Day One: Our car driver along with one of our Guides will pick you up from your hotel by 5pm to travel via highway to Nauta city. This will be  a 1.5hrs  car ride. We will stay in a small hotel in the city and have to get up very early the next morning to start our trip to the Pacaya Samira National Reserve.

 

We will navigate the waters of the Maranon River for approximately 180km - 4hrs- by speedboat until we reach Santa Rita de Castilla village where our local Guide will be waiting for us with a smaller wooden boat, which will take us to the Samiria River. From Santa Rita de Castilla it takes approx 20min to get to the 1rst Control Station of the Samiria Basin, where we must present our permits and register our entrance to this Protected Natural Area. After having done so, we will continue our journey to the community of San Martin de Tipishca, a village that belongs to the ethnic group Cocama Cocamilla, which will be our home base. We will arrive at this place by 1pm.

After getting accommodation at Casa Lupuna, a villager's facility, we will take a short break while we wait for lunch.

 

This afternoon, we'll make a tour around the community and learn about life of the local population. We will know about their crops, culture and customs. Children from the village will join us later to star collecting litter from the village and the lake. We will take our boat to go to a creek close to the community where we can see pink and gray dolphins. This will be a wonderful opportunity to swim close to them. We will also be able to see a variety of birds that live around.

We will contemplate the beautiful sunset and then return to have dinner.

 

This evening we are going to meet Mr. Cesar Canaquiri, an old man native from the village and head of a Conservation Project that is taking place in a lake inside the National Reserve. He will explain us about the work he is doing along with his family and how important this is.

 

A well-deserved night rest will be good after dinner.

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​​Day two: Mornings in this beautiful place are so pleasant, very peaceful… A good coffee or local infusion along with a delicious local food is what the cook will serve for breakfast. Right after enjoying breakfast, we need to pack the needed luggage and camping gears, get into the wooden boat and go for the fishing experience.

A boat ride of approximately 3hrs will take us deep into the forest where the campsite is located. Mr. Cesar Canaquiri built a hut aside the creek and this will be our refuge for the next days. On our way, more species of birds and cool landscapes in the forest can be seen. It will be a very entertained and interesting boat ride.

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Lunch will be prepared at local style. No gas or propane.
Camping tents will be set up later and afterwards, we are going to walk in the pristine jungle in the seek of land mammals. Most of the trails in the area are marked by the jaguars and you will see the footprints. Cross finger in order to find one of this big cat.
Remember to follow the directions of our Guide and specially of Mr. Cesar. It is very important in order to see animals in the wild. Our way back to the campsite will be after sunset and in the dark of the night some tarantulas, snakes, frogs, and other types of night creatures will be found.

Dinner will be served as soon as we get to the campsite.

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Day three: Our trip leader, Cesar Canaquiri is willing to take us into the lake where the giant Paiches are – Arapaima gigas.

He is going to teach us the method used to catch them. After a brief explanation, you will be invited to participate in this activity to catch one of these giant freshwater fish. Depending on the condition and the circumstance, he can either release it or kill it as part of his year harvest. This is doubtless the most exciting fishing day you will have.
Cesar is also teaching us about the other fish species and how we will be able to catch them, using fishing nets, hooks or spears. Lunch will be prepared at the shore of the lake.
After lunch we shall continue our fishing activity.

We need to head to the campsite in the afternoon before sunset and get ready for another night hike in the seek of peccaries, deers, tapirs and anacondas. Remember that animals in the area are wild and it is not easy to find them. However, we will do our best in order to get it.

 

Day four: We need to wake up at breakfast time.  After another breakfast in the middle of the jungle, we shall undo the tents, pack our luggage and get ready for a hike that will last for around one and a half hour approximately from our campsite to the banks of the Samiria river.

There will be a boat waiting for us in this place that will take us to the 3rd Control Station of this basin.

 

Lunch will be prepared on the banks of the Samiria River.

 

Once we get to the Control Station, we will register again. Depending on what the Rangers and our Official Guide say, we can spend the night in this station. It would be a good opportunity to interact with the Rangers, learn about their job and maybe do some activities together with them.

 

There is a lake nearby the Control station and we can head there during the night to look for snakes, anacondas, and night birds. If we are lucky, we could find some big mammals.

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​Day five:We should start heading back to the community of San Martin after breakfast. It is going to be a whole day journey, navigating down stream and get to San Martin by sunset.

 

Our dinner will be served as soon as we come to the community.

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​Day six: After breakfast, children from the village will be waiting for us to start our reforestation activity. Remember that they do have greenlings ready to be planted and that each one cost US$7. 
Every plant will be tagged with your name and the date you are planting it in order to keep a good record.
We do have specific spots to take them and be planted.

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We expect this activity to last till the afternoon. So, when we are back, a group of local musicians and dancers will perform a small ceremony to tell you Good-bye. 
You will also be invited to dance with them.

 

Tonight, we will have a very wonderful night.
There is a large and nice sand bank in front of the village where we will go camping. We are going to set fire and prepare a BBQ while we hear the jungle legends and stories.

 

​​Day seven: We must wake up by 4am and catch the boat that will take us back to the city. A long journey awaits for us. About 6 hours trip or more. Breakfast and luunch will be served onboard. As we say good-bye to the National Reserve, we will learn more about local villages that are set aside the the Maranhon river.