ANCESTRAL CULTURE, ISLAND OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND THE EXUBERANT JUNGLE

12 Days / 11 nights.

DAY 1. CARACAS
UPON YOUR ARRIVAL YOU WILL BE ASSISTED AT MAIQUETIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. TRANSFER TO THE OLE CARIBE HOTEL LOCATED ON THE SEASHORE, SOME MINUTES AWAY FROM THE AIRPORT. ACCOMMODATION AT THE HOTEL. OVERNIGHT.

DAY 2. CARACAS-ORINOCO DELTA
BREAKFAST. TRANSFER TO THE AIRPORT. FLIGHT TO PUERTO ORDAZ. WELCOME AT THE AIRPORT. TRANSFER TO PIACOA. JUST MINUTES LATER YOU WILL START ENJOYING THE WILD TRANQUILITY OF THE ORINOCO RIVER. THE ORINOCO, OR FATHER OF THE RIVERS, AS IS KNOWN IN THE INDIAN LANGUAGE IS AN A WORLD OF ISLANDS, CHANNELS, MANGROVES AND ANIMAL BEAUTY AS WELL AS HUMAN. THE COMMUNITIES ARE CONNECTED BY THE WATER WHICH STANDS AS THE PRINCIPAL MEAN OF TRANSPORTATION. THE TOUR WILL TAKE YOU TO THE INNER SIDE OF THE DELTA, ON ONE ON THEIR PRIVATE AND DESERTED ISLANDS, NOT FAR FROM THE PLACE WHERE THE MIGHTY RIVER MEETS THE ATLANTIC. FEELING IN A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPEDITION YOU WILL GET TO PLACES OF UNSPOILED VEGETATION UNTOUCHED BY MAN. THE ORINOCO DELTA AREA IS KNOWN FOR BEING AN IMPORTANT LUNG FOR THE PLANET. SAILING ALONG THE CHANNELS AS SACUPANA AND MERENJINA YOU WILL HAVE TIME NOT ONLY TO BREATH IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE DELTA BUT TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE INDIAN COMUNITIES OF THE WARAOS. ARRIVAL TO TOBÉ LODGE CAMP LOCATED JUST IN FRONT OF SAN FRANSCISCO MISSIONARY. WELCOME COCKTAIL. TYPICAL LUNCH. LATER ON RELAX ON RIVER LOUNGE AND ENJOY THE SUNSET A GIFT GAVE TO YOU BY MOTHER NATURE. VISIT SAN FRANCISCO VILLAGE.  DINNER.


DAY 3: ISLANDS OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
AFTER BREAKFAST, BE TAKEN TO THE EXPERIENCE OF WITNESSING THE MAJESTIC HANDSHAKE OF THE ORINOCO RIVER WITH THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
IN THESE LIMITS OF LONG FORGOTTEN ISLAND YOU WILL ENCOUNTER WARAOS INDIANS COMMUNITIES. WALK ACROSS THE DENSE JUNGLE TO OBSERVE THE DELTA’S TROPICAL FORREST. PICNIC LUNCH. VISIT THE VILLAGE OF SAN FRANCISCO DE GUAYO PERFECT TIME TO ADMIRE THE HANDCRAFT OF THE INDIANS. ENJOY THE DISCOVERY OF THE JUNGLE BY NIGHT LISTENING TO THE MOST AMAZING SOUNDS YOU MAY EVEN HEAR THE HOWLING OF SOME MONKEYS, AND THE FANATICS OF ADVENTURE CAN GO THROUGH THE BAYOUS FOR A CROCODILE NIGHT WATCHING. OVERNIGHT


DAY 4: ORINOCO DELTA
BEFORE BREAKFAST HAVE A CANOE RIDE AND OBSERVE BIRDS OR ANIMALS THAT APPROACH THE EDGE OF THE RIVER. AN EXPERIENCE YOU WILL NEVER FORGET. RIVER EXCURSIONS. THEN WE WILL EMBARK A MOTOR BOAT TO VISIT LOCAL INDIANS SETTLEMENTS, WHERE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO OBSERVE THEIR WAY OF LIVING. TRY TO CATCH A PIRANHA BY YOURSELF AND BE PART OF A TRULY UNIQUE EXPERIENCE. DURING THE DINER A GROUP OF INDIANS WARAOS WILL BE INVITED TO SHOW YOU THEIR TYPICAL DANCE AND SINGS IN THE VERY SURPRISING FULL DRESS OF THEIR ANCESTORS.


DAY 5: ORINOCO DELTA-PUERTO ORDAZ
AFTER BREAKFAST EMBARK FOR THE RETURN TRIP TO PIACOA. ON THE WAY WE OBSERVE THE NATURAL AND EXOTIC WAY OF LIFE IN THIS FABULOUS DELTA. HAVING LUNCH ON THE WAY AND REACHING PIACOA EN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. TRANSFER TO CIUDAD BOLIVAR. CIUDAD BOLIVAR IS THE ANCIENT CITY OF THE AMAZONS. FREE TIME IN PUERTO ORDAZ. OVERNIGHT AT THE HOTEL.

