On a budget? Our backpacker option offers all the highlights at an affordable price.
Day 1 – Arrival
Pm: Airport Pickup and Transfer to hostel in Quito
Accommodation: Hostel, Quito
Day 2 – Travel to Amazon
Am: Bus to Tena through Andes Mountains
Pm: Guayusa reception in Archidona, Tour of Guayusa factory and Nursery
Accommodation: Staying in an indigenous community
Day 3 – Guayusa Ceremony and Harvest Guayusa
Am: Guayusa Ceremony, Harvest Guayusa
Pm: Traditional Handicrafts workshop in an indigenous community
Accommodation: Runa House (Casa Runa)
Day 4*– Cando
Am: Cando Lake and Waterfalls
Pm: Cando Lake and Waterfalls
Accommodation: Runa House (Casa Runa)
Day 5 - Quito
Am: Drive to Quito
Pm: Explore Historic Part of Quito, Dinner in La Ronda
Accommodation: Hostel, Quito
*Rafting can be arranged on this day for an extra cost of $50
Cost: $500 per person. Includes accommodation, food, in country transport and all activities. Does not include flights to/from Ecuador, alcoholic beverages or travel insurance.
Contact Cass Walker at cass@runa.org for more details
Pm: Airport Pickup and Transfer to hostel in Quito
Accommodation: Hostel, Quito
Day 2 – Travel to Amazon
Am: Bus to Tena through Andes Mountains
Pm: Guayusa reception in Archidona, Tour of Guayusa factory and Nursery
Accommodation: Staying in an indigenous community
Day 3 – Guayusa Ceremony and Harvest Guayusa
Am: Guayusa Ceremony, Harvest Guayusa
Pm: Traditional Handicrafts workshop in an indigenous community
Accommodation: Runa House (Casa Runa)
Day 4*– Cando
Am: Cando Lake and Waterfalls
Pm: Cando Lake and Waterfalls
Accommodation: Runa House (Casa Runa)
Day 5 - Quito
Am: Drive to Quito
Pm: Explore Historic Part of Quito, Dinner in La Ronda
Accommodation: Hostel, Quito
*Rafting can be arranged on this day for an extra cost of $50
Cost: $500 per person. Includes accommodation, food, in country transport and all activities. Does not include flights to/from Ecuador, alcoholic beverages or travel insurance.
Contact Cass Walker at cass@runa.org for more details
