You will be picked up from you accommodation or from the airport and taken to the office (pickup from the airport is also included if arriving the day before). After a short briefing you will set off. After a 45 minutes boat ride from Rurrenabaque you will arrive at the village and you can then choose 2 activies from the list below. You will see first hand the community lifestyle and visit the surrounding rainforest with a knowledgeble local guide. You will also have a delicious lunch cooked by the skilled local cooks.
- 1 - Community Visit - Visit the village with your guide and he will show you how the tourism project has benefitted the community and improved their daily lives. Learn to weave, make traditional thatched roof and use the sugar cane press to make a refreshing sugar cane juice drink.
- 2 - Waterfall & Swimming - Your guide will take you by canoe to the mouth of a stream and from there after a 20 min hike you will find a refreshing waterfall and pool to swim in.You must be in reasonably good condition for the hike!
- 3 - The Hunt - Go with your guide into the jungle where he will show you tha ancient trapping methods the Tacana use for hunting. He will also show you medicinal plants along the way.
- 4 - The Canyon - Explore a stunning 150m long canyon in the jungle with a choice of a short walk or a 3 hours trek that passes through the canyon near the end.
- 5 - San Miguel's Pharmacy - Explore the forest and discover the incredible variety of medicinal plants and their used. Your guide, who has used these plants all his life, will explain the many remedies that can be found and what they can be used to treat - stomach ache, colds, anemia, natural antibiotics and as insect repellents.