Here's the boat that took us down the Napo River (it feeds the Amazon River)to a Kichwa Tribe family

Uh oh - we haven't started and we're bailing water out of the boat already?

We were welcomed here - cooking on the far side, eating on the near side

We learned about medicinal uses of various plants

This one is used to hypnotize you and have you do things that you later don't remember doing

Getting our faces painted. The symbols are important identifiers to the tribe

40. Ecuador - Amazon - Kichwa Tribe

October 3, 2019 in Ecuador ⋅ 🌧 70 °F

The Amazon Rainforest is over 2 million square miles stretched out over 9 countries. Since we crossed the border much closer to the Amazon than in our original plan, we decided to grab a tour now.

We found a 12 hour tour that included 2 parts: the first part with one of the indigenous tribes still living in the jungle, and the second trekking and canoeing through the jungle.Read more