MONDAY:
Quito - Manatee Amazon Explorer

Depart from Quito in the morning on a 30 minute fñight east landing in the Coca track. This well-known mountain range was named after Francisco de Orellana, the first European to navigate the entire Amazon River in of 1541. Our ship will be waiting in the wharf ready to start your great adventure filled with natural history, interaction with native communities and all the magic that the greatest natural reserve hides from the world. Its biodiversity almost includes 560 species of birds and 10% of the botanical inventory on the Earth.

Navigation begins on the Napo River and we go on to explore numerous ecosystems within the National Park Yasuní and the Biological Reserve of Limoncocha. As the Manatee moves by the river your expert guide will indicate some of the natural wonders of the forest from the terrace of the ship with visits in small canoes specially designed for the Amazon (L-D).

TUESDAY:
Mainland forest - lagoons and brooks

We will take long walks early in the morning towards the interior of the tropical humid forest with gigantic trees and tiny wild life, like sapitos, butterflies and bouquets natural of flowers that contrast with the intense life of the underbrush, lodging 70% of all the pharmaceutical components. At the end of the footpath we arrive at an inner lagoon with an ample view of the surrounding forest with large great amounts of birds from the most capricious plumages. Before lunch we will enjoy a refreshing swim.

In the evening enjoy an exciting fishing trip of pirañas and try to discover the hidden wild life between the dense scrubs. Return to our ship by oar in time to enjoy a delicious supper and to chat about the day·s activities in the terrace-bar of the Manatee. From here you will be able to observe many stars and the nocturnal sounds of the dark forest (B-L-D).

WEDNESDAY:
Parrots - Biological Reserve Limoncocha

After breakfast disembarque to observe two lamederos of parrots before returning to the Manatee to continue by canoe towards the heart of the Biological Reserve of Limoncocha. We travel along this lagoon and during the passage we try to locate tiny monkeys approaching our canoe specially designed to observe some of the 470 species of birds in the perimeters of this singular aquatic ecosystem. When night falls we try to illuminate caymans that swim on the surface of the water and soon returned by oar towards the Manatee to enjoy a comforting hot shower and another delicious dinner(B-L-D).

THURDAY:
Amazonian Culture - Happened and Present

We will visit an ethnographic museum in the Pompeya region to learn about the cultural and anthropological scene of Amazonía where gigantic trees of ceibo (80 meters) dominate the horizon. Return to the Manatee for the lunch. In the evening visit an indigenous house. Learn how different vegetation grows like bananas, yucca, naranjilla, tropical cacao, coffee and other fruits that are processed before arriving to the supermarkets.

We will share an unforgettable encounter with this amiable people and learn about their way of life, their medicinal traditions and their native plants. When returning to our ship and after a comforting shower we·ll rest on the terrace and our chef will delight us with a traditional supper-buffet and a final goodbye which includes a last “surprise”(B-L-D).

FRIDAY:
Return to house

We arrive back to Coca for our return flight to Quito (D).

We remind you that some visits can vary for operative reasons or climate conditions.