The Amazon and the Orinoco Savanna
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In one of those very ancient corners of the geography of South America, in the Maypures Raudal, called by Alexander Von Humboldt “The Eighth Wonder of the World”, the Orinoco River toils like a stampede of wild tatabros; revealed against the rock palisades it twists its course, leaps, bursts and thunders in waterfalls and whirlpools, and raises ferocious waves crowned with foam.
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Before the rapids, the Orinoco River born in the Pacaraima mountain range, between Venezuela and Brazil, gently receives the waters of the Atabapo River coming from the South and those of the Guaviare that flow from the West after receiving the Inrírida River that comes from the Southeast. In that superlative “river star” the rivers linger tame, varied and mighty. In the rapids of Atures and Maypures, on the other hand, they interrupt navigation and travelers must wear out the “docklands” along the banks and return to the boats upstream or downstream, depending on whether they are going or coming along the Orinoco, the second largest river in South America.
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Day 1. We meet at the El Dorado airport in Bogotá on day 1 at approximately 8:00 a.m. to take our Satena flight to Puerto Inírida. After landing we will navigate the Inírida River for two hours, heading to the Cerros de Mavicure. We will bring lunch. On the North shore, in the indigenous community of El Remanso, we will stop for a while. Then we will sail a little further to our camp on the banks of Caño San Joaquín, a small tributary of the Inírida that has the color of red wine and rests on a bed of white sand. We will spend the afternoon resting and swimming a little. Then we will have dinner and rest.
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Day 2. When the light of dawn breaks the horizon, we will get up to sail for a few minutes and then ascend the legendary Cerro Mavicure. Then we will go down to have breakfast and take a bath in the river. In the afternoon we will walk over the Amazonian savannahs, to where the extraordinary inirida flowers grow. We will take a break for lunch. In the afternoon we will sail in native canoes. Then we will have dinner and go to rest
Day 3 .After breakfast we sail along the Inírida River to the Fluvial Star of America, where the Guaviare River, which a few kilometers ago received the waters of the Inírida River, meet with the great Orinoco that comes from the East and turns towards the North, and with the Atabapo River, which comes from the South. We will then continue our journey to the great Mataven jungle. There we will have lunch and stay in Sarrapia, a community of Puinave indigenous people. At the mouth of the Matavén River we will make a stop to see the pink dolphins. In the afternoon we will appreciate their fine crafts, and if the weather allows us a clear sky, we will witness a magnanimous sunset on the banks of Caño Fruta. Then we will have dinner and go to rest.
Day 4. After breakfast we will leave the Matavén jungle to follow the Orinoco to the Maypures rapids; that “Eighth Wonder of the World” that Humboldt referred to in his Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New World. Once we arrive at El Mantequero, we will go by car to the Cargadero, a port on the southern bank of the Tuparro River to embark again at the mouth of the Tuparro River and sail to the mouth of the Tomo River or to the island of Tío Camejo, where our camp will be set up. After having lunch and resting, we will sail to the El Tuparro rapid and spend the afternoon letting ourselves be carried by the current, of course, equipped with life jackets. We will return to see the sunset from the beach, next to the camp. Then we will go to dinner and rest.
Day 5. After breakfast, we will ascend 300m to the top of Cerro del Guahibo, which is part of the ancient rocks of the Guayanes Shield and offers a privileged view of the tepuis of the Roraima formation and the Maypures rapid. Then we will return to the camp to take a bath in the Orinoco River and have lunch. In the afternoon we will go to contemplate the Maypures Raudal, which Humboldt called “The Eighth Wonder of the World.” Then we will go to dinner and rest.
Day 6. After breakfast we will navigate the Orinoco and the Tomo River, to appreciate the abundance and diversity of birds on the extensive beaches. After lunch we will take a break and at the end of the afternoon we will take the last look at the Maypures raudak. It will be our farewell. We will have dinner and go to rest.
Day 7. After breakfast we will navigate the Orinoco, we will pass through the Atures rapids, the widest in the world, we will stop to walk along those ancient and magnanimous rocks and along those white sand soils. Then we will stop in Casuarito for lunch and then continue to Puerto Carreño, where we will have dinner and spend the night in a hotel.
Day 8. After breakfast we will sail to the Bojonawi Nature Reserve and return to collect our luggage in time to go to the airport to take our Satena flight to Bogotá. End of our trip.
PRICE 8 Days $1,900 PER PERSON