AMAZON CRUSOE - 40 Days
INFORMATION
ITINERARY
INFORMATION
- Level: Extreme
- Duration: 40 Days
You will participate in an extreme survival challenge in the Amazon jungle.
You will traverse a remote area of uncharted jungle, trekking for days, crossing swamps and facing the dangers of the terrain and inclement rainy tropical weather across 200 km.
Most of this challenge will be done by river, which will have to build dug-out canoes to navigate and reach our destination.
- Includes
- Transfer from Iquitos Airport.
- Land and river transportations included in the itinerary.
- Light aircraft from Angamos to Iquitos.
- Slow boat type peke-peke.
- Permit from SERNANP (National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the Peruvian State).
- Permission to the Matsés National Reserve and Native Community.
- Expert indigenous and Amazon Explorer’s tour leader.
- First aid kit, includes antivenom serum.
- Note: Participants must bring their own camping gear.
- Important
- The air transportation used for this challenge is subject to the dates established by the Peruvian Air Force. The flight may be postponed due to climatic conditions.
- We suggest having additional days at the end of the itinerary. In the event that the flight is suspended, the days lost can be recovered.
- In the event that the flight used in the expeditions is postponed, Amazon Explorer will not take charge of your stay in the city of Iquitos, nor will you receive any type of refund for the days lost.
- These challenges are extreme and high risky due to the inaccessible terrain and possible encounters whit uncontacted natives.
- This challenge is risky, is open to participants with experience in survival and/or military with great adaptability and excellent physical and mental condition.
- You must arrive in Iquitos a day before the starting date.
- Book with a minimum of 60 days in advance.
- LIMITED SPACES: 6 participants
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ITINERARY
- DAY 1
- Travel from Iquitos to the city of Nauta (2 hr).
- Speedboat from Nauta to Requena (3 hr).
- Spend the night in a hotel in town.
- DAY 2 – 7
- Travel on the river for six days.
- Spend the nights in different villages.
- DAY 8 – 9
- Peke-peke deep into the unexplored jungle.
- Build shelters.
- Spend the night inside the jungle.
- DAY 10 – 45
- A survival challenge of 350 km / 218 miles through unexplored jungle.
- The members of the team will put physical and mental strength to the test.
- Begin an exhausting trek through virgin jungle, challenging the unknown.
- Survive in complete isolation.
- Face inclement weather and difficult terrain.
- Cross hills, rivers, streams and swamps (aguajales).
- Build rafts, dug-out canoes and individual floatation devices to go down rivers.
- Trek when it is not possible to navigate.
- Orient ourselves by natural means.
- Build individual and group shelters.
- Use a map and compass for land navigation.
- Trek for days through virgin forest.
- look for food and water.
- Identify animal footprints and tracks.
- Build animal traps to feed ourselves.
- Improvise fishing rods by get food.
- Make campfires to cook our food.
- Use the lianas “Soga de Agua” for drinking.
- Use natural resources for our benefit.
- Spend the nights deep in the jungle.
- Catch and collect food to survive.
- DAY 46 – 50
- Arrive at a native community.
- Motor boat to the town of Angamos.
- Overnight in a hotel in town.
- Fly to Iquitos.