Day 1 – ARRIVAL IN LA MACARENA AND FIRST IMPRESSIONS
You will be welcomed in the small airport of La Macarena and taken to the offices of the Park authorities where you will attend a short talk and video about the park, the river and the normal precautions you have to keep in mind during your visit.
Right after that, you will be taken to the town’s harbor to get on a wooden canoe that will bring you over the Guayabero River to the starting point of your first activity: the visit of Caño Cristalitos.
After the 20 minutes boat ride, you will continue with a 45-minutes walk until you reach Caño Cristalitos. Here, you will get the first impressions of the amazing underwater plants that only grow in this area and give those bright colors to the river.
You will have lunch right next to the river and get some time to relax and swim in some of the natural river ponds.
Afterwards, you will go for another hike of around 45 minutes (mainly uphill), until you reach a place called El Mirador, from where you will have some breath-taking views of the surroundings.
Next, you will descend back to the Guayabero river (about 30 minutes walking) to catch another canoe that takes you in 15 minutes to your accommodation: Ecolodge La Manigua.
You will then check-in in the lodge and have the rest of the day free to relax, enjoy the surrounding jungle and maybe get to spot some monkeys.
Accommodation: private wooden cabin surrounded by nature at La Manigua Lodge.