Cuyabeno Killas: Upper Amazon Canoe Journey 4 Days / 3 Nights
Cuyabeno, Ecuador
Cuyabeno Killas: Upper Amazon Canoe Journey 4 Days / 3 Nights
Cuyabeno, Ecuador
Cuyabeno Killas: Upper Amazon Canoe Journey 4 Days / 3 Nights
Cuyabeno, Ecuador
Cuyabeno Killas: Upper Amazon Canoe Journey 4 Days / 3 Nights
Cuyabeno, Ecuador
Cuyabeno Killas: Upper Amazon Canoe Journey 4 Days / 3 Nights
Cuyabeno, Sucumbios, Ecuador View on Google Maps
Tour Overview
Tapir Lodge is located in the heart of the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Surrounded by blackwater rivers, lagoons, and primary rainforest, this Cuyabeno trip offers an authentic ecotourism experience rooted in conservation, scientific interpretation, and respect for ancestral knowledge. The Killas Experience revives the use of Killas, traditional dugout canoes carved from a single tree trunk and historically used by Amazonian Indigenous communities as their primary means of navigation. This Amazon tour allows travelers to explore Cuyabeno aboard these vessels, creating a deep connection with the natural environment, river cycles, and Indigenous worldview. The program combines traditional navigation, wildlife observation, interpretive forest walks, and cultural encounters, making this travel experience a mindful, quiet, and meaningful way to discover the Amazon.
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- ☆Arrival to Cuyabeno Bridge and travel to Tapir Lodge
- ☆Hike in the morning + killas afternoon at Laguna Grande (Sunset)
- ☆Birdwatching & Killas morning + Siona Community & shaman + Ceibos trail.
- ☆Transfer to the Cuyabeno Bridge
What's Included
Included
- Motorized canoe transportation IN/OUT from El Puente de Cuyabeno to the Lodge and from the Lodge to El Puente de Cuyabeno.
- Guided tours with bilingual (English and Spanish) certified naturalist guides during all excursions.
- Accommodation in double room with private bathroom and hot water Shower
- Canoe rides
- 3 meals a day (by arrival and departure days, only box Lunch)
- Purified water, coffee, tea
- Daily excursion program
- Naturalist multilingual speaking guides (English, Spanish, German)
- Rubber boots, raincoats, lifesaver.
- WIFI in social areas.
Excluded
- International flights.
- Transfer to the meeting point in Quito.
- Extra meals and extra drinks before and after the trip.
- Excursions and activities not specified in the program.
- Soft and alcoholic Drinks.
- Travel and health insurance. Tips. Extras.
- Additional alcoholic beverages.
- Visit to the community & shaman USD 20 per person.
- Binoculars.
- Transfer from Quito / to Quito Tourist bus.
- Flight Quito - Coca - Quito.
- Alcoholic and bottled beverages.
- Tips, and personal expenses.
- Transfer from Coca to - Cuyabeno Bridge.
- 1 night accommodation in Coca at Gran Hotel del Lago with breakfast.