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Founder & Director
Eliceo is a member of the Matapi and Yucuna tribes, the only tribes in the Colombian Amazon that use their tribal names also as last names. He spent his first years growing up in a tribal village between the Miriti Parana River and the Caquetá river, once the tribal homelands of his family, in the Pedrera region of the Colombian Amazon. He learned the cultural practices, customs and traditions of his tribe as well as hunting, fishing, and the basics of survival in the Amazon jungles. In 1999, when Eliceo was 11 years old, his family moved to the city of Leticia looking for greater opportunities for education and work.
After receiving his official tour guiding certificate in 2008 and graduating in Ecotourism and community development in 2010, Eliceo has worked as a tour guide and translator for various agencies in Colombia, specializing in the Amazon region.
Eliceo Matapi, CEO
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Colombia Remote Adventures was founded with the idea of providing a unique, authentic and adventurous Amazon-experience while supporting local communities and making every individual aware of the importance of this region.
We believe that education is the best way to bring about positive change in a community and therefore we contribute a percentage of our profit to buy school material for the children of the indigenous communities we visit. We visit the schools of the communities once a year to bring the much needed schools kits and uniforms for the children to be able to attend school.
Our idea is to create a preservation project or natural reserve where you or our team plant trees every time you book an experience with us. The CRA team will look after the area, the plants and wildlife. We are currently looking at different options but wanted to share our idea with you already. It will be a long journey still until we reach this goal, but we hope to be able, once haven found the perfect spot, to take care of at least a small part of the “lungs of the world”.
We are proud of our process after all these years. Thank you all for trust in our work!
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