Home of the monkeys MaiKuchiga

Place of recovery of primates.
 

• 7:30 am. Meeting with your guide at the hotel, transfers to the river dock on the Amazon River.

• Departure by speedboat Amazon tour customized to the group, we sail the Amazon upstream to the community of Mocagua (indigenous reservation Ticuna, neighbors of the National Park Amacayacu).

• Spectacular panoramic view of the Amazon River and border cities of Brazil, Peru and Colombia.

• During our tour over the imposing river, we appreciate the Amazon rainforest and the riverside villages of indigenous Ticunas and Yaguas de (Peru and Colombia).

• Arrival to the community of Mocagua, welcome from the residents of the community.

• In our visit to the community we will make a tour between houses and crops, visit the lake of the community and appreciate the Victoria Regia (lily Pads), the largest lotus in the world.

• Then we start the trek along the Maikuchiga trail to the house of the monkeys (highland jungle path and some flooded ).

• Recognizing jungle scenarios, species used in ethnobotany and wildlife observation.

• Instruction and identification of new world primate species, distribution and ecology.

• Arrival at the home of the Maikuchiga monkeys, contact and interaction with some of the species of monkeys in recovery such as: woolys, monk sakis, squirrels, white and brown Capuchin monkeys, that are part of the first stage of readaptation to the natural environment.

• Talk about the process of recovery of the monkeys, behavior, ecological function, stages for the reintegration into the natural environment, participation of the community of Mocagua, benefits for the community.

• Return to the community (the visit to the house of Maikuchiga and monkey’s island) during the high water season is only possible in canoes).

• Lunch in the community of Mocagua.

• Following our tour we visit the indigenous community of the Yaguas indigenous freedom, where we will have a brief cultural exchange with the residents of the community and purchase of handicrafts.

• Observation of pink and gray Amazonian dolphins (high probability activity, subject to hours of activity and travel).

• 5.00 p.m. Arrival at the Leticia pier, transfers to the hotel.

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