La Selva Jungle Lodge
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La Selva Jungle Lodge
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The La Selva Jungle program is available in two standard lengths; 5-days/4-nights and 4-days/3-nights. If you have the time we recommend the longer stay - just like the Galápagos, you are going a long way to get to the Amazon Basin, and making quite the effort to get there, so give yourself time to really be immersed in the experience. Schedules are flexible, with the exception that flights between Quito and Coca (the jumping off point on the upper river) are daily except Sunday. Sample Itinerary Day 1; Arrival • Morning transfer to the Quito airport for a 45 minute flight to the jungle frontier town of Coca. Following a quick transfer to the river port, you will begin a 3-hour long-boat excursion down the Napo River. The farther downriver, and away from civilization, you travel the Days 2, 3 & (maybe) 4; At the Lodge • Days at the lodge will be full, with morning and afternoon guided excursions (plus possibly evening outing as well). The lodge guides will go over possible destinations with the group, including numerous walks and canoe journeys. Favorite destinations might include a forest canopy observation tower, the butterfly house, or a clay lek mobbed with parrots. Day 4 or 5; Departure • Early morning breakfast at the lodge. Shortly after sunrise you will begin the journey back to Quito - the dugout across the lake, boardwalk to the river, 3-4 hour longboat up the Napo, and 45minute flight to Quito. Upon arrival (mid-day) you will be transferred back to your hotel. Accommodations at the lodge are in rustic native style elevated cabins. All cabins have private bathrooms (with hot showers), and mosquito nets on the beds. Separate buildings house the bar/library and dining rooms. La Selva takes great pride in the quality of food presented in the dining room. Electricity at the lodge is from a generator (set well away from the cabins), and it is possible to recharge camera batteries from outlets (110 volts/U.S. style plugs) in the bar. While there are electric lights at much of La Selva, the generator is off beginning at 10pm, and there are no outlets in the individual cabins. The La Selva Lodge experience is all inclusive; program includes airport transfers in Quito, porterage of 2 pieces of luggage per person, accommodations at the lodge (double and shared double cabins), all meals beginning with lunch on your arrival day through breakfast on your departure day (including coffee, tea and water, plus fresh juices at breakfast). Daily excursions, whether on foot, by dugout canoe, or longboat, are led by an expert Naturalist Guide and Native Tracker. Group size is kept small (usually 8 or less people per group) and the trail interpretation is in English. Prices are $872 per person (double occupancy) for the 4-day/3-night program, or $1007 for the 5-day/4-night program, including the roundtrip Quito to Coca flights, and Yasuni National Park entrance fee. Prices do not include sodas or alcoholic beverages, or gratuities to the guides and staff ($10 per day, per guest, suggested). Optional Add-on's • Several options may be added to your already full and varied schedule if you wish; from a private sunrise breakfast served 135 feet above the forest floor in the canopy tower, to a candle-light dockside dinner on the lake, to a sunset paddle with wine and snacks around the lake, or an Indigenous Spa treatment. Another option is a night truly away from it all, camping in a deluxe.field camp surrounded by forest... Packing guidelines: Temperatures throughout the year are typically in the low 80's, with some humidity. Rain is possible year-around, with the high water months being June-August, and November. The La Selva Lodge staff has compiled the following suggested packing list: |
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