Amazonian Immersion
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- Discover Achuar Culture
- Connect with Andean Cultures
- Visiting Ecuador’s Amazon and Andes
- Travel the Avenue of the Volcanoes
- Explore Achuar Territory
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Arrival in Quito. Group stays at the charming hotel, Café Cultura.
After breakfast and an orientation meeting at Café Cultura, we’ll head north to the scenic Andean region of Otavalo where we’ll explore the open-aired indigenous artisan market displaying the crafts and culture of the Otavalan Quichua people. Next, we’ll visit with a ...
Join your family in making fresh corn tortillas over a fire and enjoy other locally-grown foods for breakfast. We’ll learn about the background and history of the Karanqui people and the project of San Clemente, including the Andean calendar and cosmo-vision. Then we’...
After breakfast with families, we’ll set out on long hike up the sacred Imbabura volcano, sharing a picnic lunch at the high altitude with sweeping views. We’ll rest upon return and have dinner with families followed by cultural sharing and celebration, including traditional Andean music.
After breakfast and farewells with our indigenous families, we’ll embark on a beautiful drive, visiting the center of the world (equator) along the way – descending the Andes through the avenue of the volcanoes and the mysterious cloud forests until we reach the gatew...
Head to the nearby town of Shell where we’ll take a 45-minute flight deep into the Amazon rainforest to the Achuar village of Sharamentsa. Here we will stay for 5 nights in the newly completed community lodge constructed in traditional Achuar design and situated idyll...
We’ll be invited to partake in an early morning dream sharing ritual, one the Achuar perform each day over gourds of energy-enhancing guayusa green-tea, to purify and gain essential insight and guidance on how to live and what to do each day. After breakfast, e’ll hea...
After a leisurely breakfast, we’ll have a debrief conversation with the shaman followed by considerable free time for rest and reflection to journal, relax in a hammock, practice yoga or whatever you’re called to do. In the afternoon, we’ll go out onto the Pastaza riv...
Early morning dream sharing ritual for those who wish to participate. Cultural activities with our hosts where they’ll teach us how to make ceramic bowls, weave baskets, hammocks and headbands, carve darts and shoot a blowgun. In the afternoon, we’ll visit an Achuar g...
In the morning, we’ll have time to share with the community and one another about our experiences. Then we’ll have some free time to rest, reflect, journal or simply take in the vitality of the forest. In the afternoon, there will be the option to join our hosts for g...
Early morning dream sharing ritual for those who wish to participate. After breakfast, we’ll express our appreciation to the community and say our farewells. Then we’ll fly back over the rainforest to the small town of Shell where our bus will take us back to the near...
A day of completion, commitments and celebration. Morning circle to share experiences, learnings and commitments for returning home. Drive back through the Avenue of the Volcanoes to the rural hotel an hour south of Quito, Sierra Alisos, for our farewell dinner and lodging.
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