This experience is right for you if you:
Is this experience right for you?
If you’re looking for a more social pace with lighter structure, Experience (4D/3N) may feel like a better fit.
How you’ll spend your time
Over five days, you’ll spend time:
- Paddling slowly and quietly through narrow streams
- Exploring rivers, lagoons, and flooded forest by canoe
- Spotting wildlife during the day and after dark
- Walking through primary forest with a local guide
- Visiting a local community and learning from daily life there
- Making chocolate and coffee where it’s grown
- Resting, swimming, reading, and settling into lodge life
This is how the days tend to go
Days adapt to wildlife, weather, and the group.
Day 1. Arrival & Settling in
Your adventure begins at 11:00 am at the entrance of the Cuyabeno Reserve, with a canoe trip down the river to our lodge (3 hours exploring the river in search of monkeys, birds, etc.). Lunch and time to relax. In the afternoon we will explore the river and the lagoon in search of more animals, you will swim and enjoy the sunset.
At night, we will have a canoe expedition in search of caimans. Dinner. For all our guests interested in learning more about the Amazon jungle, every night the naturalist guide will give different talks such as “Culture and communities, flora, fauna and conservation”.
Day 2. Forest, Rivers & Wildlife
In the morning after breakfast, we will take a walk of approximately 4 hours in the primary forest accompanied by the naturalist guide who will explain about medicinal plants, frogs, insects, birds, etc. Lunch at the lodge and time to relax.
In the afternoon, we will explore the creeks in a traditional rowing canoe and enjoy the sunset on the river and, if conditions allow, you will be able to see pink dolphins. We will return to the lodge and you will prepare for the night walk. Dinner. That night you will have the opportunity to taste different traditional drinks of the Amazon.
Day 3. Community & Local Life
After breakfast, you will get ready for an exciting morning; you will explore in total tranquility and silence the streams and the flooded forest with its unique habitat in a traditional rowing canoe. In this activity, by going very slowly and quietly, you have the opportunity to see more species of monkeys, birds, sloths, dolphins and more. Lunch at the lodge and time to relax. After the break you will prepare and taste coffee and chocolate in a traditional way.
At night after dinner you can join our talks or if you like adventure we have prepared for you a place in the middle of the forest where you can spend few hours or all night enjoying incredible sounds of the jungle.
Day 4. Rowing Canoe
After breakfast we will visit the community, an indigenous woman will explain us about her culture, clothing, language and gastronomy. We will prepare our lunch with her.
In the afternoon the shaman of the community will teach us about medicinal plants and rituals of the Amazon. We will return to the lodge, at night we will have dinner. Night hike.
Day 5. Sunrise & Departure
Early in the morning we will explore the river in search of birds and you will enjoy the sunrise. After this activity we will return to the lodge to have breakfast and you will have time to organize your luggage.
We will take the canoe back and explore the Cuyabeno River for 2 hours in search of more fauna until the entrance of the reserve (11am), where you can take your transportation back home. End of the tour.
Why people choose ENJOY (5D/4N)
They want more.
Enjoy is about time and depth.
You’re not trying to fit everything in. You’re staying long enough for moments to repeat, patterns to emerge, and the jungle to feel familiar.
Compared to Explore, the pace is slower and quieter.
Compared to Experience, there’s more room and more space to simply be.
This is the choice for guests who want to sink into the Amazon not just pass through it.
You’re in Good Hands
A few things people usually want to know before booking
Small groups by design, Guided by people from here
Small groups led by bilingual local guides who create moments, not rigid itineraries.
What’s covered is simple and clear
Accommodation, meals, guided activities, and essential equipment are included, so you don’t have to piece things together.
Care is built into how we operate
From daily decisions to group flow, everything is run with attention, experience, and support on hand.
Getting here is explained before you arrive
We walk you through how to reach Cuyabeno ahead of time, so there are no surprises.
Pricing and options are handled on the Plan Your Trip page.