Pastaza is a province rich in cultural as seven nationalities Indians live with the ordinary civilian population. The main indigenous nationalities are Achuar, Ando, \u200b\u200bShuar, Kichwa, Shiwiar, Huaorani, and Zapara. These indigenous communities have inhabited the Amazon jungle for millennia. Their ways of life, gastronomy, music and worldview as well as their various languages, anthropological become true attractions for both researchers and local and foreign tourists.
This province has a vast tourism potential because there are plenty of places to visit and there are activities focused on eco-tourism, community and adventure. An example is the Fatima Center, which offers instead of accommodation, training rooms as well as
advice and technical mentoring needed to carry out any research project an environmental or wildlife protection and Amazonian flora. Currently Medardo Tapia Eng (Tel: 5933 399 2887 Cell: 059 392 889 375) who started this center also runs a new center called Shanca Rajun or Ditch Rajun (1016mm S 01 ° 21,290 'W 77 ° 51,856 '), here you can learn more animal species and in turn enjoy the greenery of the jungle. Rajun Ditch facilities are very good and are intended to complement and expand the current scope of the Fatima Center. In these two places you can see lots of animals from the area to be reinserted into the jungle in the coming months. Another recommended activity is to use "roads" of the forest, its rivers.
canoes are used for transporting goods and passengers, but in recent years communities offer tourists the chance to look at the vegetation from the stream. The great variety of plants and animals of the area has made it relatively easy to see very strange specimens such as frogs, phosphorescent fungi and insects, for which there must be an expert guide to lead us safely through the forest and bring us to the places where we can see these rare animals and plants.
Indigenous communities have opened their doors to sustainable tourism, now is they
who are in charge of guiding us through the trails of the forest, make and sell handicrafts and colorful show us their culture. Now you can have the unique opportunity to PRESENCE and be part of a ritual called "Clean" in which the shaman, the wise man of the tribe, first diagnosed the patient using a cigarette and then proceeds to "cleanse" his spirit . This is definitely an experience worth living because it reveals the wisdom and world view of the inhabitants of the jungle. This ritual was seen in the community of Cotococha (1 ° 37'9 .46 "S 77 ° 54'31 .35" O) More pictures of the beautiful province of Pastaza in our gallery.
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