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Itinerary:
Day 1: One of our guides will meet you at the airport in Cuidad Bolívar or in the Posada (Inn). You will have some free time to take a walk around the historic area of Ciudad Bolívar. Here you will spend the night.
Day 2: After breakfast we will take our next flight from the airport in Ciudad Bolívar. In this airport we will board our plane with destination to Kanarakuni. We will fly over the tepuis called “Hogar de los Dioses” (“Home of the Gods”) by the indigenous that live in that region. When we land, we will be received by the curiosity of the small children from the Kanarakuri community. We will get to know the village and meet the people. We will stay overnight, sleeping in hammocks in the “Churuatas” (huts) which roofs are made from palm trees.
Day 3: After an early breakfast and accompanied by our guides and carriers of the community, we will start the ascent to the Sariñama. This journey is through the thick jungle; our guides will be opening the road with their machetes until we reach our destination. We will set up a campsite in an adequate place. We will sleep in hammocks with nets.
Estimated trekking time: 5 hours
Day 4: Today we will make way up to the top of the Tepuy. As we get to the top the floor becomes more and more slippery. At this point the vegetation changes and we enter in a typical humid jungle forest of this area, part of the “Macizo Guayanés”. Finally we will reach the top of the tepuy and we will be facing an unbelievable magic world. This world has never been intervened by civilization. We will sleep at the top so we can appreciate its splendor to the maximum.
Estimated trekking time: 5 hours
Day 5: After breakfast we will have time to appreciate the top and the landscape that surrounds us. Then we will begin a long descent to Kanarakuni. In Kanarakuni we will spend the night in hammocks inside the Churuatas.
Estimated trekking time: 5 hours
Day 6 to 11: Today we begin the journey through the Caura River, heading north, which offers the most impressive landscape and experiences. This journey will be made in a curiara (indigenous canoe made of one sole tree) with an outboard motor. Here the civilization has not yet influenced the nature. In our route downstream we will see fascinating waterfalls, tepuis, tropical plants and indigenous people. We will have to go through rapids, but let’s not forget that our drivers are experts in this zone. During the trip we will get to see different tribes al as well as other diverse communities of Sanema, Yekuana and Yanomami. During the expedition we will stay to sleep in adequate campsites that will be set up in the river banks in hammocks with nets.
Estimated navigation time: 6 hours
Day 12: If the water levels of the river are favorable, today we should reach the Salto Para. Here the water masses of the Caura river fall into the deepness. From the top of the Salto (Waterfall) we will have to take our equipment and go down walking until we reach the bottom of the fall, where we will set up the campsite and spend the night.
Estimated navigation time: 5 hours.
Day 13: A small trail through the jungle will take us to El Playón, an ample beach strip of sand at the edge of the river. This day we can relax, explore the surroundings, fish and get to know different people from the nearest village. We will spend the night at the campsite El Playón in hammocks.
Estimated trekking time: 2 hours
Day 14: Today we will continue the journey downstream until we reach Las Trincheras, this will be our last trip in a curiara. Likewise we will have the chance to get to know indigenous villages. We will spend the night at the Caura Lodge, where comfortable rooms, an exquisite dinner and a soothing rest will be waiting for us.
Estimated navigation time: 6 hours
Day 15: Today we say good bye to this wonderful journey, after having breakfast, we will calmly get ready to take our 4x4 vehicle to travel from Las Trincheras to Ciudad Bolívar or continue to another circuit.
Packing list:
Recommendations regarding personal luggage that you should take:
• Long and short pants
• T-shirts or long and short sleeve shirts
• Trekking boots or sports shoes and sandals
• Sleeping bag
• Thermal insulating
• Adequate backpack
• Camelback
• Hat or visor
• Sunglasses
• 1windbreaker or rain coat
• Sweater or jersey
• Underwear
• Bathing suit
• Personal hygiene products (biodegradable soap)
• Sun block and chap stick or lip protector
• Insect repellent
• Personal medicines
• 1 Frontal or hand flashlight (small )
• Personal identification documents
Price:
Our Service includes:
• 01 night lodging in Ciudad Bolívar in a double room with private bathroom
• 13 nights of lodging in hammock with mosquito nets.
• 01 night of lodging in Las Trincheras in a lodge (double room with private bathroom).
• All meals specified in your itinerary.
• Transportation Posada – Ciudad Bolivar’s Airport
• Navigation in the Caura River in a Curiara
• Las Trincheras- Ciudad Bolívar in a 4x4 vehicle.
• Flight from Ciudad Bolívar – Kanarakuni
• Expert guide in the zone
• Maps and trip information.
• Bathroom tent
NOT INCLUDED:
• Telephone calls, laundry service and tips.
• Alcoholic Beverages
• The meals specified in your itinerary as NOT included
• International Flights from/to Venezuela
• Traveler’s assistance insurance.
• Particular carrier
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Notes:
• This price is based on the current parity of the currency involved in the budget. Any alteration of the same could lead to a modification of the Price quoted.
• The budget does not imply availability of the airlines, hotels, or of the services indicated. Once the trip has been formalized the firm reserve of the services will take place.
• The name of the passengers shall coincide with the current and actual information stated in the passport, any difference thereof may bring inconveniences.
• The itinerary is subject to the compliance of the time schedules of the transporters involved – airlines, land and fluvial transportation -
• Once the trip has began, if there are changes in the itinerary requested by the passengers, the same shall be paid locally before the service is rendered.
• It is the sole responsibility of the passenger to bring at all times its personal valid identification – Passport.
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