DAY 6. PUERTO ORDAZ- GRAN SABANA
DEPARTURE FROM PUERTO ORDAZ. BEFORE HEADING SOUTH TO THE GRAN SABANA WE'LL STOP AT CACHAMAY PARK LOCATED ON THE CARONI RIVER. A PLACE WITH LUSH VEGETATION AND WATER FALLS GREAT FOR REFRESHING AND PICTURE TAKING. FROM HERE WE'LL CONTINUE TO THE GRAN SABANA THRU THE TOWNS OF UPATA, GUASIPATI, EL CALLAO, TUMEREMO AND EL DORADO, ALL WITH A GOLD MINING HISTORY. IN EL CALLAO WE'LL SEE MINERS DIGGING FOR GOLD IN LOS MOLINOS UNDERGROUND MINE. LATER WE'LL STOP IN TUMEREMO FOR LUNCH Á LA CARTE. AFTER PASSING EL DORADO AND GOING THRU THE MINING VILLAGE OF KM 88 WE'LL STOP BRIEFLY AT THE NATURAL MONUMENT "PIEDRA DE LA VIRGEN". LOCAL PEOPLE SAY, THAT THE SILHOUETTE OF A WOMAN CAN BE SEEN ON THE ROCK'S SURFACE. FROM HERE WE MAKE THE FINAL LEG OF DAY 1 AND REACH THE NORTHERN SECTOR OF THE GRAN SABANA AT 1.400 METERS ABOVE SEA LEVEL. OUR FIRST NIGHT WILL BE AT A MODEST LODGE IN RAPIDOS DE KAMOIRAN IN DOUBLE OCCUPANCY ROOMS WITH PRIVATE BATH AND SHOWERS. DINNER WILL BE AT THE LODGE RESTAURANT (SAME MENU FOR EVERYONE).


DAY 7. GRAN SABANA
AFTER BREAKFAST WE'LL GO TO THE INDIGENOUS VILLAGE OF LIWORIBO WHERE A 30-MINUTE TRIP BY MOTORIZED CURIARA (A NATIVE CANOE) WILL TAKE US TO CHINAK-MERU, A WATER FALL POPULARLY KNOWN AS APONWAO. WITH A HEIGHT OF 106 METERS IT IS THE HIGHEST IN THE GRAN SABANA. AFTER ENJOYING THE SITE AND TAKING PICTURES OF THE FALLS WE'LL WALK BACK TO THE VILLAGE, AND ON THE WAY WE'LL STOP AT POZO ESCONDIDO AND POZO DE LOS ENAMORADOS, TWO WATER HOLES WHERE WE'LL EAT OUR PICNIC LUNCH AND TAKE A REFRESHING BATH IN THE COOL WATER, SO BRING YOUR SWIMSUIT! IN THE AFTERNOON IT'S BACK TO RAPIDOS DE KAMOIRAN. DINNER WILL BE AT THE LODGE RESTAURANT (SAME MENU FOR EVERYONE).

DAY 8. GRAN SABANA
AFTER BREAKFAST OUR TRIP CONTINUES TO SANTA ELENA DE UAIREN STOPPING OCCASIONALLY TO VISIT INTERESTING PLACES LIKE SALTO KAWI, SALTO KAMA-MERU, MIRADOR EL OSO (A LOOKOUT POINT FROM WHERE YOU CAN TAKE PICTURES OF THE TEPUIS), QUEBRADA ARAPAN, QUEBRADA SOROAPE (STOP FOR PICNIC LUNCH). LATER WE'LL STOP AT RIO YURUANI AND QUEBRADA EL JASPE, A STREAM AND WATER FALLS WITH A BEAUTIFUL RED JASPER FLOOR. TO END THE DAY WE'LL TAKE A QUICK JUMP TO THE BORDER WITH BRASIL WHERE WE CAN BROWSE AND SHOP FOR SOUVENIRS. THE NIGHT WILL BE AT PLEASANT CAMP YAKOO WHERE WE'LL ENJOY DINNER AND THE SILENCE OF THE SABANA. ACCOMMODATIONS WILL BE IN DOUBLE ROOMS WITH HOT RUNNING WATER. DINNER WILL BE AT THE LODGE RESTAURANT (SAME MENU FOR EVERYONE).

DAY 9. GRAN SABANA-CANAIMA
BREAKFAST. TRANSFER TO THE AIRPORT. FLIGHT TO CANAIMA. ARRIVAL TO THE CAMP. WELCOME COCKTAIL. PROMENADE IN THE LAGOON TO SEE UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL THE GOLONDRINA, WADAMA AND HACHA FALLS. AFTER IT EXCURSION TO THE SAPO FALLS, ENJOY THE 20 MINUTES WALK THAT WILL TAKE YOU THE BASE OF THIS AMAZING WATERFALL. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CROSS BENEATH THE WATER CURTAIN FORMED BY THE WATERFALL IN ITS WAY DOWN. RETURN TO THE CAMP. FREE TIME TO ENJOY A BATH ON CANAIMA’S LAGOON PINK SANDED BEACH. OVERNIGHT.

