Overview

La Selva Jungle Lodge takes you as close to nature as you have ever been. Through more than eighteen years of high quality and responsible tourism, La Selva Jungle Lodge has achieved uniqueness within the environment, reasons why La Selva Jungle Lodge has won an Ecotourism Award.

Services / facilities

La Selva Jungle Lodge boasts 17 thatched-roofed cabins, and a spacious dining room, both with a cone-shaped roof. Trained naturalist guides and native assistants will accompany you during all your adventure.

Guest room information

La Selva Jungle Lodge comes with a native design that is rustic, authentic and comfortable. The cabins can be described as private bungalows that are dry, cozy and immaculately clean. Each cabin has a private bathroom, a hammock and a mosquito netting in each bed.

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Overview

Sacha Lodge sits like an oasis deep in the lush Ecuadorian Amazon jungle. Surrounded by dozens of trails and canoe routes, the lodge offers unparalleled opportunities for birding, botany, hiking, canoeing, and photography. Decide which paths to explore and which adventures to experience according to your own ability and interests, and take in the sights and sounds of the world’s most famous jungle at this isolated lodge.

Guest Room Information

The lodging at Sacha was carefully designed to offer comfort to the traveler yet preserve the environment and rainforest ambience. All of our cabins, with high thatched roofs and private shaded terraces, are constructed with traditional materials and nestle well concealed into the lush surroundings. Each of 26 the rooms, which include single, double and (upon request) triple accommodations, provides a private bathroom with flushing toilet and hot shower. All cabins are screened against insects, and contain ceiling fans above two comfortable double beds.

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Overview

The Napo Wildlife Center, NWC Amazon Lodge, is the greatest and ultimate alternative luxury eco-hotel in Amazonian Ecuador. This ecotourism project includes the conservation of over 53,000 acres (over 21,400 hectares ) of the most pristine Amazon Rain Forest within the Yasunì National Park, an important UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and the largest tract of tropical rain forest in Ecuador

Services / facilities

Visitors will be divided up into small groups, and lead by a native Anangu guide, (who is also an official Yasuni Park Ranger), and an excellent bilingual naturalist guide with expertise on the forest’s medicinal plants secrets and other rainforest useful items and tropical forest biology.

Guest Room Information

Lodging at NWC has been designed to offer maximum privacy and comfort to the world traveler, providing lake and forest views from their private porches, as well as preserving one of the most pristine spots of the Amazon forest in Ecuador. Each of their 10 individual large luxury cabanas are prepared for receiving guests in double occupancy or arranged in advance for a 3 member family visit. Rooms include a king size and twin size beds, private bathrooms with on demand hot water, a multi-speed ceiling fan and electricity provided by silent generators.

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Depar ting from Quito, a 30 minute flight to Coca over the eastern Andes mountain range. After landing, about id-morning, 5 min transfer will take you to “La Mision” Por t, where you will embark  onto a comfor table covered motor boat.

    Here we star t a canoe ride along the Napo River for about 2 hours, box lunch is provided in route. 
 
  Along the way, birds like herons, kingfishers and others can be spotted. 
 
 
 
After arriving at NWC’s entry dock we disembark for restroom then take a majestic and peaceful 2 hours paddle canoe ride surrounded by trees, paddling along a narrow creek that connects to the lake where the lodge is located. 
  
  Chances to spot some species of monkeys as well as large birds like toucans, parrots or even macaws. 
 
Late afternoon arrival to Napo Wildlife Center with an overwhelming view of the Añangu Lake, welcome drink followed by a briefing of the local manager. 

Early wake up to reach the easiest access parrot clay licks in Ecuador, about 1 hour away from the lodge, guests reach there just before parrot activity kicks off at the clay lick between 7:30 to 8:30. A total of 11 species of parrots, parakeets and macaws can be seen.

Later, hike along forest trail to visit the Kichwa nterpretation center “Kuri Muyu" handled by the omen of the community also knows as mamakuna” learn about the kichwa culture, rafts, customs and traditional use of natural esources. Return to the creek and hike through a Terra Firme Forest for about 30 minutes until we arrive to the econd parrot clay lick where if the weather  onditions  help will be able to find different species f parrots, parakeets and even macaws. Lunch. You will be paddled back to the lodge, where you rrive at late afternoon with a delicious dinner waiting for you.

After early breakfast, we leave the lodge to experience an amazing view of the rainforest from a 36m. tall canopy tower, a great way to see the life above the ground of the forest. 
 
  This is the second tower at the Napo Wildlife Center  (the first is attached to the dining hall and allows great views of the lake). The tower is located about 30 minutes from the lodge deep within the terra firme forest. As you ascend the 12-floor tower, you pass through different levels of the forest and emerge on top of a huge Ceiba tree. 
 
 
Here you cross onto a wooden platform that is actually built into the tree and experience the view formerly reserved only for the birds. The metal tower itself was constructed to the highest standards, galvanized, and carefully inspected by engineers. Safety is the priority. The platform at the top of the tree was constructed by tree platform specialists as well. From top to bottom, there is no finer canopy experience in Eastern Ecuador. 
 
 
Flocks of colorful tanagers pass right through the canopy of the tree, Blue-and yellow Macaws fly past, in nearby trees Spider Monkeys search for fruit, two species of largetoucans call in the early mornings and afternoons, and the life of the forest canopy opens before you. Birds that are virtually impossible to see from theforest floor far below are suddenly right beside you, oblivious to your presence. 
 
