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The Amazon department (state) is located in the extreme south of Colombia in the Amazon Region, at the border with Peru and Brazil, Leticia, its capital, is the town that will receive you when traveling to this destination. All the surrounding area of Leticia is naturally and culturally important due to the great biodiversity and the several indigenous ancestral cultures living there since centuries ago.
This is a short tour designed for those people that want a quick visit to the Colombian Amazon jungle visiting the highlights of the surrounding area of Leticia, including Omagua and Marasha reserves, visiting also Macedonia, the Monkeys’ island and Puerto Nariño. For this experience we deeply recommend to arrive early in the morning on the first day and flying out late on the third day.
(09:30 – 13:30) – Welcoming by the local team at Leticia airport, depending on the arrival time, after that you will be taken to a rural area, where you will check-in on beautiful tree houses at Omagua reserve and will have lunch. Afterwards, you will visit a Huitoto indigenous community, doing a jungle trek and activities near the Takana river. At night you will have dinner at the “Maloka” (indigenous meeting house) and will share some moments with the elders of the community having a talk about their culture and cosmovision. After that you will get back to the ecolodge.
(07:00) – Breakfast & check-out, from Leticia you will do an 87 kms navigation in speed boats in a shared tour on the Amazon river stopping on the way at the Monkeys’ island and Macedonia, which is a Ticuna indigenous community, before arriving to Puerto Nariño, where you will have lunch and a city-tour. Afterwards you will visit the Tarapoto lakes, expecting to see the pink dolphins, the Victoria Regia and the Lotus flower before heading by boat towards Marasha Reserve, where you will spend the night, will have dinner and will do a night activity looking for caimans and nocturnal fauna.
(05:00) – Optional bird-watching activity and breakfast, later on, you will do a jungle trek at Marasha looking for the fauna and flora of the peruvian side of the Amazon river which is different to the fauna and flora on the Colombian side, as the first one is frequently flooded and its jungle in general has lower altitude. Here you will have lunch and different jungle activities such as kayak, fishing, swimming on the lakes or watching the Pirarucú. Then we will get back to Leticia where we will take you to the airport in order to take your flight out.
➡Option of booking the flights with us.
➡Option of canopy and sport activities at natural reserves near Leticia.
➡Option of organizing specialized activities such as bird-watching, herpetology, specific fauna observation, among others.
➡ Other languages speaking guides or translators (For this we need to confirm availability of guides).