DAY 7. ANGEL FALLS EXPERIENCE
DEPARTURE TO RATONCITO ISLAND AND BEGIN THE RIVER EXCURSION THROUGH CARRAO AND CHURUN RIVER. LUNCH WILL BE SERVED BY THE INDIAN CUSTOMS, YOU WILL ENJOY A GOOD KIND OF MEAT OR CHICKEN COOKED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOREST BY THE INDIANS. AFTER A QUICK STOP AT THE CAMP, YOU WILL BEGIN THE TREKKING THAT WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE FOREST AND WILL END AT THE BASE OF THE HIGHEST WATERFALL IN THE WORLD: THE ANGEL FALLS. YOU WILL NAVIGATE ALONGSIDE THE AUYANTEPUY, THIS FANTASTIC AND MYSTERIOUS FORMATION WILL DRAG YOUR ATTENTION THROUGHOUT THE TRIP. THE MOUNTAIN CHANGES RIGHT BEFORE YOUR EYES, TAKING SHAPES THAT WILL MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND WHY IS KNOWN AS THE DEVIL’S MOUNTAIN, ‘CAUSE IT DISGUISES TAKING AMAZING FIGURES. THROUGHOUT THE TRIP YOU WILL BE AMAZED BY NATURE AND ITS GLORIOUS WAY OF PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER SO IT SEEMS THAT SOME MAGIC HAND PUT ROCKS ON THIS PLACE, ROCK PILES THAT SEEM TO BE HANGING BY THEMSELVES UP ON THE AIR, GIVING YOU THE FEELING THAT THEY ARE ABOUT TO FALL. ARRIVE TO RATONCITO ISLAND WHERE YOU WILL SPEND YOUR NIGHT. ONE HOUR WALK ON THE JUNGLE WILL TAKE TO THE BASE OF THE ANGEL FALLS, ONCE YOU ARRIVED THERE THE WATERFALLS WILL DAZZLE YOU IN ALL ITS GLORY, AND YOU WILL HAVE FREE TIME TO TAKE A RELAXING BATH AT THE POOL THAT IS FORMED BY THE WATER ON HIS WAY DOWN. ACCOMMODATION WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE CAMP FACING THE WATERFALL, GIVING YOU A SIGHT UN COMPARED TO ANYTHING EVER SEEN.

DAY 8. CARACAS
BREAKFAST. FLIGHT TO CARACAS VIA PUERTO ORDAZ. CONNECTING FLIGHT TO LOS ROQUES. WELCOME AT THE AIRPORT. TRANSFER TO THE SAILBOAT. WELCOME COCKTAIL. OVERNIGHT ON THE SAILBOAT.


DAY 9-12. LOS ROQUES
ACCOMMODATION ON THE SAILBOAT. DAYS AT LEISURE TO ENJOY THE STILLNESS OF LOS ROQUES ARCHIPELAGO.


DAY 13 LOS ROQUES
FLIGHT BACK TO CARACAS TO TAKE YOUR CONNECTING FLIGHT BACK HOME.


INCLUDES:
ROUND TRIP TRANSFERS IN CARACAS
1 NIGHT ACCOMMODATION AT THE HOTEL OLE CARIBE, BREAKFAST, TAXES AND SERVICES
FLIGHTS CARACAS-PUERTO ORDAZ/ CIUDAD BOLIVAR-CANAIMA/ CANAIMA-CARACAS
TRANSFER PUERTO ORDAZ-PIACOA/ PIACOA-PUERTO ORDAZ
4 DAYS / 3 NIGHTS ACCOMMODATION IN THE DELTA, DAILY EXCURSIONS, FULL BOARD, TRANSFERS, GUIDES, TAXES AND SERVICES
1 NIGHT ACCOMMODATION AT THE INTERCONTINENTAL GUAYANA, BREAKFAST, TAXES AND SERVICES
4 DAYS/ 3 NIGHTS EXCURSION TO LA GRAN SABANA, FULL BOARD, EXCURSIONS, TAXES AND SERVICES
2 DAYS / 1 NIGHT ACCOMMODATION AT HOTURVENSA LODGE, FULL BOARD, TAXES AND SERVICES
2 DAYS/ 1 NIGHT EXCURSION TO THE BASE OF THE HIGHEST WATERFALL, OVERNIGHT IN HAMMOCKS, FULL BOARD, GUIDES, TAXES AND SERVICES
4 NIGHTS ACCOMMODATION AT THE SAILBOAT OBSESSION, TRANSFER TO THE BOAR FULL BOARD, WELCOME COCKTAIL, FISHING, SNORKELLING,
AIRPORT ASSISTANCE

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NOT INCLUDED:
DOMESTIC FLIGHTS TAXES 5$ P/PERSON P/FLIGHT
ENTRANCE TAX TO CANAIMA NATIONAL PARK 10$

ENTRANCE TAX TO LOS ROQUES NATIONAL PARK 14$

PRICE P/PERSON IN DBL: $2680

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