Colombian Amazon Tour
Amazon Tour from Colombia: 4 Days in the Jungles of Colombia, Brazil and Peru
- Duration
- 4 days
- Price
- from $800 per person
A 4-day Amazon tour from Colombia: a maloca, kayaking, a night on a treetop platform and piranha fishing.
If you grew up watching wildlife documentaries, the Amazon is probably a special place for you. The name alone promises adventure and something truly wild.
This Amazon tour from Colombia is four days in the jungles of three countries: Colombia, Brazil and Peru. The Amazon covers about 1% of the Earth’s surface, yet it’s home to roughly 10% of all known species. On this tour, you’ll visit a traditional Indigenous maloca, paddle a kayak, spend a night on a platform in a tree canopy 40 meters above the ground and travel by boat along the Amazon, the largest river in the world by water volume.
There are many Amazon tours from Colombia, but only a few let you truly immerse yourself in the local culture and experience the world that locals call the “selva”. If you prefer real conversations with local people to staged tribal dances, and wildlife conservation projects to places where animals are kept for tourist photos, I invite you to join me on this Colombian Amazon tour.
Price:
- 1,700 USD per person for a group of 2
- 1,200 USD per person for a group of 3
- 1000 USD per person for a group of 4
Included: accommodation, meals, insurance, a local guide and an English-speaking guide, all activities, all transfers from Leticia and boat rides
Not included: Bogota–Leticia–Bogota flights, airport tourist tax (50,000 COP), tips and personal expenses
Program
1Day 1. The Colombian jungle: a maloca and your first night in the rainforest
Today our jungle adventure begins. First, we’ll learn about the traditions of local Indigenous peoples by visiting a maloca, a traditional Amazonian communal house. Community members will tell us about their customs and the plants they use as medicine. We’ll walk around the community and ask them questions. After lunch, we’ll head deep into the jungle. We’ll watch for animals and plants, learn to read tracks and pick up basic jungle survival skills. Then we’ll set up camp and cook dinner over a fire. At night, we’ll go on a walk to look for nocturnal animals and insects. We’ll sleep in hammocks right in the jungle, an adventure you’ll remember for a long time!
2Day 2. Kayaking and a night 40 metres up in Brazil
We’ll kayak down the calm Tacana River to the port of São João on the Brazilian side. After lunch in the Tacana settlement, we’ll walk to a giant cedrorana tree. Using ropes and safety harnesses, we’ll climb to a platform 40 meters up in the tree. We’ll watch the sunset and have dinner right on the platform, then spend the night there on mattresses and in sleeping bags under a huge mosquito net.
3Day 3. The Amazon River and the flooded forests of Peru
We’ll watch the sunrise over the treetops and rappel down from the tree. By off-road vehicle or motorbike (depending on road conditions), we’ll get to the port of Tabatinga. From there, we’ll take a boat along the Amazon River, then switch to a motorized canoe to reach Lake San Roque. Part of the way to the lake is by canoe and part on foot through the forest. When we arrive, if we’re lucky, we’ll see the big caimans that rule Lake San Roque. In the evening, we’ll go out on a night walk to look for jungle creatures.
4Day 4. The Peruvian jungle and return to Leticia
Go piranha fishing, walk through the rainforest and watch for wildlife. After lunch, return to Leticia by motorised canoe along the Amazon, arriving at around 5 pm. The tree climb and platform night depend on the weather and the local guide's decision; if cancelled, the group sleeps in hammocks under a shelter on the ground.
