Experience Overview
The Amazon Rainforest is so full of life; embrace it for yourself during a week unlike any other. From Quito, you’ll travel to your new home in the jungle and meet the Quichua family who will host you for the next four nights. Discover waterfalls on jungle walks and travel to an animal rescue centre by canoe. You’ll learn about medicinal plants and how to use a blowgun, experience a shaman ceremony, and walk to a jungle waterfall. Most importantly, you’ll befriend people few outsiders have the honour to even meet.
Highlights
- Live like a local in the Amazon Rainforest
- Learn Quichua traditions by interacting with your local hosts
- Visit an animal rescue centre and hone your blowgun skills.
Trip Details
Product Code: 2774
Tour Type: Small Group
Accommodation: Basic
Transport: Local bus, motorized canoe, pickup truck, walking.
Guide Language: English
Travel Styles: Budget
Supplier Code: SEJL
Starts: Quito, Ecuador
Finishes: Quito, Ecuador
Duration: 7 days
Departures: Guaranteed
Physical rating: Average
Includes
Activities
- Your G for Good Moment: Shandia Biking & Community Experience, Shandia Your Welcome Moment: Welcome Moment - Meet Your CEO and Group Your Local Living Moment: Amazon Jungle Experience, Tena Your Wellness Moment: Mud Mask Therapy, Tena Your Foodie Moment: Cacao and Chocolate Experience, Tena Your Hands-On Moment: Blowgun Contest and Demo, Tena
- Visit to amaZOOnico Animal Rescue Centre
- Walks to a viewpoint and a waterfall
- Medicinal plants jungle walk
- Shamanic ceremony
- Cultural night including a jungle marriage ceremony
- Transport between destinations and included activities
Accommodation
- Rustic jungle lodge (4 nts), hotel (2 nts).
- 6 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 4 dinners
Transport
- Local bus, motorized canoe, pickup truck, walking.
Group Leader
- CEO (Chief Experience Officer) throughout, local Quichua guides.
Price
Price per person: (Double Occupancy) CAD 1049 (CAD 150 /day)
Itinerary
Day 1: Quito
Arrive at any time.
Day 2: Quito/Tena
Travel by bus and truck into the Amazon Jungle. Spend the next 4 nights in rustic wooden huts with a local Quichua family as hosts. Walk to a viewpoint and get a natural mud face mask treatment.
Day 3: Tena
Guided walk to a waterfall then return home for a cacao culinary experience and tasting. Learn about medicinal plants on an afternoon jungle walk.
Day 4: Tena
Morning car and canoe ride to the amaZOOnico Animal Rescue Centre. Free time in the afternoon to relax in the jungle.
Day 5: Tena
In the morning, experience a shamanic healing ceremony and a mock jungle marriage ceremony. Later, cycle to the nearby community of Shandia and discover the beauty of the Amazon with a member of the community as your guide.
Day 6: Tena/Quito
Enjoy a blowgun demonstration and participate in a contest to show off new found skills. Say goodbye to your Quichua family, then travel back to Quito.
Day 7: Quito
Depart at any time.
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Tour Operator
G Adventures
G Adventures is an operator of small-group escorted tours. It is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with 28 offices worldwide. It offers more than 700 itineraries in more than 100 countries, and carries 200,000 travelers from 160 countries each year.
In Business Since 1990
Reviews
Ashley N. - Traveled, June 2024
I am so happy I booked this trip and made the memories that I did. I feel this experience was unique and I love it all the more for it. It went by so fast, I wish I could go back in time and relive it all over again. It exceeded my expectations and I can...
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 06/24/2024
Terry D. - Traveled, June 2024
Wonderful to stay with a local family in their world.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 06/22/2024
Kevin L. - Traveled, May 2024
Great
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 06/03/2024
Julietta R. - Traveled, May 2024
This experience made a group of strangers into a family that created unforgettable memories that will be thought back on for a long time.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/31/2024
Rachel C. - Traveled, May 2024
This was truly the trip of a lifetime. I learned so much about the people and culture of Ecuador, but I also learned a lot about myself and what I am capable of doing. Although most of the trip was filled with laughter and smiling, there were times when ...
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/28/2024
Kelly S. - Traveled, May 2024
Spending a week in the Amazon was a dream come true and the people around us really made the experience what it was. Andres, Delfin, Rolando, Miguel, and the entire family were fantastic hosts. I will miss them very much!
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/27/2024
Tia R. - Traveled, May 2024
Our trip was nothing short of extraordinary thanks to the family we stayed with and our incredible CEO, Andrés for who both expertly combined deep local knowledge and engaging storytelling. This trip was thoughtfully curated making the experience both ed...
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/16/2024
Kelly S. - Traveled, May 2024
Spending a week in the Amazon was a dream come true and the people around us really made the experience what it was. Andres, Delfin, Rolando, Miguel, and the entire family were fantastic hosts. I will miss them very much!
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/27/2024
Clara P. - Traveled, May 2024
I loved going to the jungle so much, I learned a lot about the plants and animals there and also about the quichua people that live there. I had so much fun and wish I could stay for longer
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/27/2024
Christopher J. - Traveled, May 2024
Unforgettable
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/27/2024
Owen N. - Traveled, May 2024
Excellent. All the activities were super engaging and our guide made them even better by sharing and just having a great attitude
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/27/2024
Tia R. - Traveled, May 2024
Our trip was nothing short of extraordinary thanks to the family we stayed with and our incredible CEO, Andrés for who both expertly combined deep local knowledge and engaging storytelling. This trip was thoughtfully curated making the experience both ed...
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/16/2024
Dianne T. - Traveled, May 2024
Very special, possibly once in a life time experience. The host family was very generous in sharing their culture and making us feel welcomed to their jungle home.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/12/2024
Ann B. - Traveled, May 2024
A wonderful balance of culture, nature, adventure and spirit. Full of challenges and rewards. You will feel more like a friend than a tourist. And you won’t miss the wi fi. :)
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/11/2024
Lilas A. - Traveled, May 2024
I would definitely recommend the Amazon jungle local living tour. The trip provided me with a unique window into the culture of Quichua people as well as experiencing the wonders of Amazon jungle. Collected by G Adventures
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/11/2024
Charlotte L. - Traveled, May 2024
I loved every thing. I previously travelled much of the world alone with my young son. Adventuring off beaten track. Now as a senior very very grateful to continue travelling Adventuring still but with g8t company & things all organised now.Amazing for a...
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/10/2024
Victoria H. - Traveled, April 2024
Fantastic opportunity - Amazon jungle was a bucket list and I wasn't disappointed; when you consider I'd just been up Machu Pichu as another bucket list item, it could have been a disappointment but it was equally as good in different ways.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/06/2024
Tim T. - Traveled, April 2024
Loved it!
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 04/30/2024
Mikkel F. - Traveled, April 2024
Best trip and experience so far, with the most amazing CEO (Andres)!
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 04/27/2024
Ellen A. - Traveled, April 2024
Was really fun would do it again
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 04/27/2024
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