El
Dorado Jungle Adventure
- 6 Days 5 Nights. Photos
Angel Falls
This
jungle is one of the uninhabitted jungle areas of Venezuela,
with lush jungle, beautiful rivers and an abundance of wild
life, it is claimed that there are huge deposits of gold
and diamonds in these rivers, and fishing can be fun, alligators
can be seen during the night, using torch lights, which
easily facilitates observation by their bright red eye balls
from the reflection of the light rays. Night animals such
as the LAPA (Huge 8 pound rodent), and howling monkeys are
also in abundance. 200 kilos cat-fish can be a lucky catch
sometimes. Here we will gladly teach you how to survive,
and build camps using natural materials from the jungle.
Your interaction with your companions is at it’s peak
during your stay in this remote place, and you will have
the chance to inhale the pure and unpolluted air, with no
cars, and the noise to annoy the peace, we as humans deeply
need.
DAY 1: Arrival to El Dorado by bus from
Santa Elena or Cuidad Bolivar, depending on time of arrival,
we’ll navigate up the Yuruan river in motorized Curiaras
(dug-out from a huge tree trunk. In the afternoon we will
construct a camp site using natural materials from the jungle
for our sleep in hammocks with mosquito nets. In the evening
you’ll have a chance of trying your luck in fishing
for cat-fish, the absolute silence during the night will
give you the opportunity to listen to all the jungle noise
from toads, crickets, night birds, night animals, and will
also be a perfect chance to observe the stars and the moon.
DAY 2: After breakfast, we will continue
our trip up river, driving between rapids, and will have
to abondon the boat for safety reasons, while’st our
driver takes the boat over the rapids to the other side,
where we again get on board to continue our navigation,sometime
after lunch, we will get to the junction of the Yuruan and
Supamo rivers, where you can clearly observe the joining
of the two rivers,the Yuruan river with it’s very
dark coca colaish colour, and the Supamo river with it’s
muddy, grayish colour, can be distinguished with a perfect
line, dividing the two, like a mat on top of the flowing
river. During our boat ride, you can observe birds, monkeys,
and now and again on a lucky day Tapirs, deer, and sometimes
tiger cats. We again have to build our camp on the banks
of the river. During the night you again have to fish for
food. Howling monkeys will wake you up around 2 to 3 o’clock
in the morning, beware that these may sound very scary.
DAY 3 :In the morning our captain goes
hunting wild Turkeys for lunch, then we leave for the Junction
of the Gaspin and Yuruan rivers where we camp. Here we have
a small jungle walk to observe the wild natural medicinal
plants and their uses, and we will also show you some of
the edable plants found here. Again we fish for Pirannahs
for dinner.During the evening, we always serve Cuba libres
for our clients.
DAY 4: We will drive up River to the Salto
PARABAN, 55 meters high, with a beautiful sand bar at the
bottom, here we again do a small trek through the jungle
to the top of the waterfall, and in the afternoon return
to our camp.
DAY 5: Today we start to return down river
to our campsite, with small stops for swimming, and lunch.On
the way down we also carry you to a view point, from where
you can observe the tepuys in the Gran Sabana area.
DAY 6: After break-fast we return to El
Dorado, and take the night bus back to Santa Elena or Cuidad
Bolivar.
COST OF TOUR: $300P/P
INCLUDES:
1:Food during the trip 2:Fishing
equipment 3:Hammocks with mosquito nets
4:English spoken guide
DOES’NT INCLUDE: 1:Tips
WHAT TO BRING: 1:Hat or
cap 2:Sun screen 3:Sun
glasses 4:Torch lamp
5:Repellent 6:Light clothing
7:Sandals 8:Trekking or
tennis shoes 9:Swim suit 10:Plastic
bags for your crucial stuff 11:Camera
