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TRANSPORT SERVICE FROM COCA TO IQUITOS: 

This transport service to Iquitos Peru is offered for those pressed with time and for those not planning to a jungle tour.

Join us in this Amazon adventure from Francisco de Orellana (Coca) to Iquitos, Peru

We make an early departure from Coca, Ecuador and travel down the Napo River.  Your dream becomes reality upon meeting the Amazon River.

Activities:

Length of trip:  4 Days/3 Nights

Day One:  After a good breakfast we make an early start in Coca for our 12 hour trip down the Napo River to the Ecuadorian border town of Nueva Rocafuerte.  We are travelling on a public transport boat to the border.  Upon arrival, we head off to our hotel for a good nights sleep.

 Day Two:  After breakfast, we complete Ecuadorian border procedures before we travel down the Napo to the Peruvian border town of Pantoja.  After completing Peruvian border procedures we continue down the Napo River until sunset and look for an ideal campsite on a beach.  It may also be possible to spend the night in one of the locals’ homes. 

Day Three:  We continue downstream on the Napo with our final destination of the day Santa Clotilde.  Scheduled arrival time is noon for this Napo River jungle town.  We will spend most of the afternoon exploring the town and its’ surroundings.  Tonight, we will sleep in the local hotel.

Day Four:  After breakfast, we board a speedboat at 6h00 for our river trip to Mazan, Peru.  Upon our arrival, we take a motor car taxi to the Amazon River dock and board another speedboat for our trip to Iquitos, Peru.  END OF TRIP

Our prices include:  One night hotel stay in Coca at Hotel San Fermin on the night before the trip, hotel stay in Nueva Rocafuerte (Hotel del Pueblo), hotel in Pantoja and/or Hotel in Santa Clotilde, all meals during trip, river transport and excursions, camping equipment, boots, clean drinking water, first aid kit on hand.

 Does not include:  Airfare Quito-Coca ($60.00), bus transport ($10.00), alcoholic drinks at bar, entrance fee ($25.00) for YNP.  While in Iquitos, Peru you will have safe accommodations in a hotel.  Please note that meals and accommodations are not included in the price of the trip when in Iquitos Peru.

 Do not hesitate to contact us should the client wish to have us make air travel arrangements.  It is preferable that a client send the price of the tickets for advanced purchase as this will guarantee their reservation.  Should the client wish private transport from Quito to Coca, do not hesitate to contact us so that we may organize suitable transport.

 Payment methods:  Reservation is guaranteed upon reception of 50% of the package price through a bank wire order.  Total payment must be received 30 days before trip date.  Should the client make last minute reservations (15 days or less before departure), total payment is required upon reservation of the tour.

 It is important to be flexible for this trip as upon a rare occasion, the boat arrives the following day in Coca.  Always be prepared for adventure when travelling on a river through the Amazon.  Assuming we arrive on schedule at approximately 19h00, a comfortable private room and bathroom awaits you at the Hotel San Fermin in Coca.  You may also invite yourself to one of the many restaurants that exist in Coca. Please note that dinner is not included in the price during your stay in Coca. END OF TRIP.

 Types of Transport:

Type of Transport	Length in Metres	Width in Metres	Passenger Capacity	HP Motor Eco/Yamaha	From  -  To
Speed Boat	10	3.00	20	200	Iquitos-Mazan
Motor Car	2.5	1.20	2	125 Yamaha	Mazan-Napo River
Private Motor Boat	12	1.50	6	45	Sta. Clotilde-Nueva Rocafuerte
Public Boat Transport	25	3.00	60	175 (2 motors)	Nueva Rocafuerte-Coca

 Please be advised that we are not responsible for weather conditions, mechanical problems, trip delays (# of days), river conditions etc., during your trip.  Time is looked at differently in developing countries and your patience would be greatly appreciated.  Should we run into problems along the river, our “No Refund” policy will hold through.  For much of the duration of these trips you will be without basic services, especially while camping or spending the night with an indigenous family.  Please note that will always have clean drinking water for you during your trip.  Please be sure you have personal medications with you, should you require these. 

Our clients may be interested in our video explaining our Ecuador to Peru trip.  The images and footage will give you an idea of our trip from Coca to Iquitos.

We look forward to meeting and travelling with you!

History of the Napo River

In February 1541, Gonzalo Pizarro set out from Quito in search of El Dorado and cinnamon with over 10,000 animals and humans including over 200 Spaniards, 4,000 indigenous people, 2,000 pigs, and much the same in numbers for llamas, horses and dogs.  Francisco de Orellana joined the expedition at Sumaco without knowing the severe problems that the Pizarro expedition faced.  A 100 of the expedition members died from cold exposure, twenty-five miles outside of Quito in the Andean highlands.  The expedition also faced many difficulties including Indian attacks, crossing mountain ranges, hacking through forests, crossing rivers, traveling through heavy rains and facing hunger, sickness and death.

When Pizarro and Orellana joined forces, more of the same problems still occurred.  To avoid starvation, expedition members ate all their llamas, dogs, horses and desperately searched for the help of indigenous tribes to avoid starvation.  Since this expedition was desperately going wrong, Orellana suggested that he be allowed to continue downriver from the junction of the Coca and Cosanga Rivers in search for food.  Both he and Pizarro agreed that Orellana would look for and return with food for the other members of the expedition.

Orellana left with about 56 men and a newly constructed rustic boat leaving Pizarro and 140 men behind.  Eventually, Pizarro and his depleted crew arrived at the junction of the Coca and the Napo but many of the expedition members had died and Orellana had already left downriver on the Napo to discover the Amazon River.  Pizarro felt betrayed since Orellana did not return with food but it would have been impossible to paddle upriver against the current and Orellana moved on facing Indian attacks from the many tribes he encountered.  Orellana was very violent and cruel towards any tribe that did not cooperate with his group. 

Pizarro dropped the expedition and Orellana and his surviving crew eventually reached it’s destination in August 1542.  Upon his return to Spain, Orellana managed to avoid the legalities of his supposed betrayal despite Pizarro and his false accusations.