EC3ers just returned from an awesome adventure deep into the Ecuadorian Amazon, accompanied by a set of Cofan guides, who hosted us in campsite located 4 hours upriver from their home community.Pictured here, our Cofan guide Josh holds up the pelt of a freshly skinned deer. As an indigenous people, the Cofan have the right to hunt (within community regulations) within their 140,000 hectare portion of the Ecuadorian rainforest. Josh, along with a few of our other guides, had shot the deer in the night, before skinning and preparing it on the corner of our campsite.
Josh will accompany us on the remainder of our journey as a translator and guide. This trip also provides him with an opportunity to learn more about how eco-tourism works in the rest of Ecuador, a business area the Cofan are eager to expand in.
By Jace Longenecker
