Ecuador Tours: Cruise the Amazon Basin

Aina Montero — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:04:10 +0000

Travelers looking for a comfortable adventure need look no further than the Manatee Explorer. This riverboat sleeps 30 passengers and 12 crew members for an intimate cruise. The small size of the vessel and it’s unique engineering allow access to areas where other riverboats cannot enter. Highlights of the cruise include canoe voyages into smaller branches of the Napo river, visits to the Panacocha and Limoncocha lakes, and the parrot clay licks, where hundreds of parrots and macaws gather at a time. The Amazon basin truly is a birder’s paradise. Limoncocha lake alone has 465 species of birds, more than the entire United States of America. Nocturnal walks into the rainforest give visitors a chance to see other exotic wildlife species as well

Rooms are air-conditioned and comfortable, but not luxurious. The ship has a dining room, bar and multiple observation decks. Rates start at $523 per person (double occupancy) for a 3-night cruise, and include accomodations, meals, shore excursions and airport transfers. A national park entrance fee of $20, the flight from Quito to Coca ($120 roundtrip) and alcoholic beverages are not included.

As always, I am available to escort you to Coca and accompany on the Manatee explorer. For more information, or to schedule a trip, please email me. I do provide travel concierge services and can plan and book this or any other vacation for you.

The Manatee Explorer, the interior of a guest cabin, and an Ecuadorean mantled howler monkey

The route of the Manatee Explorer

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Ecuador Tours: Cruise the Amazon Basin