5
days and 4 nights
This
tour combines two excellent jungle trips in the Venezuelan
Amazon: The Cuao
Hill and the Autana Tepuy, both located in ancestral Piaroa
Indians land. Navigate
the Orinoco, Sipapo, Cuao and Autana Rivers enjoying beautiful
natural landscapes in the Sipapo Forest Reserve.
Day
1 Puerto Ayacucho – Danto Rapids
Morning
overland transfer to Samariapo to board a vessel and start
navigating Venezuela’s largest river, the Orinoco. Enter
the Sipapo River and appreciate the difference in the
colors of the waters. Stop in a scenic spot for a picnic
lunch and a refreshing swim. Continue navigating and enter
the Cuao River to reach Danto Rapids. Visit a Piaroa indigenous
community and learn about their traditions. Walk around
the community and visit a “Conuco”, a native farm system,
navigate by Curiara (an indigenous dugout canoe) and swim.
Dinner and overnight in hammocks with mosquito nets in
a camp located in front of the rapids. (L, D)
Day
2 Danto Rapids – Cuao Hill
After
breakfast, walk to the superior part of the rapids and
then continue navigating upriver followed by a hike
through the Amazon jungle escorted by Indian
guides who will give remarkable information about the
jungle, the curative uses of the plants
and the way they chase a tarantula. Reach
the shelter at the feet of the Cuao Hill for a picnic
lunch and then hike to a natural lookout in the hill for
a stunning view of the neighboring landscape. Return to
the shelter to enjoy a refreshing swim in the Caño Paraiso
natural toboggan and its very handsome pools. Dinner and
overnight in hammocks with mosquito nets. (B, L, D)
Day
3 Cuao Hill – Sipapo River
After
breakfast, walk and navigate back to Danto Rapids to have
lunch. Navigate back to the Sipapo stopping for a picnic
lunch. Visit a Piaroa Indian community where tour members
will learn about the preparation of the yucca flour. Dinner
and overnight in hammocks with mosquito nets in a typical
“Churuata”, an indigenous hut. (B, L, D)
Day
4 Sipapo River – Ceguera Rapids
After
breakfast, continue navigating to enter the Autana River.
Stop to visit new Indian communities, have a picnic lunch
and refresh in beautiful white sand river beaches (local
summer: December – April). Reach Ceguera Rapids, located
in front of the impressive Autana Tepuy, sacred to the
Piaroa Indians. Hike
to the top of the Churuata Hill for a spectacular
view of the Autana Tepuy and the meandering rivers in
the middle of the jungle enormity. Return to the Ceguera
Rapids for dinner. Overnight in hammocks with mosquito
nets. (B, L, D)
Day
5 Ceguera Rapids – Puerto Ayacucho
After
breakfast, start navigating back to Samariapo, stopping
in different places to the ones visited before. Transfer
overland to Puerto Ayacucho.
Order
of the activities can vary according to the time of the
year and the kind of vessel (roofed bongo or boat)
Contact
us to include the Cuao
Hill and Autana Tepuy River Venture in the Venezuelan
Amazon in a customized
itinerary of travel to Venezuela.
