Your Visit

A few months a year, we invite small groups of people to come and share our traditional ways of life. We pick you up in Rurrenabaque and we travel upriver in our dugout canoes for 2 days. We sleep at our friend’s village on the way. On the river, you will see birds (macaws, parrots, yellow egrets, herons...), turtles, crocodiles, blooming trees etc. Upon arrival, you’ll live in a traditional cabin for 2 people at the edge of the village. You can bathe in the river and eat dinner with us.

For the next few days, we will share our lives with you; among the possible activities, we will:

• Gather wood and fibers and make bow and arrows
• Fishing by bow and arrow
• Cook our new fishing catch on our wood fire
• Gather palms and fronds to make baskets
• Gather cotton and dye it with natural dyes,
• Work in our garden and harvest our food and cook it in our way
• Harvest sugar cane and make juice
• Walk in the forest and share with you our knowledge of plants and animals
• Gather medicine and food from the forest
• Harvest nuts and make milk
• Teach you to make the sounds of birds and animals
• Harvest small trees to make the fibers our ancestors used for clothing
• Take you on night walks to see the jaguar and the tapir

Suggested Itinerary

Day 1; arrival in La-Paz. Flight to Rurrenabaque. Check in to Hotel. Rest. (D*)
Day 2; a day in Rurrenabaque. Meet us and prepare for the trip upriver (B, L)
Day 3; board the canoes and travel upriver. Night along the way. (B, L, D)
Day 4; travel upriver, arrive in the village. Rest (B, L, D)
Day 5; through 9; live in the village with us (B, L, D)
Day 10; travel downriver to Rurrenabaque. Check in the hotel. Dinner at the hotel (D)
Day 11; rest in Rurrenabaque. Lunch with us for goodbyes (B, L)
Day 12; rest in Rurrenabaque (optional visit of the nearby pampas)
Day 13; flights out of Rurrenabaque and out of Bolivia

• B; Breakfast
• L; Lunch
• D; Dinner