Expedition Details
Kapawi is the only indigenous owned and operated lodge in the Amazon. Immerse yourself in the rainforest and learn the ways of the indigenous community that has lived there for centuries. Itineraries focus around the river, the lifeblood of the Kapawi, and is catered to your desires. Some of the activities include birdwatching for parrots, river touring to see dolphins, hiking the rainforest, visiting the shaman, participating in local traditions, walking the rainforest at night to see spiders and frogs, yoga, meditation and ceremony.
Kapawi Eco-lodge 7-night trip itinerary runs Monday-Monday or Friday-Friday. This travel experience allows our guests to customize their experience, with activities ranging from wildlife, birdwatching, relaxed or hard-core adventures, hiking and paddling, fishing, and cultural immersion. Our 7-night program allows our guests and visitors to spend 1 full week in the Achuar territory, which provides enough time to include more natural and cultural activities in their travel itinerary, with the option of spending one night in one of the neighboring Achuar communities, or visit more than one community. Sometimes it is not necessary to leave the ecolodge to enjoy the Amazon Rainforest, or the Achuar culture!! Our 7-night travel experience also allows our guests and visitors to have more time to relax at the ecolodge, enjoy the sounds of the forest, observe wildlife on site, or go swimming or kayaking in the Capahuari river right from our dock.
Trip Highlights
- Spend one week in the Ecuadorian Amazon
- Stay with the Achuar Amazon Tribe
- Birdwatching, hiking, swimming and wildlife viewing
Location: Kapawi, Pastaza, Ecuador
Duration: 8 days / 7 nights
Departures: Every Monday and Friday
Season: Year Round
Difficulty: 1 2 3 4 5
Minimum: 16 passengers
Price: Starting at $2149 USD Per person
Duration: 8 Days/ 7 Nights
Season: All Year
Group Departures: Every Monday & Friday
Why we love Kapawi Ecolodge
Inaugurated in 1996, Kapawi Ecolodge is an award-winning Achuar indigenous ecotourism enterprise, located in Ecuador’s last large tract of Amazon Rainforest in southeastern Ecuador. Kapawi Ecolodge offers a unique and authentic natural and cultural travel experience deep in the Amazon Rainforest, in the lower basin of the Pastaza, Capahuari, and Kusutkau rivers. Kapawi is owned and operated by the local communities, and offers an immersion in nature and culture, and an experience with Achuar communities, forest, and Amazon rivers.
Kapawi Ecolodge FAQ’s
What’s Included in your Ecolodge Amazon experience?
- Private accommodation in double rooms.
- All meals
- Local and naturalist bilingual guides
- All activities including hikes, river activities, community visits and overnights.
- Boots and rain poncho
- International flights to and from Ecuador
- Alcoholic beverages (Please bring US dollars in cash. Unfortunately we cannot take credit card payments at the ecolodge yet.)
- Souvenirs (handicrafts, ceramic, weavings)
- Overland Transportation. The Kapawi experience starts when you board the plane in Shell. We can arrange private transfers to Shell from different starting points: Quito, Baños, others. Please ask for a personalized quote.
- Private flights. Chartered two-way flight Shell-Kapawi-Shell. Includes a 50-minute flight each way in a small 3-, 5-, or 9-seater plane over the Amazon basin. Price per person is USD 290.
- Single supplement 30%
- Children under 12 years old get 30% off regular program price
- Private flights Shell-Kapawi – $145
- Private flight Kapawi-Shell – $145
Clothing
- 5 to 6 pairs of lightweight long pants; quick drying material preferred. Avoid jeans, as weather is hot, humid and wet.
- 5-6 long-sleeved shirts; quick-drying material preferred.
- 5 or 6 short sleeved t-shirts.
- 1 pair of hiking socks for each day in the rainforest.
- 1 light windbreaker, sweater or fleece jacket.
- 1-2 brimmed hats (suitable for both sun and rain).
- Bathing suits.
- 1 rain poncho.
Footwear
- 1 pair of comfortable walking shoes.
- 1 pair of sandals.
Equipment
- Sun block lotion. SPF 45 or higher is recommended.
- Insect repellent (plenty of, as also useful to spray directly onto clothing).
- After bite/itch relief
- Anti-malaria pills (please check with physician before).
- Small flashlight. Headlamp models recommended.
- Refillable Water bottle.
- Binoculars (optional)
- Diarrhea medication, rehydration sachets, probiotics and electrolytes.
- 1 quick drying towel
- Wet tissues or supplies of small tissue packs
- Light snacks/energy bars (just in case)
- Black bin liners/or zip lock bags to keep belongings dry
- Journal/camera/sunglasses etc
- Personal toiletries
- All prices are per person and in U.S. Dollars
- Prices are based on double accommodation
- Single supplement is 30%
- Children under 12 years old get 30% off regular program price
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