Orinoco Delta Experience and Canaima Jungle

07 Days / 06 nights.

DAY 1. CARACAS
UPON YOUR ARRIVAL YOU WILL BE ASSISTED AT MAIQUETIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. TRANSFER TO THE AVILA HOTEL LOCATED AT THE FEET OF THE AVILA MOUNTAIN. ACCOMMODATION AT THE HOTEL. OVERNIGHT.


DAY 2. CARACAS-MATURIN
BREAKFAST. TRANSFER TO THE AIRPORT. FLIGHT TO MATURIN. WELCOME AT THE AIRPORT. TRANSFER TO THE RANCH. ENTRANCE TO THE RANCH WELCOME COCKTAIL. BRIEF RECOGNITION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT. HORSE RIDE BY THE CLUSTURE OR PASTURE. OBSERVATION AND PARTICIPATION ON THE REGROUPING OF THE ANIMALS AND THE TECHNIQUE OF THE LASSO AND IMMOBILIZATION MADE FOR THE COWBOYS. FREE TIME TO ENJOY THE AMENITIES OF THE CAMP.


DAY 3. ORINOCO DELTA EXPERIENCE
BREAKFAST. EARLY DEPARTURE TO THE EXCURSION ON THE ORINOCO RIVER, A VAST, INTRICATE LABYRINTH OF WATERWAYS WEAVING THROUGH A SIMMERING JUNGLE TO CARRY THE WATERS OF THE ORINOCO TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. THE ORINOCO DELTA – THE LANDMASS NOW KNOWN AS DELTA AMACURO STATE – HAS FORMED OVER THE COURSE OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS AS THE MIGHTY RIVER HAS DEPOSITED MILLIONS OF TONS OF SEDIMENT INTO THE OCEAN. THE WILDLIFE IS ALSO EXTREMELY RICH AND VARIED. JAGUAR, PUMA AND CAPUCHIN MONKEYS, GIANT OTTER, MANATEE AND DOLPHINS ARE JUST A HANDFUL OF THE COUNTLESS SPECIES OF MAMMAL THAT CAN BE OBSERVED IN THEIR NATURAL HABITATS. AMONG THE EXTENSIVE BIRD POPULATION ARE HOATZIN, MACAWS, PARROTS, TOUCANS, FALCONS, HAWKS. THERE ARE ALSO AN UNTOLD NUMBER OF AMPHIBIANS, REPTILES AND FISH SPECIES, WITH A POPULATION OF 24,000, THE WARAO CONSTITUTE THE SECOND LARGEST INDIGENOUS TRIBE IN THE COUNTRY. FAMILY GROUPS RESIDE IN PALAFITOS (WOODEN HOUSES RAISED ON STILTS) ALONG THE BANKS OF THE RIVER, AND SPEND MOST OF THEIR DAILY LIVES IN CANOES FISHING IN THE NEARBY CAÑOS AND HUNTING AND GATHERING IN THE SURROUNDING FORESTS. SKILLED CRAFTSPEOPLE, THE WARAO BUILD THEIR PALAFITOS AND CANOES FROM FOREST WOOD USING TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES, AND, OWING TO INCREASED CONTACT WITH TOURISTS, HAVE ALSO BEGUN TO CARVE FIGURINES FROM BALSA WOOD AND TO MAKE NECKLACES, BASKETS AND HAMMOCKS FROM THE LEAVES AND SEEDS OF THE UBIQUITOUS MORICHE PALM. THE MORICHE PALM, HOWEVER, SUPPLIES MORE THAN JUST THE BASIS FOR ARTESANIA. OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘TREE OF LIFE’, THE MORICHE PROVIDES THE INDIANS WITH FRUIT, JUICES AND A SWEET PULP THAT CAN BE MADE INTO A TYPE OF BREAD. MOREOVER, THE TRUNK OF THE PALM IS USED TO CULTIVATE A THUMB-SIZED BEETLE GRUB, THE MORICHE WORM, A NUTRITIOUS DIETARY SUPPLEMENT. VISIT THE INDIANS AND TAKE A GLIMPSE OF THEIR WAY OF LIVING AND A JUNGLE WALK WITH EXPERIENCED GUIDES TO VENTURE INTO THIS MYSTERIOUS WORLD OF THE WARAO INDIANS. GET IN TOUCH WITH THE TROPICAL RAINFOREST. RETURN TO THE CAMP. OVERNIGHT.



DAY 4. ORINOCO DELTA-CIUDAD BOLIVAR
BREAKFAST. FREE TIME UNTIL TRANSFER TO CIUDAD BOLIVAR. CIUDAD BOLIVAR IS THE ANCIENT CITY OF THE AMAZONS. FREE TIME IN CIUDAD BOLIVAR, TO VISIT ITS ANCIENT MUSEUMS, COLONIAL HOUSES AND GOLD BOUTIQUES. OVERNIGHT AT THE HOTEL.



DAY 5. CIUDAD BOLIVAR- 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 IN HAMMOCKS



DAY 6. 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 UNCOMPARED TO ANYTHING EVER SEEN.

DAY 7. CARACAS
BREAKFAST. FLIGHT TO CARACAS VIA PUERTO ORDAZ ….


INCLUDES:
ROUND TRIP TRANSFERS IN CARACAS
2 NIGHTS ACCOMMODATION IN CARACAS, WITH TAXES AND SERVICES
FLIGHTS CARACAS-MATURIN / CIUDAD BOLIVAR-CANAIMA / CANAIMA-PUERTO ORDAZ / PUERTO ORDAZ-CARACAS
TRANSFER MATURIN-RANCH SAN ANDRES CAMP-CIUDAD BOLIVAR
3 DAYS / 2 NIGHTS WARAO EXCURSION IN THE ORINOCO DELTA, FULL BOARD, EXCURSIONS, TAXES AND SERVICES
1 NIGHT ACCOMMODATION IN CIUDAD BOLIVAR, BREAKFAST, TAXES AND SERVICES
TRANSFER HOTEL LA CUMBRE IN CIUDAD BOLIVAR-AIRPORT
3 DAYS / 2 NIGHTS EXCURSION TO THE BASE OF THE ANGEL FALLS, EXCURSIONS, TAXES AND SERVICES
AIRPORT ASSISTANCE

PRICE P/PERSON IN DBL: 999$

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