Eco Planet Adventure is an innovative Adventure travel and earth conscious company committed to providing the most unique once in a life experiences, tailor-made adventure packages to some of the world’s most inspiring destinations. We are also committed to leaving a positive footprint in each region—helping to preserve the past and enrich the future.

Eco Planet Adventure is the emerging leader in providing authentic, yet challenging adventure expeditions deep into the heart of Ecuador’s Amazonian Rainforest.

Our jungle expeditions are designed for the adventurers at heart. It combines the passion for nature and Earth, along with the awareness and respect for the indigenous cultures. This ultimate adventure requires physical and mental endurance in order to sustain the X-treme challenge jungle expeditions we offer.

We take a “road-less traveled” approach to the untouched rainforest, exploring and surviving through eco-conscious excursions, taking from the jungle only what we need and using only what we take.

By taking small groups of no more then 8 adventurers, we strive to keep the jungle eco-system in balance without interfering its existing environment. We stand for law impact, yet mind-blowing adventures.

Unlike traditional jungle tours which consist mainly of day trips where travelers stop to gaze into the jungle, then make their way back to the comfort of a hotel, Eco-Planet Adventurers stay deep in the rural jungle for the whole duration of the Expedition. By moving from one transitional campsite that we build on-the-go to the next, we are in constant search for the indigenous Rainforest wildlife and for wide range of bio-tropical species, many of which are yet to be discovered or named!

Our wide range of jungle activities and challenging sport competitions, together with the high probability of interacting with the Rainforest’s wildlife while learning jungle survival skills, will get your adrenalin pumping. Yet bring you peace of mind and tranquility that only this magnificent place on Earth can offer. At the eve of each day when the sun is setting and you are far away from civilization, this place is a nature’s sanctuary and spirituality flow. It is the perfect setting for meditation and relaxation of the soul.

Disembarking the Jungle, we continue our extraordinary experience with additional challenging adventures such as level 3 to 5 white-water rafting, waterfall canyons descending, mountain-bike riding down glacier volcanoes, Active volcanoes observation and cable-cars ride over the eastern Andes steep canyons. We top off our adventure with trips to some of Ecuador’s world famous landmarks.

Eco Planet Adventure offers you once-in- lifetime opportunity to challenge yourself while taking your soul on a journey. It’s time fulfill your curiosity and lust for life, brave the wilderness, and join our Challenging Adventure trips!

Founders Mickey and Noga Grosman

Mickey Grosman

A life filled with challenges, adventures and endless courage are only some of the characteristics to describe Mickey Grosman– the founder of ECO PLANET ADVENTURE. His immense energy level leaves no dull moment to those around him including the adventurers of our trips.

Years of service in the IDF Special Forces were followed by a series of adventure races and extreme challenge sport competitions in the wild. These experiences, together with his great love for outdoor activities and true passion for nature, prepared Mickey for his next challenging adventure. He took all of his life experience skills and put them together into one unique adventure; the X-treme Challenge Jungle Expedition in the Amazonian of Ecuador.

Mickey’s urge for challenges kept him coming back to the Amazon Rainforest where he was inspired to spread the thrill and passion for Ecuador’s wild nature with adventurers like himself.

Months of preparations, innovations and creativity while staying in the rural jungle and living among the Amazon indigenous tribes of the Huaorani and the Amazonian Quichua resulted in this amazing adventure we wish to share with you.

Unlike reality shows that offers limited excitement while watching them from home, Eco Planet adventure trips takes you to the rural jungle, allowing you to experience the wild first hand while learning survival skills; an adventure that will let you to conquer your fears and allow you to challenge yourself to the extreme.

Noga Grosman

Noga, a lifetime partner and wife who has also served in the IDF at the Airborne central command has joined Mickey in the creation of the Eco Planet Adventure challenge. Combining her life experience business skills and business developments together with endless curiosity, Noga took Mickey’s vision, passion and drive for adventures, and with careful design crafted the adventure’s itinerary offered to you.

Noga is also the spirit behind the creation of the Biotropical Foundation-USA, an innovative non-profit development model dedicated to conserving Ecuador’s primary, untouched rainforest. The foundation mission is to help the indigenous remote communities through responsible, sustainable and eco-friendly enterprise. Noga’s architectural design experience and skills are playing important roles in the design and building of our future ecology-village in the rural jungle of the Amazon.

Another goal of the Biotropical Foundation is to encourage the research of tropical rainforest species and plant elements for the pharmaceutical industry. This research is supported by our group of local biologists who have collected data on plants species used by indigenous people in the last 3500 years.

Noga and Mickey are parents to four adult children, daughter-in-law and a granddaughter all sharing the passion for adventures and for an eco-friendly planet. All children are taking an active part in the development of the Eco-tourism and adventure travel program. Each bring their own skills, knowledge and experience to the table; innovative technology, marketing, editing, sustainable green architecture design, promotion and sales.

