Activities in Coca
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Otobo’s Amazon Safari
Operated by indigenous Huaorani Otobo and his family, this remote site on the Río Cononaco has platform tents and a thatched-roof lodge. Visitors hike in the Parque Nacional Yasuní with a native English-speaking guide, visit lagoons and a local village. The site can be reached by small plane from Shell/Puyo and motorized canoe, from Coca and the Vía Auca or by canoe only at a reduced price.
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Kem Pery Tours
Leads tours to Bataburo Lodge, on the edge of Huaorani territory, about nine hours from Coca by boat and bus. Canoes motor into the remote Ríos Tiguino and Cononaco and tours combine wildlife viewing with cultural visits. There is a $20 fee to enter Huaorani territory. Guides are both bilingual and native. The agency also runs longer trips in the same area that involve camping.
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Tropic Ecological Adventures
Provides tours to an ecologically sound lodge in Huaorani territory that is run by the Ecotourism Association of Quehueri’ono, which represents five communities on the upper Shiripuno River. The group also runs day trips, as well as one- and two-day tours into Secoya territory from Coca.
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