First Day
We will thake you from Maturin the capital of the Monagas state 1h.by car over the savana passing Cattel-and Waterbufalofarms you arrive in the port of San Jose de Buja. Here our tour begins into the Orinoco Delta. We will negotiate our way through the river on our journey to the Orinoco Eco Camp.
When we arrive, there will be a small tour of the camp to familiarise yourself with your surroundings and we will provide you with a presentation explaining the aims, goals and achievements of our ecological camp inside the delta. After you have made yourselves at home, we can provide you with poles and bait the hooks with raw meat to fish for piranha. If you catch one, our kitchen can prepare it for a snack.
After lunch we take a boat and explore the surrounding jungle. We will take you through some of the small channels inside the delta where you can get a feel for the natural habitat. There will be many opportunities to observe the wildlife in the area. There are macaws, toucans, howler monkeys, dolphins and butterflies with a variety of colours. There is also a collection of flora indigenous to the Orinoco delta.
Towards the end of this trip we will stop the boat at an ideal location and serve some refreshments as you enjoy a beautiful sun setting on the horizon of the Orinoco delta. After sunset we take you back to the camp for dinner and socialising. There will bean option for a night trip to search the nocturnal world of alligators and snakes. This will be availble before or after dinner depending on river conditions.
Second Day
In the morning,befor breakfast we will thake you out in a origanall dugout canoe through small rivers observing the to enjoy the jungeldawn, after breakfast we take we will travelling around the delta by boat.
Crossing the Manamoriver the northern mainbranch of the orinocodelta up to the manrgroveforest and observing the change of animals and plants from primaryjungel to the mangroveswampland .
Light lunch on the way, a Warao guide will locate an ideal place in the jungle where you will take a walk and get a feeling of life inside this unforgiving environment. You will notice pungent odours weaving their way through a tapestry of crawling plants and giant trees racing towards the sky for sunlight. A perfect non-human system in an imperfect human world.
After sunset we will spent the night in the company of the Waraocomunity the indigenoustrible whos origans in the Delta can be traced back for thousens of years.
Third Day
In the morning we will have the opurnity to spend more time in the Warao village where we can learn more about the culture of these Rainforest community.After lunch heading back to the camp, we will have the opurtunity to swim on natural river beaches with dinner at the return to the Ecocamp.
Fourth Day
Early in the morning we are often woken by the calls of howler monkeys communicating across the jungle. At this time we will give you the chance to go on the river in a hand crafted dug out canoe. Here we will give you oars and a pilot to assit you in a short venture where you can experience the dawning of a sunrise on the Orinoco delta. This is a time when the environment prepares itself for the coming heat of the sun and is often the best time to observe the wildlife.
Our camp is the only camp located on a natural reserve and inside virgin jungle. Whereas ¾ of the delta is savanah and gallery jungle.
After breakfast we will take you to see this landscape. Here you will get the chance to visit a small farm and increase your perspective of the delta environment. You can observe a differnet wildlife including egrets, water buffalo, horn screamer´s, black ibis, etc.
After another delicious lunch, we take our boat back to our transportation.
Tour starts and ends in Ciudad Bolivar, Puerto Ordaz, Maturin or Carupano
The Tour may change, depending on water- levels, rainfalls and other natural forces.