The normal schedule is from Monday to
Friday (5 days/4 nights) and Friday
to Monday (4 days/3
nights).However, Sacha now operates programs on
any day of the week (except Sunday, when there are no
flights). With a slight extra cost for non-Monday and
Friday canoes, you can now tailor your trip to fit your
scheduling needs. Longer itineraries and bird specialist
guides are also available and we will be glad to help
you with this.
Sacha guests are divided into small
groups, each of which will be led by a native guide
with expert knowledge of the rainforest’s medicinal
and other useful plants, and a bilingual naturalist
guide educated in the biology and ecology of the area.
A typical day at Sacha begins at sunrise or earlier,
in order to take advantage of the cool morning hours
when the rainforest’s animals are most active.
Each group may decide on its own wake-up and breakfast
time, as well as the difficulty and duration of their
morning outings. In the afternoon, visits begin between
3:00 and 4:00 and often continue into the evening, when
the nocturnal insect and frog chorus begins.
Activities
are spread out over a wide area and allow visitors to
explore several distinct but equally fascinating habitats.
Several trails lead through pristine terra firme forest,
where 150 foot kapok trees tower above and roots form
huge buttresses to give trees support. Others follow
strategically raised boardwalks in seasonally flooded
forests, where walking on the ground would be nearly
impossible during most of the year due to groundwater.
One trail many choose to follow even leads across fallen
tree trunks and a steel cable zip-line through rich
swampland!
A favorite activity of guests is to paddle
dugout canoes along tannin-rich black-water creeks and
lakes, where luxuriant lianas, bromeliads and palm trees
thrive. And wherever an outing may lead the possibilities
of spotting animals, from the tiny pygmy marmoset to
the feared ocelot or puma, are endless. For adventurous
souls, the day does not necessarily end with dinner.
Night walks and canoe trips, with the aid of flashlights,
often reveal creatures seldom seen during daylight.
Caimans (of the alligator family) and giant insects
rule the jungle after sunset… Do you dare search
for them?
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