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DAY 01: Departure from Porlamar to Tucupita, Delta
Amacuro capital city. Once at Tucupita Airport, you will go
aboard on a boat with outboard motor, equipped with water,
sodas and life-jackets. The journey from the airport to the
camp is 2 hours long, where we will navigate by the Mánamo
River and will be able to enjoy the diversity of vegetation
that characterizes the area. Arrival to Mis Palafitos Camp,
located beside the Morichal Largo Channel. Once disembarked
the number of the cabins will be given to the passengers and
they will be communicated of the camp recommendations as
well as the lunch time, when they will taste a rich homemade
meal with non alcoholic drinks included.
After lunch and dressed with swimsuits, we will leave on
"canalete" curiara (row canoe) to a small channel where we
will enjoy the harmony of nature, the sounds of the jungle,
the beautiful mirrors that doubly reflect the landscape and
the warm breeze of the humid tropical jungle. When returning
to the camp, we will get 15min. to change of clothes (long
sleeve shirt and long pants) rubber boots will be given to
you and then you will get back on the outboard motor boat to
start the trip by the different channels of the area and
look for local fauna as: capuchinos and araguatos monkeys,
herons, snakes, river dolphins, otters, tarantulas,
guacharacas, chiguires, scorpions, etc. (we remind you that
this is a virgin territory, and the diversity of animals
that we might see depends on the luck of the day, since it
is not a zoo but a natural reservation). We will walk
through the swamp jungle watching a diversity of trees,
Moriche palm trees, Malaca, Temiche, Sangrito (balsa wood),
water rattan, etc. We will visit a Warao family, where we
can also buy baskets and hammocks handcrafts made with
natural materials such as Moriche Palm Tree fiber, carved
balsa wood figures and necklaces made of seeds. When the
visit is over, we will get again on the boat and we will
look for a nice place to fish piranhas while enjoying one of
the magic moments of the Orinoco Delta: “The Sunset.” Before
it totally darkens, we will return to the camp where we will
be given one hour to rest and relax before dinner. (At night
we sell one optional excursion: to watch snakes and small
crocodiles. This excursion lasts about 30- 45 mins.)The
guide will notify we the departure time on the following day
and then the tourists will be able to enjoy by themselves of
a magic night in the delta, with moon or without it, but in
this last case delight themselves with a wonderful starry
sky.
DAY 02: We will enjoy a delicious breakfast at dawn,
and initiate a journey in canoe by different channels.We
will be back by mid day to the camp to enjoy an exquisite
lunch. immediately when finishing, with baggage in hand you
will get on the boat and return to Boca de Uracoa from where
we will depart to Puerto Ordaz We head towards the south of
Bolivar State. We pass by the small towns of Guasipati and
El Callao, visiting the gold mine of El Peru and maybe some
of the gold shops in this second village. We continue our
trip down to the south stopping in Tumeremo, another mining
town where we will have lunch, and then we continue to El
Dorado, Las Claritas and km 88. Next stop is at Piedra de la
Virgen (Virgin's Stone) for 15 minutes, the entrance of
Canaima National Park. After driving through Lema Range
(jungle) for approximately 42 km suddenly the open savanna
emerges. It is the beginning of the Gran Sabana. We will
stop at El Salto del Danto and El Salto Tarota. Thirty
kilometers further south we will arrive at the Kamoirán
Rapids tourist camp where we have a welcome drink, dinner at
the camp's restaurant and stay over night (beds and mosquito
nets).
Day 03: Breakfast at 8:00 am. Setting out at 9:00 am,
we head along a dirt track to the indigenous hamlet of Liwo-Riwo
on the banks of the River Aponwao. After we cross the river
in dugout canoes for about 30 mins. or walk for roughly
forty five minutes to the thundering Chinak Merú waterfall.
We will be able to see the impressing 132 mts. high falls
from various angles. A smaller very romantic waterfall (El
Pozo del Amor) in a nearby forest provides the perfect
opportunity for a swim and a rest. We return to Liwo-Riwo
where we will take our lunch After lunch we will visit to
Golondrina Fall and few beautiful transparent water pools
and falls. During the afternoon we will visit the indigenous
Pemón village of Kavanayén, where the oldest and most
beautiful Franciscan mission of the Gran Sabana is situated.
Back to camp for dinner and overnight
Day 04: After breakfast we proceed south and weather
permitting we will be able to admire the Table Mountains of
Wadaka Piapo, Yuruaní, Ilú, Matawí and Roraima. We stop for
lunch at the handsome multi-step cascade Arapán Merú and
then continue to the natural bathing pools Suruape. Here we
can swim and slide down the up to 40 m long natural stone
slides. Further south we get to the wonderful 7 m high and
100 m wide Arapena Falls (Salto Yuruaní) and then to Jasper
Creek (Quebrada de Jaspe), a small and faint waterfall with
its truly amazing intense orange-red color of pure jasper
rock. In the late afternoon we reach Santa Elena de Uairén
.Dinner and overnight in Hotel.
