The Amazon | Tailor-made Luxury holidays to Ecuador
Even in our sophisticated age of the jet-set, the Amazon still remains very much a great unknown. The Amazon is a world of trees and water - life in an abundance unimaginable, its size is difficult to grasp. Much of the rainforest is physically unexplored even now. The Amazon Basin is the earth’s biggest freshwater ecosystem and reservoir for a fifth of our planet’s fresh water.
The Amazon River is 4007 miles in length from source to mouth and second only in length to the Nile. It is hot and wet here all year round. The average temperature is 30º C. Ecuador has an exemplary system of nature reserves and parks. There are 9 National Parks, five of which are in the Amazon watershed.
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The Ecuadorian Andes fall away sharply and in less than 150 km you can travel from the high altiplano in the centre of the country to tropical Amazon jungle. To the east of the Andes, the area known locally as the Oriente, is the vast rainforest region of the upper Amazon basin. The dozens of rivers and tributaries eventually all flow into the Amazon River. A huge area of rainforest, the great majority of which is pristine primary forest. It is the perfect place to take a jungle trip and get to know something of this fragile ecosystem and the people who depend on it.
Amazon Headwaters with the Huaorani is an eco-lodge in the Ecuadorian Amazon where you will learn about the Huaorani people and their culture, their close relationship with the forest and have the opportunity to observe Amazon wildlife. Your stay of either 3, 4 or 5 nights will be a unique experience taking you to one of the most ecologically important areas on earth, in the company of a unique rainforest culture. Up to ten people can be accommodated at the eco lodge. More…
Kapawi Ecolodge and Reserve is located on the Pastaza River close to the Peruvian border in one of the most pristine and isolated parts of the Amazon Basin. Access to the lodge is by air only, with the nearest town a 10-day walk away. Having flown in there is a 90 minute canoe journey before you reach the lodge. Kapawi Lodge is a partnership between a private company and the Achuar, a local tribe of Amazonian Indians. There are 20 rooms. More…
Napo Wildlife Centre is a community-owned eco-tourism project in Amazonian Ecuador. The project includes the conservation of approximately over 53,500 acres of the most pristine Amazon rainforest within the Yasuniì National Park, an important UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and the largest section of tropical rainforest in Ecuador. The Yasunii National Park also has two of Ecuador's most accessible parrot clay licks, plus you may be lucky enough to see a giant otter as they live in the lake in front of the lodge. More...
Yachana Lodge is to be found deep in the Amazon rain forest, on the banks of the Napo River between Puerto Misahuallí and Coca - near the tiny community of Mondaña - two hours by motorized canoe from Coca. Built in 1995, the lodge is a branch of the Foundation for Education and Integral Development (FUNEDESIN), a nonprofit organization that works to educate and support the indigenous Montaña community. Yachana means "a place for learning" in the Quichua language, and indeed this environmentally friendly hotel positively plunges visitors into the indigenous lifestyle. More...
