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 Yine Indians Manu tour

Yine Indians Manu community tour. 3 days.

Day 1: Yine Indians Lodge & Visit of Cocha Mapchiri. Your hosts, an English speaking guide and a Yine guide, are waiting for you at the side of the landing strip or the boat landing to take you to the attractive and comfortable huts of the Yine Lodge. After settling in, you meet in the restaurant, where the guides explain about the lodge, the Yine Tour Program and give you an introduction to the Yine Culture, while you sip a refreshing welcome drink. In the afternoon, the two guides take you on a hike to Cocha (which means lake) Mapchiri. Along the way, the English speaking guide not only provides you with information on western rainforest ecology, but also translates the explanations of the Yine guide about their interpretation of rainforest ecology. On arrival at the Mapchiri, listen to the story of the lake, so called because it is Tonight and tomorrow night, your English speaking guide will be available in the restaurant to function as interpreter in case you would like to talk with your Yine guide or any other of the Yine people present.

Day 2: To Diamante through the forest and back by river. This morning you hike, with your two guides, the trail from the Yine Lodge to the Yine Community of Diamante. As you pass a variety of habitats, the Yine guide points out the plants and trees with special use and meaning to them. When you arrive at the village, you are welcomed with their special drink, masato, made with fermented yuca. The tour through the village shows the virtues of rainforest life, as well as the problems facing a people caught in between their own traditional culture and traditions and the imposing western culture. Led by Lola Trigoso, one of the finest Yine artisans, several Yine women offer to paint your arm (or head) with traditional Yine designs and explain their traditional use. In the afternoon, you return to the Lodge in a spectacular way: each of you has a little dugout canoe, with paddler, waiting to take you down the Alto Madre de Dios River. The Yine have long been known as savvy boatmen, able to read the significance of every little swirl and swell of the river. Of course, you can give it a try as well! However, just in case! You travel with a life vest, and a motorised canoe follows at a distance. Your destination is reached after approximately two hours.

Day 3: Yine pottery, bow and arrow shooting & return to Cusco. This morning, Yine artisans will be present at the lodge, awaiting your participation in the traditional ceramics workshop. You are instructed on how the Yine shape and paint their ceramics and how to make your own, if you would like so. Before ending the trip, you can test your aim with a bow and arrow below the instructions of a Yine teacher. A set of authentic bow and arrows, constructed by Yine craftsmen, is the award for the most able participant. Around midday the light aircraft takes you back to Cusco.