The route to the Amazonas River
The Spanish conquer Francisco de Orellana was the first expeditionary who together with 200 spanish and 4.000 indigenous from Quito, organized the most famous expedition from Pacific Oceanm(Ecuador) to Atlantic Oceanm(Belen-Brasil) trying to find a extraordinary and richness city called El DORADO.
After conquering the steep mountain ranges and overcoming an enormous number of difficulties, he arrived in the tropical forest, where he build a boat and navigated various rivers, finally arriving at the biggest river in the world: THE AMAZONAS.
ORELLANA gave the river its name after he battled a fierce band of woman warriors, he called AMAZONS.
Eventually, with few men and few provisions, on 24 August 1542 he arrived at the Atlantic Ocean; he didn't find the city of EL DORADO , but he did find the river ocean, THE AMAZONAS.
At present time our company can organize a program exploring and navigating on the Napo, Pañayacu, Yasuni, Aguarico rivers and Pañacocha and Jatuncocha lagoons, will know the Yasuni National Park and the Pañacocha Protected Rainforest (Ecuador). Santa Maria, Yanayacu , Curaray y Amazonas rivers (Peru ). Will have early bird watching, walk in primary forest, , fishing for piranhas, looking for mammals and pink river dolphins, searching for alligators at night, all of our activities to do with naturalist and native guides who show you all of the jungle secrets, will visit native families and we'll learn from their culture-traditions and the MOST IMPORTANT in this program you can follow the HISTORICAL trail of conquer Francisco de Orellana starting from Coca city in Ecuador and ending in Iquitos city in Peru.
Huaorani and Yasuní Park
The Huaorani/Waorani, or Waos are native Amerindians from the Amazonian Region of Ecuador. The Waodani believed the animals of their forest had a spiritual as well as physical existence. They believed that when one dies he walks a trail to the afterlife which has a large python in waiting.
The Huaorani must kill animals to live, but they believed dead animal spirits live on and must be placated or else do harm in angry retribution. To counterbalance the offense of hunting, a shaman demonstrated respect through the ritual preparation of the poison, curare, used in blow darts. Hunting with such darts is not even considered killing, but retrieving, another kind of harvesting from the trees. While never hunted, two other animals, the snake and the jaguar, have special significance for the Huaorani. Snakes are considered "the most evil force in the Huaorani cosmology" (Kane 1995:44), particularly the imposing (though nonvenemous) anaconda, or obe. A giant obe stands in the way of the forest trail that the dead follow to an afterlife with the creator in the sky.
The Waodani identify themselves deeply with the jaguar, an important and majestic predator in the Oriente. According to myth, the Huaorani were the descendants of a mating between a jaguar and an Arpia eagle. Elders became shamans by metaphorically adopting “jaguar sons” whose spirits communicate medical and spiritual knowledge. In the Huaorani belief system, jaguar shamans are able “to become a jaguar, and so to travel great distances telepathically and communicate with other Huaorani. As many as five communities, the Tagaeri, the Huiñatare, the Oñamenane and two groups of the Taromenane, have rejected all contact with non-Waodani, and continue to move into more isolated areas.
Llanganates national park
Ideal to do different types of tourist activities: science, aventure, family, where is possible to do several activities like: ecoturism, trekking, camping, fishing, birdwatching, , among the most important. Tour of the lakes, outstandingly Pisayambo, you can see also Patojapina, Anteojos, Yanacocha, Incas treasure, The Course of Valverde – is a document that guides treasure hunters to the treasure hidden by General Rumiñahui. Located 35 Km north-east of Pillaro.
Píllaro is the most important and easy access to Llanganates National Park. The Park has an area of 2,197.07 square Km. an altitude from 1200 to 4638 meters above sea level. Results of investigations show a rich biodiversity in the entire Park, not only at the species level but also of ecosystems. Such richness is probably due to the existence of altitudinal gradients, the historical events and geographic characteristics, myths, the Incas treasure, biodiversity, lakes system with over 200 registered and high endemism makes Llanganates one of the most intriguing natural places in the world.
Galapagos
Islas de Colón or Islas Galápagos are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed around the equator in the Pacific Ocean, 972 km west of continental Ecuador. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site: wildlife is its most notable feature.
The Galápagos Islands form the Galápagos Province of Ecuador and are part of the country's national park system. The principal language on the islands is Spanish. The islands have a population of around 40,000, which is a 40-fold expansion in 50 years.
The islands are geologically young and famed for their vast number of endemic species, which were studied by Charles Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle. His observations and collections contributed to the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection.
The first crude navigation chart of the islands was done by the buccaneer Ambrose Cowley in 1684. He named the individual islands after some of his fellow pirates or after the English noblemen who helped the privateer's cause. More recently, the Ecuadorian government gave most of the islands Spanish names. While the Spanish names are official, many users (especially ecological researchers) continue to use the older English names, particularly as those were the names used when Charles Darwin visited.
