CYCLING IN THE AMAZON RAINFOREST
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Day 1
Your adventure will start in Cuenca. First, we will pick you up; you are just two hours and a half away from a peaceful Amazonian town called Limon Indanza. You'll head into town for a look around and a chance to grab any extra snacks and bits of equipment before starting the cycling. After fitting your bike and once you and your bike are a match, you will head out for a test ride and follow the gravel road for 10km of ascent and 3km of descent full of life in the middle of the jungle with unique landscapes.
Be ready for swimming, scrambling, and waterfall showers. You will find a series of waterfalls from 5 to 10 meters high, which form a beautiful landscape surrounded by vegetation, the sound of birds, a great diversity of insects, and the elegance of butterflies where we can feel the soft and fresh breeze. Next, you will have lunch and return to our meeting point by car.
In the evening, you will visit a special place to taste food from the Amazon prepared in gourmet style. Finally, in Limon, you will stay in a beautiful, comfortable place surrounded by nature and fantastic views.
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Day 2
After breakfast, we will take our bikes and be ready for a 12km ascent and 10 km descent. Following, you will pass remote settlements, villages, and cabins. Afterward, you will stop in Indanza, a scenic spot for photography.
Next, you are going downhill, arriving at an impressive jungle spot where you will discover a great variety of mysterious petroglyphs. Most of these figures resemble humans, animals, and geometric forms. This visit will take us to an unknown world of primitive cultures that are more than 5,000 years old. Afterward, you will arrive at a wild camp for a refreshing bath in the river, where you'll have time to swim, celebrate with a beer with your teammates, and have lunch before returning to Cuenca.
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Include: Comfortable 4WD, certified naturalist English speaking guide, driver, accommodation, and enriching cultural and natural experience. We will provide you with mountain bike, helmet, and car assistance.
Meals included: box lunch, breakfast, dinner, and lunch. Snacks, soft drinks, and drinks are not included.
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ANDES LOCATIONSThe Andes is the most visited region in Ecuador. It has cultural and natural diversity that makes it breathtaking. You can find paramos to beautiful volcanos and mountains such as Cotopaxi, Sincholagua, Antisana, Chimborazo, hot springs, deserts, and lagoons like San Pablo Cuicocha. In addition, plenty of places like old cities, indigenous markets, and cloud forests exist in small areas. We can provide accommodation, logistics, and all the required conditions for your productions.
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AMAZON LOCATIONSThis region offers incredible places and people to make something unique: the magnificent Tayo´s Cave, Cuyabeno, and Yasunà (the most biodiverse on Earth). We also can find multiple nationalities like Shuar, Huaorani o Waorani, Achuar, and many more. Therefore, our most important accomplishments are getting permission and being welcome to remote places.
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GALAPAGOS LOCATIONSGalapagos, couldn't be better for diving. You shall expect visibility from 50 to 80 feet or 15 to 25 meters in most places. Reef fish, sea lions, sting rays, golden rays, eagle rays, invertebrates, morays, garden eels, turtles, marine iguanas, white tip reef sharks, hammerheads, whale sharks, whales, pelagic fish. In solid land, you can find 13 main islands. Marine iguanas, Galapagos giant tortoises, Darwin's finches, flightless cormorants, flamencos, waved Albatross, Galapagos Fur Sea, Penguin, Lava Herons, and many more popular animals. We can arrange the logistics, planes, transportation, permits from Galapagos National Park, and all needed for your production.
Fitness Level
Medium ?
For someone who likes to trek and moves their body frequently
