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  • Sergii S
    2 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Amazing experience, but not for everyone.
    The experience of being in the jungle and meeting the people who actually live there is unbelievable and I highly recommend it to anyone who loves nature.
    Also the groups can be really small, I happened to be a solo tourist with 2 guides (I didn’t need a translator) and no other groups around. And I would recommend to go either solo or with a very small group for the best experience.

    Now to what to be aware of:
    1) I would not recommend this tour for anyone who is not at least in good physical condition - the road is hard and long and you are carrying a lot of equipment on foot.
    2) Mosquito repellent may fail to work in the jungle (as I unfortunately found out). Guides had repellent for the camp but it was also ineffective, only mosquito nets really worked.
    3) Bring as little weight as possible with you. I would recommend bringing only 1/3 or even 1/4 of the stuff they recommended (but don’t discard water bottle - I drank almost 2 liters of water per day). Also keep in mind that you’ll need to carry a hammock on top of your personal belongings.
    4) You can drink water from the streams, so there no need to bring a lot of your own. I drank it crude without boiling or disinfectant (guides have one if you need it) without any negative consequences, but you’ll have to judge for yourself.
    5) Expect to be wet almost all the time. Either from sweat or from rain. Only at the base camps you’ll have the chance to dry off.
    6) Depending on your luck and weather conditions you may not see any animals - it’s nature, not a zoo.
    Written 29 January 2025
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  • Daniel
    3 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    I had an absolutely fantastic time on this tour; I had very high expectations going in, and it exceeded them at every turn. I've been all over the globe on dozens of tours, but walking through the amazon jungle at night and spotting wild tarantulas and poison dart frogs will stick with me until the end of my days.

    The tour guides, Damien and Brandon, were perfect. They were endlessly helpful, kind, generous and knowledgeable about the areas that we passed through.

    Damien was always quick with a joke and his translations were incredibly helpful, and after Brandon noticed how much I was enjoying taking pictures, he made serious and sustained efforts with a seemingly infinite patience to help me get the best shots of the wildlife we saw.

    The logistics of the tour were also perfect - communication was great, the scheduling made sense, and it was very easy to get to and from Puerto Nariño.
    We hit every note that was mentioned in the tour description, the food was delicious (and included sampling fruits literally in the jungle), and the accommodations were very pleasant.

