On arrival at Coca, the lodge staff will provide you with a picnic lunch and then you will set off in a motorboat on the Napo River, the first opportunity to take in the exuberant vegetation as far as the eye can see. Yasuní National Park, a Unesco Biosphere Reserve, is one of the most diverse places in the world, with over 9,600 square kilometres of protected natural area and jungle home to some of the world's hardest-to-spot animals such as the jaguar, puma and tapir. By staying at the Napo Cultural Center you will have the opportunity to enter the aboriginal territory of the Kickwa Añangu community. Its members will welcome you with a traditional cold drink called "wayusa", a sort of Amazonian tee. You will then have time to settle into your cabins and get ready for your first excursion along the river.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

• standard sup: Napo Cultural Center Lodge

After breakfast, you will leave by boat to one of the most popular places in the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve. After a 30-minute walk you will arrive at the clay wall where parrots and parakeets come to collect the minerals essential for their well-being. You can see up to 11 species of birds and maybe even some mammals such as howler monkeys, tapirs and peccaries. You will then continue your journey to the "Kuri Muyu" Intercultural Interpretation Centre run by the women of the community who will tell you about the Kichwa culture, their crafts, customs and the use they make of the natural resources around them. Return to the lodge for lunch, then in the afternoon you will take a one hour hike to the observation tower overlooking the canopy at 35m above ground. You will have a great chance to see different species of monkeys, toucans, parrots and sloths. After dinner, you will have the pleasure of boarding the community's ancestral catamaran on the Napo River and listening to traditional legends and songs while the women cook delicious barbecued snacks.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

• standard sup: Napo Cultural Center Lodge

During this morning you will visit the sustainable projects of the community, talk about the Kichwa cosmovision and the medicinal plants along the “mamakunas” trail. An excellent opportunity to see wild animals, giant ceibos, bambus, lianas and other plants endemic to Yasuní. After a delicious local lunch, you will go by canoe to cross the ecosystem of "aguas negras" where monkeys leap from tree to tree and where caimans and giant otters can sometimes be approached. Traditional Amazonian dinner where you can taste some local flavors such as "maito", fish wrapped in a bilbao leaf, and for the more curious, "chontakuru", grilled barbecued worm. Once night has fallen, a short digestive walk around the lodge to observe reptiles, monkeys and nocturnal insects.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

• standard sup: Napo Cultural Center Lodge

To end your Amazon adventure in style, you can participate in the mystical ritual of the "wayusada" (optional - around 4:30 am). Privileged moment around the traditional drink where the Kichwa families share their knowledge with the new generations, take in heart the traditional songs and interpret the dreams with the wisest “mamakuna” of the community. Breakfast at dawn before taking the boat back to the city of Coca and flying to Quito.

Meals: Breakfast