Survival Skills/Camping
After breakfast at the EcoCamp, we prepare our packs for a 5-6 hour hike, carrying plenty of water and a light lunch. We head out on Expedition Trail, where the guide demonstrates critical rainforest survival techniques.
The indigenous guide teaches you how to identify poisonous or otherwise dangerous insects, plants, and animals. Equally important are the life-saving medicinal plants of the jungle. The guide explains which plants can be used as antiseptic for cuts or anesthetic for bullet ant bites.
If stranded in the jungle, access to clean water and food is essential. Water collection using vines and the construction of traps for catching birds and fish are invaluable survival techniques learned on the trail. Every native guide knows numerous animal calls, used to locate and attract wild pigs, birds, monkeys among others. This is your opportunity to master the caiman grunt or howler whoop along side the experts.
Following a light lunch by the river, the guide gives instruction on the traditional fishing method with wooden reel and line. Then it is up to you to catch dinner! The fresh fish are steamed in leaves or bamboo with garlic and spices back at the Berraco EcoCamp. Any fish in excess of what we require for a meal are released back into the Tuichi River.
On the way back to the EcoCamp, the guide will explain the traditional methods of rainforest navigation using the sun and tree formations. If you are interested in a multi-day survival/camping trip, there are several satellite clearings along the Expedition Trail in which to camp. The guide can instruct your group on the construction of makeshift shelters.
The indigenous guide teaches you how to identify poisonous or otherwise dangerous insects, plants, and animals. Equally important are the life-saving medicinal plants of the jungle. The guide explains which plants can be used as antiseptic for cuts or anesthetic for bullet ant bites.
If stranded in the jungle, access to clean water and food is essential. Water collection using vines and the construction of traps for catching birds and fish are invaluable survival techniques learned on the trail. Every native guide knows numerous animal calls, used to locate and attract wild pigs, birds, monkeys among others. This is your opportunity to master the caiman grunt or howler whoop along side the experts.
Following a light lunch by the river, the guide gives instruction on the traditional fishing method with wooden reel and line. Then it is up to you to catch dinner! The fresh fish are steamed in leaves or bamboo with garlic and spices back at the Berraco EcoCamp. Any fish in excess of what we require for a meal are released back into the Tuichi River.
On the way back to the EcoCamp, the guide will explain the traditional methods of rainforest navigation using the sun and tree formations. If you are interested in a multi-day survival/camping trip, there are several satellite clearings along the Expedition Trail in which to camp. The guide can instruct your group on the construction of makeshift shelters.
