Come and see the amazing animals of the Amazon!
Description
Only by canoe you can reach the AmaZOOnico animal rescue center located in the jungle. On a guided tour through the center, you will learn more about its inhabitants and the work of the organization, which takes in the animals, cares for them, and releases them back into the wild.
Price for Children up to 12 years: $ 35.00
Price per person: $ 75.00
For the tour, there must be minimum 2 persons.
Season: all year
Duration: one day
Included
- Entrance fees to the Animal Rescue Centre
- Transport there and back
- Canoe transport
- Your local English-speaking guide
- Lunch (vegetarian option available)
- Water
- Waterproof welly boots for walking through the jungle
What to bring
- Light clothes suitable for walking in the jungle
- Swimming clothes for a swim at lunchtime
- Sunscreen
- Insect repellent
- A bottle for water
- Small amount of money in case you want to buy souvenirs
We meet at our agency in Tena at 8:30 am. From there we travel by car to Ahuano, where we change to a motorized canoe. This takes us to a Kichwa family, where we make our own chocolate. On a half-hour hike through the jungle, you will learn more about the plants used by the indigenous peoples in the area. At the end of the hike we visit a large Ceibo tree.
Afterwards, the canoe takes us further downstream to the Amazoonico animal rescue center. The rescue center will then guide you through the various enclosures and tell you more about the animals.
We then visit a small island on the opposite bank. Here we will also shoot with a blowpipe and have lunch.
Afterwards we will look for free-living caimans in a pond. Here we can also observe various birds.
Our canoe will then be waiting for us on the back of the island to take us back to Ahuano, where we will be picked up by our driver.
We are back in Tena at around 16:00.