    If I could rate it higher than 5 stars, I absolutely would.
    Written 11 January 2025
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  • Katrin Q
    1 contribution
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    In general flexible tour. The communication in advance was not so easy (not all our questions were answered). No sunset and surise integrated in the tour. Outstandng and very friendly guide, responding to all our wishes and questions.
    Written 31 October 2023
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  • Robert F
    Livingston, MT9 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    This was a fantastic trip in every way possible. Starting with the clear, timely communication with Karla, one of the owners, to our arrival in Leticia then in Puerto Narino, everything every step of the way was handled professionally. The guides and English translator were top notch, so were the accommodations and the meals. We felt we had a very good exposure to the area’s natural history in the jungle and on the water. There’s a fair amount of walking on slippery trails so a person needs to be in decent shape.
    Written 27 January 2025
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  • Jairo
    2 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Leticia, Tabatinga, Puerto Nariño, Tarapoto Lake and more. Do not miss the opportunity to visit this magical place. Riley our tour organization was perfect and we felt safe all the time despite the adventure and the wild ecosystem you will get there. Highly recommend taking the tour.
    Written 24 March 2022
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  • Julio H
    4 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Went for a deep jungle tour, and felt like been at Bear grills tv show on Discovery channel. Amazing experience! This tour can turn also into a survival tour, although there is plenty of food. Learned lots of survival skills: how to make cabins, fire, purify water, and more.
    Written 6 July 2023
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  • Jaap-Jan P
    Houten, The Netherlands6 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Very nice tour in the jungle. The guide was very knowledgeable about everything going on in the jungle. Highly recommend!
    Written 9 March 2024
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  • Pas c
    Hamburg, Germany9 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    What we experienced in the last 5 days cannot be described in words. The guide Edwin was exactly the right person for this adventure. He was simply great. I would have loved to have his eyes for nature. We was very happy that we haved Edwin as guide. The adventure is absolutely worth the money.
    Written 25 November 2024
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  • kymichael
    Los Angeles, CA11 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    For us, going to the Amazon was a bucket-list trip that felt almost unapproachable. If you want to see the rainforest, you need a guide not only to make your experience more fun, not only to keep you safe, but to even make it possible in the first place. Without a guide, the best-case scenario is that I would still be lost in the jungle, stuck in mud that had swallowed my boots above the ankles. Those difficulties make the choice of a guide all the more important. You can see the rainforest in several countries in South America, but for reasons you can read about elsewhere, it is best protected in Colombia, where environmental conservation efforts far surpass those in neighboring countries. Within Colombia, the tiny river town of Puerto Nariño stands out as a model of sustainable ecotourism (as you can read in the 2024 BBC article that I'm apparently not allowed to link here). And I submit the best rainforest tour company you could possibly find -- not just in Puerto Nariño, but in all of Amazonas -- is Oxígeno Amazonas, which offers private tour groups with local guides and translators, putting money back into the local economy and revealing the wonders of the rainforest without damaging the ecosystem. Our group of three was trying to see much of Colombia -- Bogotá, Medellín, Cartagena, and Amazonas -- in a single trip, so we did not have a tremendous amount of time to spend in the jungle. We wondered if three days was long enough. For us, it absolutely was. When we landed in Leticia, we were picked up at the airport by Don Carlos, an Oxígeno guide, who took us to lunch, took us across the border into Brazil for an authentic açaí bowl, and then took us to the water taxi that went two hours upriver to Puerto Nariño. There, we were met by the company's owners, Karla and Darwis; our wonderful guide, Cheo; and our translator, Aura. They helped us take our bags uphill to the hotel. And then we went for an evening hike into the jungle, staying at a cabin protected by mosquito netting. They made us dinner, fresh fish cooked in a banana leaf, and took us on a night walk during which they routinely pointed out frogs and spiders and snakes and insects that we never would have seen at all. Then we fell asleep to a murmuring chorus of birds and insects, truly a memorable experience. The next morning, we hiked to breakfast, including lots of fresh fruit and a monkey eating at the table with us, and then looked for alligators and arowana from an overlook onto a nearby pond. After we hiked back into town, we took a boat across the river into Peru, where we hiked into the jungle to look for sloths. Then we came back to the Colombia side of the river for a boat ride upriver to a lake where we looked for pink dolphins and went for a relaxing swim. Then we fished for piranhas with traditional equipment, catching several. Watching the sun set over the Amazon on the boat ride back into town, the trees and sky reflecting in the water, was a peak experience we will never forget. We had dinner at a restaurant in town and went to bed exhausted and happy. The next morning, we kayaked in another part of the river while looking for more dolphins. Then we climbed the Mirador, a breathtaking lookout over the town and the whole river; ate delicious ice cream flavored with local fruits that we had never even heard of; and shopped for handmade souvenirs from local artisans. The water taxi took us two hours back downriver to Leticia, where Don Carlos picked us up on the other end. He took us to a wildlife rehabilitation center in Brazil, where we were able to feed bananas that he purchased from a roadside market to several kinds of monkeys, some that sat on our shoulders. Then we had caipirinhas at a scenic overlook where Brazilian music was playing. We came back to Leticia just in time to hear the noisy nightly roosting of thousands of colorful parrots, a spectacle to behold, and then we had dinner at a place that served traditional Amazonian fare, including the mojojoy that we saw in the jungle. And then the guide dropped us off at the airport for our flight back to Bogotá. I listed out our action-packed itinerary in meticulous detail to show that even a few days in the Amazon was more than enough to make memories we will treasure for the rest of our lives. And none of it would have been possible without the help of Cheo anticipating and overcoming problems at every turn, keeping us safe and well cared for and happy. Karla and Darwis were incredibly proactive and responsive from the very first time we messaged them, making sure that everything is going well and immediately addressing any minor problems that come up. And they consistently choose to patronize local restaurants, local companies, local guides, making sure that the money from tourism enriches the communities and the ecosystems that in turn enrich us. Visiting the Amazon rainforest is probably not an experience that everyone wants -- but if you are willing to put up with the difficulties, the rewards are great. And I sincerely believe that the difficulties are lesser and the rewards greater by touring with Oxígeno Amazonas. I'm forever grateful to them for all they did for us, and I recommend them highly to anyone who wants the sort of experience I've described.
    Written 15 January 2025
    This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
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