RIO GUAVIARE SAFARI CAMP
Destination Rio Guaviare
Country Colombia
Season Dec – end March
Trip Type Jungle Fishing Lodge and Camp in virgin rainforest
Species C. temensis, orinocensis, intermedia and nigromaculata Peacock Bass, Payara, Sardinata, Bicuda, Piranha, Pescada, Matrinxã, huge Tambaqui and Pacu, Goliath / Piraiba Cats, Redtail Cats, Tiger / Shovel nosed Cats, Jundia Cats & many more species
Description Jungle Adventure Fishing camp trip - deep in the Colombian rainforest
Cost $4650 + $900 indigenous fees
Duration 10 Day Trip with 6 full days guided fishing
TRIP INTRODUCTION
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Amazon adventure fishing trip on the Rio Guaviare in pristine Amazon rainforest for fly, lure and bait anglers.
You will fish one of the most beautiful rivers for an abundance of sport fish species including 4 species of Giant Peacock Bass, the legendary Payara 'Vampire Fish', 'Golden Poon' Sardinata, Bicuda, Giant Tambaqui and Pacu, huge Cats and much more ......
‘Colombia’s best kept secret’
WHAT CAN YOU CATCH HERE?
PREDATORS GALORE… There is such a diversity of predatory species to be caught in these rivers. With lures, flies, jigs, spoons, cut baits and other baits, dozens of different fish will keep the avid angler busy the whole trip.
Hard-fighting Peacock Bass make up four of the toughest t Cichla species found here in this river. These amazing predators can be caught on walkthe-dog lures like spooks and skitter walks, poppers, propbaits and on jigs, flies, minnow baits and deep divers. They will smash topwater lures with abandon and there is nothing like the strike of a Peacock exploding on a lure worked across the surface. While the C. temensois Three Barred Peacock can grow over 20lbs here, the Buttery, Royal and ‘nigromaculatus’ are smaller but just as feisty.
The slash-and-grab Payara/Vampire Fish and the Pike-like Bicuda visibly chase surface lures, minnowbaits, jigs and flies in the faster water. They are often seen crashing on baitfish on the surface. Payara will take cutbait/strips too.
Giant Pacu and Tambaqui also haunt these waters, along with big Matrinxã and Jatuaranas and can be caught on all manner of fish and worm baits, as well as on lures and flies.
Giant Black Piranhas and Coby/Corvinata can also be caught using cutbait, or small lures, spoons and deep-jigging lures in the deeper pools and runs.
RIVER MONSTERS ….
We really do have some RIVER MONSTERS here, with THE King of all our Cats, the Goliath Cat, aka Freshwater Shark/Lau-lau /Piraiba. This leviathan grows to over 400lbs and when hooked, roars off at 100 miles an hour. It may take a couple of hours to land one of these bigger specimens
We also have plenty of express train Redtail Cats which must be rated as the hardestfighting Cats in the whole Amazon for their size. An 80lb Redtail will take you all over the river and strip line in reel-smoking, screaming runs.
Jau Cats are the Rottweillers of the river and dwell in the rocks and fast water and will take you deep in their caves! Gentle persuasion followed by brute force is needed to land these giants.
The two species of Surubim or Shovel-nosed Tiger Cats here are both fast, sleek and strike hard. These hieroglyphically-marked predators are also caught on lures. Growing to over 50lbs, they are powerful fish to catch.
The Leopard or Jundia Cat is a dynamite of a fish for its size. Averaging 15lbs, they max out at about 25lbs and are one of the tastiest fish in the Amazon.
WHERE YOU’LL BE STAYING….
Our Safari Lodge on the Rio Guaviare is run with the aid of our local Indian guides and villages. We have many miles of river to explore and three tributaries with exciting lagoons, rapids, falls, deep pools and lots more.
Our Lodge is set up under the trees in the shade with a great view of the river to wake up to. A fixed kitchen at the lodge and a ‘Safari-camp kitchen’ will supply our guests with wholesome cooking with three meals a day and ice-cold drinks throughout their stay.
The lodge offers 5 spacious ‘tented’ rooms for 10 anglers (two anglers per room) with a fan and plenty of space to store your clothes and gear.
YOUR ITINERARY ….
DAYS 1, and 2: TOUR STARTS – arrive in Bogota, overnight 4* Marriott Courtyard hotel. The following day early flight to San José and onwards 8 hour boat ride on a large covered boat with a 200hp engine to arrive at the lodge.
Day 3 – 8: six full days guided fishing on three different tributaries.
Day 9: boat ride back to San José and van back to Bogota arriving evening at your hotel and overnight – TOUR ENDS
Day 10: onwards journey home
WHAT IT WILL COST YOU ….
DURATION 10 Day Trip with 6 Days’ Fishing, 8 nights at lodge 2 nights at hotel in Bogota
COST $4650 + $900 indigenous fees
OCCUPANCY Single anglers, partners, families (with children 9yrs and above), small groups all welcome.
INCLUDED Two nights in 4 star hotel in Bogota B&B, flight Bogotá/ San José, 6 days fishing, 9 nights, three meals a day, snacks, beer, soft drinks at camp and daily laundry.
NOT INCLUDED
TRIP NOTES
Any international and national flights to or from Bogota other than stated above, visas, meals and drinks while in Bogota, any tips, hard liquor, wine, fishing tackle, lures, jigs etc.
*Costs are based on sharing room and boat with fishing partner or other solo angler.
*Terms and conditions of payments: 50% as deposit on reservation, 50% due 90 days before arrival *A full tackle guide and gear list will be provided once a deposit payment has been received for reservation of trip.
*Through our travel agent partners we can secure excellent rates for all your international and domestic flights and travel insurance that are not included in our packages. Please ask for Details.