The canopy tower opens a whole new world to guests of the Napo Wildlife Center!! Lunch served at the lodge. Afternoon visit to a terra firme trail, hike along primary forest to discover the forest interior, possibilities of finding lizards, colorful manakins or the unique and endemic Golden mantle tamarin monkeys. 
 
After the hike, explore the lake and creeks by dugout canoe with great possibilities of running into a Giant otter family on the way.

Early depar ture and last excursion canoeing back to the Napo river, the creek may reveal new sights of Giant otters, Monk Saki monkeys or many other rare birds. Transfer to the motorized canoe in order to return back to Coca, arrival approximately after a 2 hours boat ride in order to check-in for Coca – Quito flight, schedule  to be announced according to depar ture details and arrangements.

NOTICE: For security reasons, swimming into Añangucocha (lagoon) is forbidden. PLEASE NOTE: This is a sample itinerary subject to change due to weather conditions, safety, and particular interests of guests and groups. Changes and additions are made in order to maximize wildlife viewing and wilderness enjoyment, cultural interaction with local people, and all possible time at the richest rain forest in Ecuador: the Yasuni National Park. Please check with us to tailor-made your itinerary and cater to your particular interest for a unique life experience at the finest Amazon lodge: the Napo Wildlife Center.

• Fluvial Transport Coca - Napo Wildlife Center
• Lodging Napo Wildlife Center
• All inclusive meals
• Entrance fee parrot & parakeet salt lek
• Activities and visits acording to itinerary
• English Spanish guide
• Entrance to Yasuni National Park

• USD256 per person (Subject to change): flight ticket Quito - Coca - Quito with airport assistance at Quito
• airport Check in and transfer in - out at the city of Coca
• Beverages, tips, internet, laundry and any other requirement
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One of the highlights at Napo Wildlife Center is going out on a very early excursion to reach two of Ecuador’s most accessible parrot clay licks along the Napo region. These parrot clay licks are exclusive part of their reserve and lodge territory.They have a history of being visited by naturalists and are mentioned in The Birds of Ecuador (Ridgely and Greenfield, 2001). These are 2 of the over a dozen clay licks found on the Anangu Community territory. The parrot clay licks can be reached by following the Giant Otter creek downstream on dugout canoe near the Napo river. The Napo Wildlife Center has exclusively constructed well established and comfortable blinds in each parrot lick in order to provide visitors best viewing and high quality photo/video opportunities.Activity kicks off at main lick between 7 to 8 in the morning and at second blind after midday. Species include: Mealy, blue headed, yellow crowned, orange winged and orange cheeked parrots, cobalt winged, dusky headed and white eyed parakeets, with the occasional rarities like scarlet shoulder parrot let and scarlet macaws. In best weather conditions at least 800 individuals of most species can be spotted and in other days spite the rain one could still see a few dozens. This could be a full day excursion visiting both blinds equipped with a nice freshly made box lunch, or a half day visiting the main lick and returning for a served lunch at the lodge. Don’t miss a superb natural event full of unique sounds and brightly colored plumages!!

NAPO WILDLIFE CENTER TOURS

Standard Cabins Prices per person in USD
Program	Double or Triple	Single Occupancy	Airfare Net
4 days / 3 nights	$1332	$2112	$256
5 days / 4 nights	$1632	$2562	$256
6 days / 5 nights	$1937	$3018	$256
Suites Cabins prices per person in USD
Program	Double or Triple	Single Occupancy	Airfare Net
4 days / 3 nights	$1575	$2475	$256
5 days / 4 nights	$1950	$3036	$256
6 days / 5 nights	$2299	$3562	$256

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OVERVIEW

Quilotoa is a volcanic crater filled by a beautiful emerald lake. From the rim of the crater, 3850 m., several snowcapped volcanoes can be seen in the distance

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OVERVIEW

Mindo, a small town surrounded by a lush cloud forest climbing the western slopes of Pichincha, is the main access for the 19500-ha Bosque Protector Mindo-Nambillo. The reserve, which ranges in altitude from 1400 to 4780 m, features beautiful flora, fauna and spectacular cloud forest and waterfalls.

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Overview
Tucked in between Peru and Colombia, this country is small enough for you to have breakfast with scarlet macaws in the jungle, lunch in the lee of a snow-capped peak and, at tea time, be eyeballed by an iguana whose patch of Pacific beach you have just borrowed.
With this tour you will experience the incredible variety of Ecuador.

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OVERVIEW

One of our favorite visits as we will go to the Cloud Forest to breathe pure air and if we are lucky, we will have the possibility to birdwatch and certainly see a lot of variety of plants.

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The diversity of this ecosystem is such that Pasochoa is recorded to have 125 species of birds and 232 of plants. On this tour you can have an impressive view of the Avenue of Volcanoes. Pasochoa is an extinct volcano located in the Guayllabamba river basin in the Ecuadorean Andes. The current mountain form is a collapsed crater with a semicircular shape. This structure emerged approximately 100 thousand years ago due to an eruption which destroyed the crater and occidental slope of the previous volcanic cone. Lava and ash increased the fertility of the ground in the Pasochoa region, encouraging the growth of a vibrant forest ecosystem. 

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Quilotoa is a volcanic crater filled by a beautiful emerald lake. From the rim of the crater, 3850 m., several snowcapped volcanoes can be seen in the distance

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In Ecuador, there are few remains left that can remind us that before the Spanish and the Incas, there were a lot of civilizations living on this territory. This tour will take you through some of them with Cochasqui as a highlight.

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