Occupying an area of 30.000 km2 with a population of about 2,800 individuals, surrounded by the Yasuni National Park, the largest protected park of Ecuador, declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1979, inhabit the "Huaorani" or the "People", called " The Aucas" by civilization, and also inhabit the "Tagaeris" - "Taromenanes" or "red leg".
The latter are one of the few indigenous cultures or tribes not contacted yet by civilizations that are currently in Ecuador and are part of our intangible cultural heritage, with protection, care and respect of all the neighboring societies.
The Huaorani currently inhabit in what are today provinces of Napo, Pastaza and Orellana. Although the first Huaoranis were nomadic, now have been forced to set their limits within the Yasuni National Park and its protected zone.
Among the Napo River to the north and the south Curaray, along rivers Yasuni, Shiripuno, Cononaco and minor tributaries in an area of 678,220 hectares, the Huaorani territory. The Huaorani or Huaorani are native Amerindian people* who lives northwest of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Defended their territory of the settlement and other indigenous cultures, they were pursued by oil companies in the last century.
Called "Auca" by miscegenation (white people) speak "wao Terero" which is a unique language. There are communities like Taromenanes and Tagaeri and living in voluntary isolation, refusing all contact with humanity, always moving continuously in areas untouched. They live exclusively of what nature provides them, feeding on hunting and fishing, cultivating cassava and banana, are expert hunters, draw up their spears and blowguns, also a neurotoxin called "curare" to use his darts.
Today, they struggle to survive, to oil exploitation, especially by pollution and loss of their territories, and this entails the invasion of settlers.
The Bameno community in riverbank Cononaco, the Huaorani are fully convinced that well-managed tourism will help to solve, in part, the current problems, living in their jungle "ome" as they call it, free of all attack on their culture and territory.
Day 01. - Arrival to the city of Francisco de Orellana (Coca), transfer in private transport to Shiripuno port (2 hours trip from the city of El Coca), then we will take the motor boats and we will navigate between 4 and 5 hours, until we arrive to the Gawa Clan (Gemeneweno). We will serve a box lunch on the way. In the afternoon short walk in the jungle. Dinner and rest.
Day 02. - Breakfast at 06:30 am, then we will navigate the Shiripuno River and later on the Cononaco River where we will admire the local flora and fauna (monkeys, caimans, parrots, etc.), lunch on the way. Arrival to the Huaorani community of Bameno and in the afternoon we will enjoy a cultural interaction in the jungle with the Huaorani. Dinner and rest.
Day 03. - Breakfast. Walk in the jungle, we will visit a parrot lick, to observe different species of parrots, parakeets and macaws, the lick is made of clay which is essential in their diet. Lunch. In the afternoon we will return to the village of Bameno, where we will share with legendary Huaorani warriors their feats and customs. Dinner and rest.
Day 04. - Cultural interaction in the forest with the Huaorani warriors, day of hunting, making weapons and food (cotton thread), traditional herbal medicine. Night fishing and boat rides to observe caimans, nocturnal birds, mammals, etc.
Day 05. - Short hike in the forest observation. Cultural interaction with the Huaorani people. Return by the Cononaco River to Coca, we will arrive to Gemeneweno in the Gawa Clan where we will camp. Cultural interaction with a Huaorani family.
Day 06. - Departure from Clan Karue to the city of El Coca, arriving in the afternoon.
During the navigations through the rivers and tours inside the forest, you will learn about the traditions and culture of this fascinating ethnic group, their way of life, the secrets of the "curare" and how they hunt in the Amazon jungle with blowguns.
This is an opportunity we offer to those who love nature and want to live with an ancestral Amazonian community that refuses to disappear in the face of the threat of a globalized world, living in harmony with nature.
NET RATE: 1,200 usd per person (minimum 2 passengers) one passenger only: 25% extra
River and land transportation (private), complete meals, camping equipment, activities with the Huaorani warriors, cultural coexistence, rubber boots, purified water.
Air ticket Quito – Coca – Quito ( 285.00 USD ) Entrance fee to the community (20.00 usd), tips.