Amazon is a spot on many group listings and for good reasons. It is an unforgettable experience and an encounter with nature that most of us have never experienced before. However visiting the famous Amazon can be an expensive adventure. Luckily, there are some easy ways to dramatically cut the cost of a trip to Amazon without sacrificing experience. Read on to find out if you can tour the Ecuador amazon on a budget.
A trip to the deep
Ecuador is the best destination to explore the Amazon on a budget. One of the most preferred ways to travel the Amazon has always been to visit an Amazon lodge deep in the jungle. It is usually only reachable by canoe or motorboat. While a great experience, the prices for these motels are often beyond the budget of most travelers. While there are cheaper options in less remote areas, a vacation home can be quite expensive overall.
Costs go up when you go to Amazon. For a budget trip other than just picking up a cheaper motel, you can stay on the edge of the Amazon where there is a town and you can stay in normal accommodation.
This is part of the reason why Tena Ecuador is one of the best options for budget travel in the Amazon. Tena is easily accessible from the rest of the country is a perfect base for the rainforest and offers a wide range of affordable accommodation options on the edge of the Amazon.
How much does Ecuador’s jungle cover?
Ecuador’s jungle covers a third of the country a vast expanse of land where one in ten species in the world live. Pink river dolphins appear in lagoons in front of canoes macaws fly overhead sloths hang from tree ranches and roaming monkeys are often spotted on excursions that take you deep into the woods. A trip to this incredible place is a one-of-a-kind opportunity so you can plan your pocket-perfect trip to the Amazon rainforest.
Nine countries share the Amazon basin – most of the rainforest (58%) is within Brazil’s orders. The remaining eight countries are Peru with 12.8%, Bolivia with 7.7%, Colombia with 7.1%, Venezuela with 6.1%, Guyana with 3.1%, Suriname with 2.5%, Guyana with France with 1%, and Ecuador with 1%.
The Amazon is one of Earth’s last refuges for jaguars, harpy eagles, and pink dolphins. It is also home to sloths, black spiders, monkeys, and poisonous dart frogs. It contains one in ten known species on Earth. In addition, it contains 40,000 species of plants, 3,000 species of freshwater fish, and more than 370 species of reptiles. More than 2,000 new species of plants and vertebrates including feline monkeys have been described since 1999.
Itineraries and planning
Looking for a jungle adventure makes the perfect trip for your budget. However, planning your adventure to the Amazon can be very difficult. There are plenty of hostels for backpackers. There is also place for those looking for first-class comfort and those looking for a basic experience.
Itineraries often include visits to local communities spending time high up in the trees on observation towers and nighttime excursions in search of caiman crocodiles along the lagoon shores and river tributaries.
Other luxury cruises on a jungle cruise take you on the rivers where Francisco de Orellana found friendly tribes on his long voyage across the Atlantic.
Is it possible to tour on the Ecuador amazon on a budget?
It is possible to tour on the Ecuador amazon on a budget. There are tours and vacation packages that go from $230 to $410. On the other hand, other vacation packages go from $600. These, of course, vary their value depending on how many days the customer (s) will be there. If there is a group who would like to go on such adventure, it is important to note that prices may rise. However, there must previous administration and planning, so that you and your friends (or family, depending on who is taking this adventure with you!) do not miss the chance of enjoying this incredible experience.
Every year hundreds of thousands of visitors come to Ecuador. Although the Galapagos Islands remain Ecuador’s most important tourist attraction, more and more travelers are adding the Amazon segment to their trip. And why not? Although the Galapagos are famous for wildlife watching because many animals are not afraid of humans there are many more in the Amazon and with a trained guide you can see them. There are comfortable motels that are easy to get in and out the kids love the rainforest and there are jungle experiences you will not get anywhere else like seeing a troop of monkeys’ wild talkative passing over the head.
Why visit Ecuador amazon jungle?
There is one beautiful place in South America that amazes all travelers looking for both adventure and natural magic: the Amazon rainforest. Moreover, one of the best countries that share this basin is Ecuador.
Exotic animals, incredible services, and great naturalistic guides who will be with you at all times… These are a few reasons why you should come and visit. It is possible to tour on the Ecuador amazon on a budget.
America’s Largest and Most Diverse Biodiversity
If you are a true animal lover, you will appreciate the many animals that live in the Amazon rainforest. Some of them are endangered so be careful and treat them as you would your loved ones!
Adventure for everyone!
Explore fossils, listen to frogs at night, play the best music, walk in the forest, climb rocks, admire majestic waterfalls, cruise on the river by canoe… stop ny as a tourist and join Indiana Jones to discover the nest treasures in this place for you!
Professional tour guide
These are people who were born in the jungle but know how to treat their customers to make them feel at home! They are bilingual guides that will help you every step of the way guiding you through the jungle for the best time of your life! Never leave them or you might get lost in this big jungle!
