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Duration 7 days / 6 nights, Monday to Saturday from / to La Ceiba, 2 passenger minimum
Approach: nature, hiking, indigenous culture
Day 1: Meeting at the airport in La Ceiba. Flight to Palacios, located on the border of the Moskitia. Palacios is the meeting point between the indigenous and mestizo communities. After arrival, we board a motorized canoe which locals called a "tuktuk". We cross the huge Ibans Lagoon before reaching the community of Playitas. Here we start our hike lasting approximately 1 hour to the Misquito village of Kuri. In the afternoon we have leisure time to enjoy the village's beautiful beach and to interact with the locals. Overnight in Kuri.
Day 2: After breakfast we board a boat that will take us from Kuri to the Pech community of Las Marías. Going up counter currents along the banks of the Plátano river. Along the way we will observe the ecological change between the coastal vegetation formed mainly by mangroves and lagoons, and the tropical lowland rainforest. In the late afternoon we arrive in Las Marías. Typical dinner. Overnight in Las Marias.
Day 3: After breakfast we leave by pipante, with our local guides. The pipantes are perfect for viewing the flora and fauna of the virgin tropical rainforest along the rivers edge. We are poled up the river against the current, we take a rest stop and a brief jungle hike before we arrive at the first set of petroglyphs. Which consist of numerous mysterious rock carvings. We return to Las Marias late afternoon. Overnight Las Marias.
Day 4: We leave early in then morning for a day hiking into the tropical rainforest. The forest around Las Marias offers many hiking trails of different levels of difficulty, these trails will lead us through virgin forest, that is home to over 350 species of birds and to many large mammal species, some being white-faced monkeys, howler monkeys, giant anteaters, white-tailed deer and white-lipped peccaries. We return to Las Marias late afternoon. Overnight Las Marias.
Day 5: After breakfast we take a hike into the heart of the jungle, we will observe the rich diversity of flora and fauna in the company of our guides, the Pech. After the hike, we will return to Las Marias, with leisure time to interact with locals, relax or to bathe in the river. Overnight Las Marias.
Day 6: Early in the morning we say goodbye to our hosts the Pech and return to the Caribbean village of Kuri. During the boat ride we will admire the exotic birds sighted along the way. After lunch we have time to enjoy the unspoiled beach, and to interact with the friendly locals. On dusk we will take a dugout canoe to explore the mangrove lagoon close to Kuri to observe crocodiles. Overnight Kuri.
Day 7: Early morning start. We take a tuk-tuk back to Palacios, we watch the sunrise over Ibas Lagoon and the quiet moskitia communities. Flight from Palacios to La Ceiba where the tour ends.
: Respect for the culture and the natural environment are required of persons traveling to the Mosquitia. Traveling in this remote region is rudimentary, coarse and rustic. Travel conditions demand strength, tolerance, flexibility and understanding from the travellers. Lodging is also very basic, although we provide the best available in the region. La Ceiba is a good spot for extension programs to the Bay Islands of Honduras. Please ask for suggestions or see our vacation and dive packages.
Services included
6 nights lodging in local camps
Full board
Transfers and entrance fees according to
Mesoamerica bilingual guide
All excursions and local guides
12% VAT and 4% Tourism tax
Ask us for current rates; we can do shorter walking trips as well
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