía, to take a flight (1h) to the city of Puerto Ayacucho, capital of the state of Amazonas. Upon our arrival, we will be greeted by the local guide who will take us to the hotel, where we meet the Captain of the boat and part of the crew in a briefing about our expedition. Dinner and accommodation. (-/-/D)
NOTE: (B) Breakfast; (L) Lunch; (D) Dinner
DAY 2.- THE ADVENTURE BEGINS. (Puerto Ayacucho / Samariapo / San Fernando de Atabapo)
We leave the hotel at 5:00 am. aboard a vehicle bound for the Port of Samariapo, 60 km South. During the journey we stop at the Turtle Stone to enjoy the sunrise; We continue along the road until we reach our boat, the the Jaciara VI that awaits us at the port; once on board, we meet the Captain, his crew and the corresponding cabins will be assigned and then we will have breakfast. We begin to navigate, going up the Orinoco River, we pass through the Is Ratón Island, the Raudal del Muerto (rapids) and we navigate between the border of Venezuela and Colombia; in the river we will see the island of Castillito, which is an emblematic granite rock that has a statue of the Virgin Mary Help of Christians (María Auxiliadora) on its top. Our river navigation during the day takes us to the jungle town of San Fernando de Atabapo, where we will spend the night on board the boat. (B/L/D)
DAY 3.- BETWEEN BROTHER COUNTRIES. (San Fernando de Atabapo/ Orinoco River/ Ventuari River)
Early in the morning, after breakfast, we walk around the town of San Fernando de Atabapo, visiting historical places that have left traces since the heyday of rubber; we embark and begin to navigate the Atabapo River (Venezuela), overlooking the Guaviare River (Colombia) and continue along the Orinoco River. From this point, we leave the border with Colombia, sailing and making a stop in Santa Bárbara; we continue navigating and to observe the meeting of the Orinoco River with the Ventuari River and its innumerable islands. We spend the night in the "Carida" area. (B/L/D)
DAY 4.- YAPACANA NATIONAL PARK. (Mount Yapacana / Yagua Canal / Curripaco Ethnic Group)
Our navigation in the morning will be adorned with the monumental panorama of Mount Yapacana (Yapacana Tepuy) at 1,345 m.a.s.l of the Yapacana National Park, founded in 1978. We pass through Yagua Canal and visit the Indigenous Community of San Antonio del Orinoco and navigate until we reach the area of the Curripacos de Cariche Indigenous Community, where we spend the night. (B/L/D)
DAY 5.- MEETING WITH BANIBAS AND YANOMAMI. (Banibas Community of Lau Lau/ Yanomami Cejal Tery Community)
Early in the morning, we tour the community, to exchange some conuco (indian plantation) products with the inhabitants and we continue sailing, visiting the Banibas de Lau Lau Indigenous Community on our journey, we spend some time with them sharing impressions and also do some exchanges, after that, we continue upstream the Orinoco. On this day we will find the first Yanomami Indigenous Community of Cejal Tery, where we spend the night. (B/L/D)
DAY 6.- IN THE CASIQUIARE RIVER. (Casiquiare Canal/ Pamoni River/ Community of Capihuara)
In the morning we visit the Yanomami community, we greet the inhabitants, we have the chance to exchange products: such as baskets, bow arrows and some conuco products; then we board the Jaciara VI and continue navigating upstream on the Orinoco River, to enter the Casiquiare Canal, changing our navigation direction as we go, this time downstream, since the Casiquiare is fed by the waters of the Orinoco River. On our journey we find the Pamoni river and we will arrive at the small community called Capihuara, where we stop to spend the night. (B/L/D)
DAY 7.- ON THE SIAPA RIVER WITH THE YANOMAMI. (Capihuara Community/ Paul Sprick House/ Petroglyphs/ Siapa River)
We walk around the small town of Capihuara with an interpretation of nature surroundings, since this was a very important place at the time of rubber exploitation; we walk through the jungle and observe the marks left on the rubber trees when they were exploited more than 100 years ago, we will see the remainings of what was the house of the German Paul Sprick, who was the most important merchant of the rubber exploration era in the Casiquiare. We continue sailing down the river observing the Pasiba Lagoon that Baron von Humboldt described as "a place of great beauty"; We will continue sailing and we will make a stop at the Curripaco de Momoni Indigenous Community to greet the inhabitants and we will see in this community some varieties of petroglyphs on a large granite rock. We continue sailing until we reach the Yanonami Community of Wirionabe Tery at the mouth of the Siapa River, where we will spend the night. (B/L/D)
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DAY 8.- SHAMANIC EXPERIENCE. (Yanomami Culture)
After breakfast on the boat, we will go to the community of Wirionabe Tery to meet the Captain (indian chief) and shamans; we offer them some gifts that we bring (hooks, red cloth, etc.) and we will visit a conuco (plantation); in the afternoon we will have an interesting experience with the shamans. (B/L/D)
DAY 9.- RETURN TO THE SIAPA RIVER. (Yanomami Wirionabe Tery Community/ Rapids of Cabaroa/ Curripaco Maguari Community)
We continue sharing with the community and at 12:00 mid day, we embark and start sailing back down the Siapa River, we will pass through Rapids of Cabaroa and spend the night in the small Maguari Community, where the Curripacos Indians live. (B/L/D)
DAY 10.- JUNGLE TOWN OF CAPIHUARA. (Casiquiare Canal / Capihuara)
We leave very early through the Casiquiare Canal. We will have the whole navigating, making some stops until we reach the town of Capihuara, where we will spend the night. (B/L/D)
DAY 11.- CONTEMPLATION OF FLORA AND FAUNA. (Capihuara/ Coramoni Lagoon/ Maminave Lagoon)
Starting to sailing very early in the morning we make a stop in the Coramoni Lagoon to make some shots, then we continue until we reach the mouth of the Maminave Lagoon, where we spend the night. (B/L/D)
DAY 12.- NAVIGATION ON MAJESTIC ORINOKO RIVER. (Casiquiare Canal/ Cariche Region)
Very early in the morning, we start our navigation. On this day we leave the Casiquiare Canal and continue bordering the Orinoco River, we spend the night in the Cariche area. (B/L/D)
DAY 13.- NAVIGATION DOWNSTREAM THE ORINOKO. (Patacame / Minicia)
We continue along the Orinoco until we reach the Patacame-Minicia area, where we will spend the night. (B/L/D)
DAY 14.- RETURNING TO PUERTO AYACUCHO. (Minicia / Puerto Ayacucho)
On this day, very early in the morning we will continue our navigation, arriving at the border with Colombia, we will continue along the Orinoco River and we will arrive at the port of Samariapo, from there we board the bus back to Puerto Ayacucho. (B/L/D)
DAY 15.- RETURNING HOME. (Puerto Ayacucho/ Caracas)
Flight back to Caracas. (B/L/D)
END OF OUR SERVICES
