Even in our sophisticated age of the jet-set, the Amazon still remains very much a great unknown. While only about the size of the UK, Ecuador it is home to almost 50% of the bird species in South America and its cloud forests are considered to be the single richest hotspot on the planet, containing approximately 15-17% of the world's plant species and nearly 20% of its bird diversity.
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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 passing through cloud forest.
Ecuador is the perfect place to take a trip into the cloud forest or jungle to discover this fragile ecosystem which is home to the spectacled bear, jaguar, sloth, howler monkey, puma and many other creatures and to learn about the people who depend on it . Ecuador has an exemplary system of nature reserves and parks and a choice of excellent lodges.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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