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The Moseten Culture Tour immerses you deeply into a traditional indigenous culture in the Pilon Lajas Indigenous Reserve up the Quiquibey River.
This tour will allow you to learn all the secrets of this ancient Amazon culture of the Moseten as they guide you through their forest. Weaving, food plants, medicinal plants, language, religion and spiritual beliefs, village and family life. You will be deeply moved by your experience. Some who have come to visit us before you keep coming back. They have become part of our family.
Cost includes;
- all transport (airfares, transfers and boats),
- all accommodations (hotel, cabin and tent)
- all meals and drinks (alcoholic drinks not included),
- 11+ days in the village, jungle, or on the river.
This tour starts in La Paz on Thu, 30 Mar 2017 and finishes on the return flight, Wed, 12 Apr 2017
Moseten Culture 14 days 30/3
You will be adventuring into a remote part of the Amazon Jungle. There are many hazards and discomforts. The cabin accommodation is rustic but comfortable. The biggest challenge being insect bites. After your registration, we will indicate specific gear to maximize prevention and protection. The canoe trip is in an open dugout canoe with a motor on the back. It takes at least a day and a half to go up the river depending how high the water is.
The itinerary may look something like the following (subject to significant change to work around weather, river levels and essential village activities).
Day 1 - Depart La Paz for Rurre. Hotel.
Day 2 – Commence canoe transport to San Louis Grande (SLG). Camping.
Day 3 - Arrive SLG. Settle in to cabins. Official welcome.
Day 4 to 12 - Village activities. Cabins.
During these days you will be participating in village life with daytime trips to collect food, harvest wild rice, or find materials for weaving and other activities. You may choose to participate in some of the more adventurous overnight activities away from the village. Ending with a village farewell.
Day 13 – Canoe down river to Rurre. Hotel.
Day 14 - Return to La Paz. End of tour.
We offer a FULL 14 DAY cooling off period. So book now to secure your place with the confidence that should your connecting travel plans not work out you can cancel within that 14 days with a FULL REFUND (we can not refund credit card or bank fees as we do not receive them, the banks keep them). This 14 day cooling off does not apply within 21 days of the tour as per below.
We will also REFUND 50% of the payment received if for ANY REASON you cancel MORE THAN 21 DAYS prior to the start of the tour.
Cancellations for ANY REASON LESS THAN 21 DAYS prior to the start will not be refunded as we start planning and incurring expenses within that time. We do not have the funds to cover those expenses out of our pockets and so must pay from the funds we received.
We recommend you have sufficient travel insurance to cover you for any loss you may incur as a result of cancellation and also personal health, injury and emergency evacuation cover.