Huaorani Ecolodge, provides accommodations in a style harmonious with the surrounding environment and the Huaorani culture.

The lodge is cozy, providing accommodation for a maximum of ten people housed in five comfortable, traditionally built, palms thatched cabins.

All cabins contain: a pair of twin beds (which can be joined to create a double if desired and triples for small families with a young child); a private bathroom equipped with a shower and flush toilet; a porch with comfortable chairs. Electricity is supplied 24 hours a day by solar panels. Environmentally friendly soaps and shampoos are provided, and for days when relaxing is the priority, the lodge provides a hammock house on the banks of the Shiripuno River.

The dining area has a lightly stocked bar. The whole area is covered with traditional Huaorani-style palm thatching and comfortably seats everyone.

Other structures include an employees' dormitory, an Administrator's house, two storage buildings and, perhaps most importantly, the "Casa de Hamacas" (Hammock House) on the edge of the Shiripuno River for those few occasions when you are not engaged in activities away from the Lodge.

At the Huaorani Ecolodge the restaurant provides nutritionally balanced meals, hygienically prepared with care by the local chefs, who use locally grown produce wherever possible. Fruit, tea and coffee are always on hand and a bar is available for beer, wine and soft drinks.

Unique locally made handicrafts and souvenirs can be bought from the community shop.

The Amazon accounts for about 20% of the total water carried to the oceans by rivers. It is estimated that 16% of all river water passes through the 320 km/200 mi wide delta. In comparison, the Mississippi River ranks 10th in the world in discharge and is only 1/12 that of the Amazon.

To be more precise, you are at approximately 300 m/984 ft above sea level near the community of Quehueri`ono on the upper Shiripuno River in the Huaorani territory, 30 minutes short flight from the small city of Shell.

You arrive after 4 hours drive from Quito at the third busiest airport in Ecuador in the town of Shell (yes, after the oil company), where constant flights in and out of el Oriente. You take off around noon in a light aircraft heading northeast, gawking at the green vastness below punctuated by rivers and settlements, and land in the Huaorani community of Quehueri'ono 45 minutes later to be greeted by your hosts.

You are then poled downstream in a shallow dugout canoe, enjoying the thick vegetation growing along the Shiripuno River. You arrive at the intimate setting of Huaorani Ecolodge to settle in, exactly where you want to be.

Huaorani Ecolodge	Departures Mon-Thur / Thur-Mon or any other day of the week except Sundays	Price per person (5d/4n) Thursday to Monday	Price per person (4d-3n) Monday to Thursday
Double or Twin Single Traveller		$860 $1298	$690 $1035

Rates Includes	Rates do not include
Accommodations, all meals, English speaking guide and guided activities (incl kayak and camping)	Transportation Quito - Huaorani Lodge - Coca ($250 per person-subject to change), Ticket Coca - Quito $87 (subject to change), alcoholic and not alcoholic beverage, tips, personal expenses and airfare tax $ 3 per person.

Optional Activities
Explore the Shiripuno river kayaking at your own pace from the lodge to the Campsite	Full day kayaking USD $ 40