Ron Eaglin

Ron Eaglin, a University of Central Florida (UCF) Professor, active adventure racer, computer programmer, husband, and father, and a true believer in living life to its fullest. Ron is the President of CFAR - Central Florida Adventure Racing, a club that promotes outdoor activity, health, and fitness for all ages. Ron runs orienteering sessions for the local community, navigation clinics, and participates in the most difficult and challenging Adventure races locally and throughout the country mainly as a team captain. He is a strong believer that Adventure is the state of mind that leads you to where others fear to tread. Ron brings his knowledge, experience and professionalism into Eco Planet Adventure programs and into the Biotropical foundation-USA as a consultant and concepts adviser.

 

Dar Kelley

a passionate athlete and Marathons runner is a Health, Wellness and Fitness Professional, routinely participates in road biking, running, yoga and outdoor activities. Well rooted in South west Orlando community Dar, Married with two young children is also involved in local volunteering programs and devoting her time to the community needs.

Her extreme passion for sport activities and for quality of life made her a perfect match for Eco Planet Adventure where she is assisting in research and development of the Eco-tourism programs and of the Biotropical foundation-USA.

 

John Hollingsworth (Fish)

an avid adventure racer, orienteer and a team navigator led his team last year to second place in the Pangea Adventure racing series. His favorite distance races are the expedition of 24 hours length and longer. John, also an amateur photographer documenting his passion for the outdoor adventures with colorful images he takes while on the go. Currently the organizer of the Orlando Bike Hash club John brings his experience into Eco Planet Adventure program as a freelance groups’ coordinator for Florida.

 

Shachar Grosman

a native born of Israel is bringing aboard many years of experience as a support team member in Florida’s various adventure races and local competitions teams. His knowledge of the needed gear and safety for outdoor activities is a valuable asset in the design and preparation of the eco-adventures. His compassion and love for fishing takes him often on adventures at the open seas and rivers, places where he always find a peace of mind. As tourism sales professional working in the Orlando tourism industry Shachar brings his sales experience into Eco Planet Adventure sales department and is in charge of the international sales and promotions.

 

GUIDES:

One more unique aspect of our adventure is the honest and personal cross-cultural interactions you will have with our local guides who will accompany you in the various segments of the trip. We have developed close working relationships with native guides who are masters of their profession and intimately familiar with the culture, history, and local environment. They provide you with first hand experience stimulated by sensitive introductions to local people while taking care to minimize our environmental impact and by sharing their reverence for our Earth.

As local residents, our guides show you daily life behind the scenes by identifying off-beat routes and introducing you to local friends and family at markets, villages, schools, farms, oftentimes taking you for a home-cooked meal or overnight in a local village. They know where and how to find wildlife, how to provide for daily food and survival skills while at the jungle excursions. In the highland they know of the best restaurants for local cuisine, and cultural and historic sites you can visit in the free time we offer so you can have the best experience.

Throughout the trip you will be accompanied by different regional guides who specialize in distinct locales such as archaeologists at ancient sites, mountain guides on trekking expeditions, and tropical ecologists in the rain forest. Most of all, our guides are fun traveling companions who make you feel relaxed, stimulated and full of life.

Juan Carlos Guerra Espinosa

was born and raised in Quito, the capital of Ecuador. He is well informed about his country's culture, history, and spectacular natural places, and loves sharing his knowledge with international travelers. He holds a degree in English Studies from UTE University and ESPE University and is fluent in English. Becoming an expert in Tourist Guiding and a national guide from CENESTUR, Centre of Tourism Studies in Quito and in hotel and tourism studies at UTE University, Juan Carlos leads tours since 1998 as a freelance guide to various international groups visiting Ecuador.

He is also the Executive Director of the Biotropical Foundation –Ecuador and runs Scientific Exploration & tours - Jungle and Volcanoes with the Ecuadorian Biologist Manuel Guerra, since 1994.

Juan Carlos is Eco Planet Adventure’s representative in Ecuador and a Trip leader for Ecuador highlands.

 

Delfin Gualinga

is a native born of the Amazon basin rainforest of Ecuador. His destiny carried him away from his remote village of the jungle at his early 20’s all the way to St. Louis University in the US, where he pursued 2 years of academic studies in Biology and English.

Returning back to Ecuador he joined the Yachana lodge over Napo River where he has guided international groups since then into the jungle marvels, trough hiking and discovering the amazing symbiosis of the animals, birds, trees, plants and insects and where the people have coexisted with the forest for centuries.

Taking a role in the Yachana extraordinary and impressive Technical High School program that is set up for the indigenous youth of the Amazon, Delfin’s vision and dream is now to establish such programs, based on eco-tourism, back in his remote jungle community.

Teaming up with Eco-Planet Adventure is giving Delfin’s dream an opportunity to be fulfilled. Introducing Mickey to his remote jungle community has planted the seeds for such venue. Today Delfin leads the Eco Planet Adventure groups with X-treme Challenge Jungle expeditions deep in the primary rainforest of the Amazon basin, proudly presenting the groups with the amazing eco diversity his homeland region offers.