Itinerary
- Day 1
Quito
Your driver meets you at Quito's airport and helps with your bags before heading to the hotel. Check in and settle in for the rest of the day after your travel.
- Start point
- Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador (Pick-up from Quito airport)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (3-star Mid-Range Hotel)
Landmarks/POIs Quito - Day 2
Quito
Start with a private guide through Quito's historic UNESCO center, taking in La Compañía church with its gold interior and wandering La Ronda street. Later you'll join a cooking class to prepare and eat local dishes for lunch. In the afternoon, head to the Inti Ñan Museum at the Middle of the World where interactive exhibits walk you through Ecuadorian culture and history.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Lunch prepared during cooking class with local chef)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (3-star Mid-Range Hotel)
Included Activities
- Guided exploration of Quito's historic city center
- Visit La Compañía church
- Visit La Ronda historic street
- Cooking class with local chef and prepared lunch
- Inti Ñan Museum visit with interactive experiments
Landmarks/POIs La Compañía La Ronda Inti Ñan Museum Quito Historic City Center - Day 3
Quito to Amazon (Coca)
Fly from Quito to Coca, then drive to a private dock to board a covered boat for two hours on the Napo River heading to the lodge. The Kichwa Añangu Community greets you with a traditional drink. After checking into your jungle-view room and getting briefed, choose between hiking to a 40-meter observation tower for wildlife spotting and the sunset, or taking a kayak ride on the river. Dinner happens back at the lodge.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Packed lunch), Dinner
- Accommodation
- Lodge (3-star Mid-Range Amazon Lodge)
Included Activities
- Flight from Quito to Coca
- Boat journey on Napo River to lodge
- Welcome by indigenous Kichwa Añangu Community with traditional drink
- Hotel briefing and check-in
Optional Activities
- Hike to 40-meter observation tower with wildlife spotting and sunset views
- Kayak ride on Napo River to witness jungle sunset
Landmarks/POIs Coca (El Coca) Napo River - Day 4
Amazon - Napo River
Breakfast comes early before heading out by motorized canoe to the Parrot Clay Lick on the Napo River in Yasuní Biosphere Reserve. A 30-minute forest walk brings you to a viewpoint where you might see five parrot species along with howler monkeys and tapirs. Stop at the Kury Muyu center to learn about Kichwa culture, music, and crafts directly from community women. After lunch and rest, boat through Añangu Creek looking for monkeys, caimans, and giant otters. By evening, an ancestral catamaran trip on the Napo features Kichwa legends and traditional songs with roasted snacks.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
- Accommodation
- Lodge (3-star Mid-Range Amazon Lodge)
Included Activities
- Motorized canoe trip to Parrot Clay Lick
- Wildlife spotting at Parrot Clay Lick (parrots, parakeets, mammals)
- Forest walk on Parakeet Trail to clay lick viewpoint
- Visit to Kury Muyu intercultural interpretation center
- Cultural learning about Kichwa traditions and music
- Browse handicraft store
- Boat trip on Añangu Creek with wildlife spotting
- Evening boat trip on ancestral catamaran with legends, traditional songs, and roasted snacks
Landmarks/POIs Parrot Clay Lick Yasuní Biosphere Reserve Parakeet Trail Kury Muyu Intercultural Interpretation Center Añangu Creek - Day 5
Amazon - Napo River
Watch the sunrise with breakfast while learning about Kichwa worldview through community projects. Walk terra firme forest trails to spot wildlife and trees like ceiba and strangler figs. Back at the lodge for lunch and rest, then hike a 36-meter observation tower for birds, howler monkeys, and squirrel monkeys. Relax before a traditional Amazonian dinner featuring maito (grilled fish wrapped in bijao leaf) and optional chontakuru. After eating, take a night walk with a flashlight to see insects, reptiles, and nocturnal mammals.
- Meals
- Breakfast (Sunrise breakfast), Lunch, Dinner (Traditional Amazonian dinner featuring maito (grilled fish wrapped in bijao leaf) and optional chontakuru (roasted chonta worms))
- Accommodation
- Lodge (3-star Mid-Range Amazon Lodge)
Included Activities
- Sunrise breakfast experience
- Visits to sustainable community projects
- Walk on terra firme forest trail with wildlife observation
- Hike to 36-meter observation tower
- Wildlife spotting from observation tower
- Night walk with flashlight to observe nocturnal wildlife
Landmarks/POIs Terra Firme Forest 36-meter Observation Tower - Day 6
Amazon (Coca) to Quito
For those interested, join the guayusada ritual at 4:30 AM, an ancient Kichwa ceremony sharing the sacred guayusa drink and learning through traditional songs with optional dream interpretation. After breakfast, travel back by motor canoe on the Napo River with final jungle views. Get transferred from Coca airport to catch your flight back to Quito for your connection home or next destination.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Lunchbox)
Optional Activities
- Guayusada ritual at 4:30 AM - ancient Kichwa ceremony with sacred guayusa drink, ancestral knowledge sharing, traditional songs, and optional dream interpretation
Landmarks/POIs Napo River Coca (El Coca)
