Tena Hostels - Reviews and Rates

Three more volunteers have arrived now, to work at Parque Amazonico - Ben and Valerie, an American couple in their mid-thirties (Ben fits the redneck stereotype but is a cool guy with a great sense of humour!), and a Norwegian girl called Kine. Ben and Valerie wanted to go on a jungle trip this weekend and had somehow managed to get a discounted...

We'd heard that there were some caves near Tena, Jumandy Cavernas, so we all (Tom, Sophie, Mackenzie and I) decided to check them out this afternoon. We got the bus heading to Archidona as this is the nearest village to the caves and the bus goes right past the entrance. When we got on the bus at Tena the weather was hot and sunny. I fell asleep...

An awesome day of white-water rafting today, with a company called River People, based in Tena. The rapids Tom and I (along with other random people) did are classed as Grade IV so we were expecting them to be pretty big, and we weren't disappointed. And the scenery through which the river passes is spectacular - the entire valley, as well as th...

Since Sunday, I have been living in the little town of Tena, Ecuador. A place that is polar opposites of the big city of Quito. The main attraction for travelers to this place, is the wicked white-water rapids of the many rivers around town. For the last 4 days, I have spent my daylight in a kayak. Riding white water from 9am to 6pm. To say I am...

Our stay in Tena only lasted a couple of hours but was eventful enough to warrant a blog entry. We celebrated our 100th day on the road by having Sinead's bag stolen from under her feet on the b*s while she slept peacefully and blissfully unaware. Unfortunately the bag contained both our passports so we became proper tramps with no ID. We tried ...

Today I had the most exciting meal of my life. It was very good, nit the best one I have had but DEFFINATLEY the most EXCITING. In the restaurant lived a parrot and a sloth but that was not nearly as exciting as eating a massive piece of steak : ) VERY VERY HAPPY camper.

I have a lot of catching up to do and not a whole lot of time to do it in because we are in a bit of a hurry so I´m just gonna skim the surface of another great last few days, this time in Tena and Misahualli, eastern central Ecuador. After stopping by the great San Rafael falls we traveled south to Tena, continuing our exploration of the Orien...

So sick of buses ... and hangovers dont make them better!!! Our hotel in Misahualli was hideous on the outside, hot pink!!! At least you cant miss it! Misahualli is a tiny town on the Napo river in the Amazon Jungle. Its a really popular get away spot for Ecuadorians! The centre of town is full of monkeys that steal things, they are funny to wat...

Kirsten had a long weekend, and we looked at several options. She could have accompanied me in Colombia and then flied back. We also though about the jungle lodges in the Ecuadorian Oriente: places lost in the rainforest, with little human presence, where lots of wildlife can be seen. That seemed similar to what I had seen in Bolivia, for 10 tim...

Today was awesome, though it seemed like nothing would materialize earlier in the day because Lindsay and I tried to call the AquaXtreme tour company so many times without a response. We worried a bit because we couldn´t just book another tour without her having permission from PeaceCorps. But, we were able to find the place after our breakfast ...