The name "Omaere" means "nature of the forest" in the Waorani language. The Park was founded in 1993 by a Mrs. Shuar and two French. They formed the Omaere Foundation and bought a 15-hectare plot on the outskirts of the city of Puyo and started to plant the most useful plants for the indigenous cultures of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Now, almost 20 years later, the plants have grown and almost looks like a secondary forest. We have typical houses, where we teach how the Shuar and the Waorani coexist with the Amazonian nature. In addition, you can enjoy a tranquility, just a few minutes from the city of Puyo.
Omaere Park was one of the first ethnobotanical parks in Latin America. Ethnobotany studies the relationships between cultures and the plants that surround them. Whether for medicine, housing, religion or food, plants are a fundamental part of the life of Amazonian natives.
The park is also dedicated to teaching about various indigenous cultures of the Ecuadorian Amazon and for this purpose you can know typical houses within the park.
You can discover the diversity of useful plants along the park's trails through guided walks. These can last for one to two hours, depending on the interest of visitors. Very rough people can walk through some of the most important points within a half-hour. The walks are done by native guides, biologists and volunteers.
During the tour, you can learn a number of useful plants (food, cultural, medicinal or material), learn about the Shuar and Waorani cultures (social life, typical houses, weapons, tools) and enjoy nature with its wonders little.
Source:
-http: //www.pastaza.com/atractivos/omaere/
-https: //omaere.wordpress.com/
To get there, you leave as if you want to go to Tena, but before leaving Puyo, turn right at Coca Gas Station and follow Cotopaxi Street to the end, where you will find the River Puyo Malecon (also called "Boayaku Puyo"). From there, cross the river on the pedestrian suspension bridge, pass the Restaurant and Hostel El Jardín and Hostería Flor de Canela and continue for about 300 meters, until the entrance of the Ethnobotanical Park Omaere, just before the second suspension bridge.
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