The Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest is one of the most biodiverse places in the world. Have a great adventure, hiking through millennium trees and join a drink of “chicha” with indigenous families, where you will understand and experience, that the forest and their way of life has not changed for thousands of years!
You can learn about the use of the medicinal plants that have inspired many of our ‘modern’ medicines and the people that first discovered them.
Traveling on rivers to access to the areas where you spend the nights and hike deep into the forest to see the wildlife, flora and fauna in a hot and humid environment. Using traditional canoes, you can explore hidden lagoons deep in the forest to search for Caiman, fish for Piranha (catch and release), and watch monkeys swinging through the trees.
There are several lodges and prices vary depending on comfort and location. The two main highlights are Cuyabeno National Park and Yasuni National Park.
The best time of the year to travel is between December to March as there is less rain. Rainy season is between April and July.
The conservation of this region ins being threatened by oil extraction, gold mining, deforestation due to agricultural expansion and logging.