Day 05: Sixth Day Alter breakfast we go to visit a
small town at Brazil’s border called “La Linea”. Afterwards
we go to the airport to catch a flight to Kavac. We will fly
in a small Cessna 206 with the capacity for 5 persons. We
land in Kavac camp which is located in Kamarata valley at
the south of Auyantepuy. Once we change clothes (bathing
suit) and with a camera in the hand, the trip begins with a
walk by the savanna and into in the forest, located at the
skirt of the Auyantepuy. Skirting up the river, among
stones, two stops are made at two jumps, one is the
Tawanaremba, where we can have the opportunity to get a
refreshing dip and the daring persons swim against current,
until the cascade. After enjoying this stop, we will
continue up the river until arriving to a small lagoon, for
those who wish they will be able to go across it swimming
and for those who do not, they will cross on a native canoe
denominated “Curiara”. We arrive to the other side, where we
get into an impressive crack that leads to the Kavac Cave;
there we can take a bath at the foot of a 65 mts. high
waterfall that comes from the Auyantepuy surface. This whole
journey has duration of two hours approximately. Once the
trip finishes we return to the camp to have a rich lunch. We
take rest. In the afternoon we Visit to the Indian community
to buy typical souvenir and to watch the spectacular sunset.
Dinner and overnight in hammocks.
DAY 06: After the breakfast we will raise 20 minutes
the first small table of the Auyan Tepuy. We will continue
half an hour more and we will arrive at a natural well and
precipices with falls. We will rest awhile and we will
bathe. We will continue long walk by the forest and in the
end another ascent of 15 minutes to arrive at LA TOMA. There
a fabulous natural landscape was constructed, the clear
water and the sand they made a Natural Tobogán. We will
enjoy that place and we will take a light lunch
We will follow the long walk by 15 minutes more arriving at
the fall CARA DE INDIDO ( FACE OF THE INDIAN). A water fall
of approx.50 meters which falls in a well. This scenary
invites us to take a bath. The person who loves it, can
climb with the indigenous guide behind the falls, and within
the falls. It is a wall of 3 meters. ¡An unforgettable
experience!! In afternoon we will return to the indigenous
town. Dinner and overnight.
DAY 07: After breakfast we fly to Canaima in a small
airplane Cessna 206. We will have the opportunity to relax
and enjoy the landscape that is shown through the window.
Arrival to the Cañon del Diablo (Devil’s Canyon), passing by
the Salto Angel (Angel’s Falls), the world’s perennial
highest waterfall (975mts). Once the waterfall is observed,
the plane will head towards Canaima. We land in Canaima
Airport. Once we are in the airport we will be taken to the
Canaima Tours Camp, where we will be able to change clothes
and carry only what is necessary to start the excursion. We
will be taken for a ride in “Curiara”, name that is given to
this indigenous boat. During the journey through the Canaima
Lagoon a beautiful natural landscape is sighted and where
the Ucaima, Golondrina, Wadaima and Hacha waterfalls, the
reddish color of the water and the hydroelectric plant stand
out. We walk through the forest to watch a variety of trees,
flowers and birds. Then we arrive to the top of the Sapo
Falls where a panoramic view of the Tepuyes and savannas can
be appreciated. We walk through the inside of the majestic
Sapo Falls to observe its water fall. Afterwards we walk by
the forest until arriving to a small river where we can
enjoy a refreshing swim. Return to the camp to take a
delicious lunch. After lunch, you will have the opportunity
to take some drinks at the terrace which has a view of the
Canaima Lagoon and also buy some of the handcrafts and works
of the Indians of the area. At about 15:00 we arrive to the
airport to return to Porlamar.
Observations: The trip includes the flight over to
the Angel Falls if the atmospheric conditions allow it.
All the trips include bilingual tour guides.
OUR SERVICES INCLUDES:
• Hotel reservation, in case if the tourist arrives one
day before the tour starts. (We would like to advise tourist
to arrive one day before.)
• All foods and soft drink
• Bedrooms.
• Insurance
• Transfers and guide.
• Airport tax and National park tax.
IMPLEMENTS TO TAKE WITH YOU:
Passport, Swimming suite, Sun Blocker, Sun glasses, Hat,
Camera, Plastic bag for camera, Mosquito Repellant, Long
pants, Long t-shirts, Shorts, Normal t-shirts, etc.
Total weight of luggage aloud per person: 10 kgs.
Note: In case if there is no flight from Porlamar to
Tucupita, we depart from Maturin – first by car and after
words by Indian Boat. |
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