Central & Southern Oriente - Adventure Guide to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands - page 370

In Puyo, try Papangu Tours , in conjunction with the
Organización de Pueblos Indígenas de Pastaza (OPIP) ,at9de
Octubre and Atahualpa, 3-883-875, for multi-day, community-

based ecotourism deep into the Pastazo region of la selva . Amazonia
Touring , at Atuahalpa and 9 de Octubre,

3-883-219, visits nearby
communities and runs trips into small pockets of jungle. Birding, bot-
any and native lifestyles are the emphasis.

In the town of Macas, local excursions are available with Aventura
Tsunki Touring , Amazonas and Domingo Comin,

/fax [phone],
[e-mail]. They include a Shuar guide and English in-
terpreter. Tuntiak Expediciónes de la Selva , in front of Hotel
Peñon el Oriente, 7-700-185/082 provides local excursions, includ-

ing trips into the jungle and Shuar Village. The Shuar Federation ,

7-740-108, is in the small town of Sucúa and can arrange trips to
traditional Shuar villages. It may take a few days to arrange, so don't
just showup at a village unannounced. The Shuar youmeet may have
been “missionized” and dress in jeans and T-shirts in town, but their
cultural history is of a fierce and aggressive people known for shrink-
ing the heads of their enemies.

For trips into Sangay National Park, Ikiaam , 10 de Agosto, across
from the bus station in Macas,

7-700-457, is recommended. Look
around the main plaza in town for other outfitters.

Big river whitewater rafting is available on Río Upano and through
the spectacular Namangosa Gorge with ROW Expediciones ,an
American-owned operator working inMacas, www.rowinc.com, info@
rowinc.com. In Quito,

2-2239-224. Contact them in the US at PO
Box 579, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816, toll free

800-451-6034, /fax

208-667-6506.

Ecotrek , in Cuenca, at Larga and Luis Cordero, 7-842-531, fax 7-

835-387, offers trips into Cajas and Kapawi, in Ecuador's southern
Oriente