Huaorani Indigenous Ecolodge & Galapagos Island Walking Tours, Ecuador

Experience the deep Amazon rainforest through the eyes of its indigenous inhabitants. Our new Huaorani Ecolodge has 5 double cabins in traditional style, with key modifications to provide comfort. Tropic has worked with the community since 1994 culminating in this new joint-venture. Hike deep forest trails or pole downstream in a dugout canoe in the company of a Huaorani. Our bi-lingual naturalists help interpret the experience. www.huaorani.com

GALAPAGOS …THE PATH LESS TRAVELLED is an innovative land-based program exploring the charms of the largest, most interesting and relaxed of the Galapagos Islands, Isabela. From Puerto Villamil, visitors enjoy options of horseriding or hiking on an active volcano, trekking with giant tortoises, swimming with sharks, snorkelling with turtles, and kayaking amongst flamingos. www.walkingalapagos.com

Visiting Ecuador with Tropic is an inpirational ecotourism experience.
TROPIC is an award–winning ecotourism company specialized in providing high quality travel experiences in Ecuador’s most spectacular natural areas in the company of its native peoples.
At Tropic we offer our clients an unforgettable experience in a culturally sensitive style, while contributing to the conservation and sustainable development of the places we visit.
TROPIC grew out of the need for a tourism operator which could demonstrate that environmental protection and cultural respect can be compatible with running a successful business.
While many of Ecuador's (and the world's) most valuable and beautiful regions are falling victim to insensitive 'development' at the hands of the oil, timber and monoculture industries causing a tragic loss of biodiversity, now more than ever it is necessary to create viable economic alternatives which give value to this ecological and cultural richness.
At TROPIC we believe one of the best ways of conserving an area - whether it be tropical rainforest in the Amazon, paramo grasslands or Andean cloudforest, mangrove forests on the coast or the incredible uniqueness of Galápagos - is by taking people to these areas to experience their magic first hand.
ur naturalist guides are bilingual experts and committed conservationists. They always work with a local or indigenous guide, both to provide the visitor with a higher quality experience, as well as to ensure that the people who live in these special areas are benefiting economically from tourism and thus have an incentive to conserve their environment.

The interest and respect which our clients show for these indigenous communities also strengthens values and encourages the survival of traditional knowledge which has suffered erosion and unappreciation for too long.
In other words, we don't see ecotourism as a catchword for enticing unsuspecting conservation - conscious clients, but as an ongoing project for sustainable development in the world's last remaining natural treasures which provides abundant possibilities for cultural interaction beneficial for both sides.
So with TROPIC Journeys in Nature, you not only get excellent professional service from our experienced multi-lingual staff, but also the assurance that your visit to the Galápagos, the Amazon, the Andes and the Pacific Coast is having a positive environmental and cultural impact.
At least 10% of our profits is donated to environmental protection programmes in Ecuador, through our related nonprofit Acción Amazonía and including The Cuyabeno Defense Committee, the Amazon Defense Front, the Amazon Environmental Monitoring Network, the Huaorani Peoples' Organization (ONHAE), the Huaorani Community of Quehueri'ono, the Galápagos Guides Club and others.

BOOKING CONDITIONS
The Nature of the Trips
Tropic specialises in trips that run mostly in remote or developing areas. You must be aware of
the possible dangers of this type of travel (e.g. limited medical facilities in some areas,
mountain and river travel, non standard accommodation), and that conditions can mean a
greater risk of discomfort, sickness, theft, natural disaster, etc.
Booking a Trip
• Deposit: 20% of the whole amount per person at the moment of confirmation.
• 180 days prior to the excursion departure date, a second deposit of 30% is required.
• 60 days prior to departure, full payment is required.
If the balance is not paid in time we reserve the right to cancel your booking, retain your
refund, and apply the cancellation charges shown bellow.
Cancellation Fees
• If cancellation is received before 120 days prior to the excursion date the first deposit
will be forfeited as a cancellation fee.
• If cancellation is received between 119 and 60 days prior to the excursion date the first
and the second deposit will be forfeited as a cancellation fee.
• If cancellation is received between 59 or less days prior to the excursion date: 100%
of the full cost.
Payment Procedures
• Credit Card (Visa and Mastercard)
• Cash or travellers checks
• Western Union (Quick Payment)
• Bank transfer in US Dollars
Credit Card payments
Our staff will send you a credit card authorization form.
Important
We use a third-party company to help us process credit card payments, so you will receive an
auto-emailed receipt from info@adventureengine.com, and it is Adventure Engine that
will appear on your credit card statement.
Adventure Engine is a Canadian Booking Company facilitating this secure transaction.
Although you have been shopping in US$ currency, you are now being redirected back to our
secure Canadian Merchant Services Checkout from Adventure Engine.
The exact amount in US$ that will be charged to your credit card may vary from the trip
price depending on the exchange rate in Canadian dollars and fees your credit card company
uses at the time of the transaction.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or concerns about this.
Information to send a wire transfers
PACIFIC NATIONAL BANK
1390 BRICKELL , AV, MIAMI FL, 33131
ABA 066011350
Tropic Ecological Adventures
Business Savings Account #: 180921920
Price
The prices quoted may be subject to surcharges on the following: currency fluctuation,
aircraft fuel costs, local transport costs, dues, taxes or fees for services such as landing
taxes or embarkation, or dis-embarking fees at ports or airports, governmental actions. We
will absorb amounts up to 2% of the trip cost. Amounts over this will be passed on to you,
though if this means more than a 10% increase on your trip cost you are entitled to cancel
your booking and claim a full refund, providing that such a claim is made within 7 days of
notification.
Health Requirements
Make sure you have sufficient supplies of any prescription medicine, it might be wise to bring
a small personal first aid kit, including any patent medicines your prefer. You are the
responsible for taking all necessary health precautions before and during your trip. It is the
client's responsibility to ensure they seek professional medical advice before travelling and to
take all necessary health precautions and preventative measures.
Children and Infants
The risks of taking children on a trip are entirely the responsibility of the adults
accompanying them.
Responsibility
TROPIC Ecological Adventures Cia. Ltda. acts only as agent for the passenger in regard to
travel, whether by surface, air or water, by whatever means of transport whether it be
mechanical, non-mechanical or animal and assumes no liability for injury, damage, loss,
accident, death, delay or irregularity which may be occasioned either by reason of defect in
any vehicle or other means of transport or for any reason whatsoever or through the act of
default of any hotels, carrier, boat, restaurant, company or person rendering any of the
services included on the trip, or any other circumstances beyond their direct control.
Tropic and or its agents accept no responsibility for losses or additional expenses due to the
delay or changes in air schedules, loss of (or damage to) baggage or any article belonging to
the passenger, sickness, personal health, weather, strikes, fires, explosions, earthquakes,
floods, epidemics, conditions of trails, river levels, road conditions, transportation delays,
wars, accidents, chance, acts of God, force majeure or other causes. Any and all such losses or
expenses will have to be borne by the passenger, as tour rates provide for arrangements only
for the time stated.