Victoria Regia

When you make the Amazon jungle tour you will be able to delight with the water irises called Amazonian Victoria or Victoria Regia, these big aquatic flowers are of the main attractions of the lakes and rivers of the Amazonia.

In the Amazon excursion, the travelers enjoy the scent to apricot that gives off when it open their leaves at night after the 6 of afternoon and closes them on the following day approximately at 9 in the morning.

This big aquatic plant has purple and white colors, the flower has a 40 cms diameter, is similar to the loto flower and is considered the biggest of the world; in the Amazon tourism you will find not only this species, also animals and plants of great size.

Their stems reach to measure about 7 or 8 meters, the Victoria Regia is always submerged in the water, in the Amazon travel, is common to see small animal and birds resting on their leaves that reach a diameter of 7 meters.

Mojojoy

Among the gastronomical plans of the Amazon vacation, the visitors will find an exquisite dish that will test your palate mojojoy is a type of worm food that can be ingested still alive or fried.

In the Amazon rainforest tours, the travelers will find in this food proteins and nutrients able to offer to the human being defenses and antibodies that guarantee the good operation of their immunological system.

This larva is considered an exotic food in the Amazon tourism, also is one of the most consumed food of the Wuitotos natives, mojojoy were even the replacement of the fish in season of shortage avoiding the undernourishment of the tribes.

The worms are found in “the Moriches” palms of the region, the travelers of the Amazon jugle tour that has proven the worms assure that the flavor is similar to the peanut in addition that is exquisite.

Visits Unforgettable

If you are thinking about Amazon tourism, the Reserve Amazon Heliconia offers an excellent plan for you to practice all the millenarian activities that are lasts in the memory of the native ones, creating a space to escape of the routine.

For the interested ones in the fauna, the amazon bird watching is an exceptional option to glimpse exotic and unique birds of the region; some of them endangered species because of the hunters and the illegal animal traffic.

Let the rural practices as navigation in canoes and the traditional fishing amaze you, this way you will become the protagonist of the Amazon fishing tour.

For the next month, we offer a plan of 5 days in the Reserve, so you live the Amazon tourism, for US$ 337 or COP$ 600.000 each person, from March 4 to 8, or it prefers from April 3 to 6 for US$ 281 or COP$ 500.000 each person.

Forest of the Amazonia

The Amazonia has been characterized to have a huge tropical forest and vegetation, by which it receives the title of “Lung of the World” the zone is located in the central and northern part of South America, which extends by the Amazon River, one of the attractions of the Amazon tourism.

This area is perfect to practice Amazon tourism, watching the environment, the ecosystem and the great fauna that lives there, thanks to the extensive and dense forest that is the big source of oils, resins, rubbers and plants to make medicines.

On your Amazon vacation you will be able to recognize three types of trees in the forest, first the highest, they reach an approximate height of  180 ft, those receive solar rays directly, thats why you can observe a great variety of animals.

 Also in the Amazon ecotourism, you will find the second type, which have an approximate height of 100 ft, these are underneath the trees that conform the vault of the forests and they must adapt in the shade because the light they receive is very few, that happens to the underbrush that is compound of shrubs, small grass and plants, these receive less light if it is compared with the intervals.

Canoe

One of the activities that our visitors practice in the Amazon travel is the canoeing, this work requires of a physical effort because it is impelled and moved with the human force.

In the Amazon vacation you will practice the canoeing in its more primitive version evoking the old indigenous communities that transmitted this modality of transport from generation to generation until the activity arrived and restored in the communities that inhabit the Amazon today.

Generally to know and practice the Amazon tourism there are used small boats to travel in the water, the canoes are made of wood that has been removed from the trunks of the trees that are perforated and charted to give the pointed shape.

In Amazon Heliconia, the Amazon jungle tour is practiced in these canoes, they are driven by shovels or in a language more technician by oars, the oars are located in the opposite direction of the people, since people are giving the wished direction and observing the crossed landscape.

Local Weather of the Amazon

The weather conditions of the Amazon are due to their geographic location, because is surrounded by forest and a big affluent, the second greater river of the world, that has the same name, the Amazon.

In the Amazon jungle tour, the visitors must be ready for a dry time and a rainy one, the department of the Amazon has three types of weather according to the zone, in the south the weather is super humid, in center is humid and in the north  is slightly humid.

To enjoy the dry time, you must practice the Amazon tourism from June to October where you will find temperatures 27°C (80.6°F), November and December are the warmest months registering 35°C (95°F) in the denominated jungle region and 21°C (70°F) in the zones of mountain range.

In the Amazon excursion, the months with most rains are March and April, however the coldest months are June and August, nevertheless whatever time of the year, the humidity is the queen in this area with an annual precipitation between 3,000 and 3,500 mm.

Natural swimming pools

One of the the wonders that a wild habitat like the Amazonian forest offers to the travelers who visit the place, are the natural swimming pools, free of chemicals like chlorine, product destined to the conservation of the water.

The maintenance of the water is made through the same nature, the aquatic plants are the source of microorganisms that are able to eliminate bacterium and absorb the impurities, present in the water and therefore the Reserve becomes the first option for the Amazon ecotourism. 

Another factor, that is emphasized in Amazon tourism, is that the swimming pools are integrated to the nature, you can also have contact with small fish or the vegetation. 

Besides enjoying the Amazon jungle tour and the natural swimming pools, you wont suffer the irritation of your eyes or allergy in the skin caused by chemicals, therefore the water will be in his original state.