Araracua return to the ancestors 6 Days

To enter the deep jungle of this territory is to know that we carry native blood in our veins and therefore it is necessary to return to our roots with wisdom, sharing the sweet word that gives us the mambe and the ambil.

In the heart of the Amazon, near the Serranía de Chiribiquete National Park, is the epicenter of indigenous cultures: Araracuara, cradle of the macaws and the ancestral grandparents/elementals earth, air, water and fire. To enter the deep jungle of this territory is to know that we carry native blood in our veins and therefore it is necessary to return to our roots with wisdom, sharing the sweet word that gives us the mambe and the ambil.

If you feel the call of the jungle, you will notice that there is a small part of you that needs to connect with the energy that the macaws emanate when they sing free in the skies.

You will understand the meaning of life as you let go of material things. To travel to Araracuara, all we need is our presence, our cell phone, insect repellent and a super comfortable change of clothes, we will not need our toiletries, since we will learn to use those of the jungle, hence we will return to our ancestors with their power plants, their gastronomy, sacred places, oral tradition and word circles inside the Malokas.

The Andokes and Uitoto communities are waiting for you in this green corner of Colombia to remember together the walk of the ancestors, hand in hand with grandfather Tabaco and mother Coca.

What's included?

Food & drinks

- Airfare San José del Guaviare - Araracuara - San José del Guaviare

- Meals: 5 breakfasts, 5 lunches and 5 dinners, snacks and hydration.

- Lodging: Directed camping on the beach and Maloka Indígena.

- River transfers on the Mesay, Yarí, Caquetá and Caquetá rivers and the canals described in the tourist experience.

- 3 land transfers between the airstrip of Araracuara, the village and Puerto Arturo.

- Tourist guide, cargo and logistic support during the 6 days.

- Traveler's assistance insurance

- Visit to Chorro de Masaca, La Gamitana, the Lost City, El Mirador del Guacamayo, El Chorro and Balcón de Araracuara, Caño Paujil, Caño Monochoa, Cañón de Angosturas and its maloka, the waterfall of the scaleless mojarra and the bell.

- Economic contributions to 3 indigenous reserves: Huitoto indigenous reserve of Monochoa and Andoke Poosioho of the Aduche indigenous reserve, Guacamayo community.

Please note

Passport required

- Vaccination card is mandatory

It is important to keep in mind; in any part of the world, inequality and poverty are two phenomena that predominate in these times. Before the conquest and the colonizing processes executed in the Amazon region, the indigenous communities lived in abundance, had no diseases, lived together in the best way and especially their ancestry allowed to pass from generation to generation the teachings of life and nature, then, that rhythm of life, that culture of abundance would be overshadowed by colonial phenomena and illegal economies, clearly influencing in a transculturation of the indigenous peoples, changing the mentality of abundance to the mentality of money, the easy mentality was left after the era of drug trafficking in the 80's and being prevented by the scourges of armed conflict in the 90's, have skewed the emergence of a department as important as Caquetá; department with one of the largest water supplies in the country, home to about 80% of the PNN Chiribiquete and has its own sacred and pristine places for the enjoyment and contemplation through nature tourism, and in this alternative, is where the hope of safeguarding the culture and preserve our ecosystems is born, therefore, to reach the Caquetá you will see from the air the golden door (entrance) of the Colombian Amazon, you will feel the climas, fríos, cálidos y templados, comerás buen queso, piña, escucharás un lenguaje golpeado con un acento fuerte, sentirás mucho calor entre las 9 am y las 04 pm y no solo eso, la transpiración o sudoración será bastante debido a la alta humedad relativa que tenemos en la región, por ende, no será extraño que veas hombres sin camisa, otros descalzos, sin zapatos. Al llegar a las comunidades indígenas los veremos a ellos con vestimenta común y corriente a la de cualquier persona (producto de la afectación cultural en otrora) salvo si es un evento tradicional de ellos, en la que realizan sus rituales y usan sus trajes típicos, por lo tanto NO encontraremos indígenas semidesnudos o algo así por el estilo, la gastronomía es a base de pescados como: Bocachico, cachama, sábalo, gamitana, bagres como el lechero, pintadillo, chontaduro, por otra parte, si estás totalmente dispuesto(a) a una inmersión cultural, comerás fariña, casabe, caguana, probarás el mambe y el ambil, teniendo en cuenta las recomendaciones de los abuelos (taitas) indígenas, para las comunidades indígenas es predominante en su alimentación el Ají y la Yuca, también frutos amazónicos cómo el arazá, el copoazú, el asaí, la canangucha, entre otros.

In our journey we will not find luxury in the jungle, our accommodation will be communal where you and no one else will know closely what it is to be and live as an indigenous and peasant in the vast jungles of Caqueta, you will meet humble people with a big heart, who will share with you the best anecdotes and stories lived in the manigua.

Something very important for the expedition is to apply 3 days before the expedition 2 cm of B complex or Thiamine to avoid mosquito bites during the day and mosquitoes at night, on the other hand it is advisable (from experience) clothing that covers the arms and legs completely and light colors (preferably quick drying) NO dark colors, that attracts mosquitoes and mosquitoes in an impressive way, super comfortable clothes, loose, nothing glued to the body, the looser the better, a kettle that covers the back of the neck, sunscreen, and a buff ideal for when the mosquitoes are very rambunctious in the day.