South America
5 Day Rainforest Adventure in Ecuador - From: $3,770
Trip Summary
Napo Wildlife Center is located by the Anangucocha lake, within the unique ancestral territory of the Anangu Quichua Community, part of the Yasuni National Park. Nearby blinds built at parrot clay licks bring the action to you, a 120-foot canopy tower deep in the forest allows you to experience the life above the forest floor.
Highlights
- Spot parrots, parakeets, macaws and more at rainforest clay licks
- Hike along a forest trail to visit to the Quichua community of Añangu
- Canoe ride along under the rainforest canopy on the Napo River
Trip Details
Price:
| Per Person, double occupancy | From: $3,770 |
Based on low season rates with two guests traveling.
Departure Dates:
- Daily
Itinerary
Day 1
Quito, Ecuador
Arrive Quito. Transfer to Hotel Plaza Grande
Lodging: Hotel Plaza Grande
Day 2
Napo Wildlife Center
Take a private charter flight over the Eastern Andes Mountain range to Coca. From this river town continue by motorized canoe for approximately four hours to the Napo Wildlife Center, the ultimate alternative luxury eco-lodge in Amazonian Ecuador. This ecotourism project includes the conservation of some 53,000 acres of pristine rain forest within Yasunì National Park, an important UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and the largest tract of tropical rain forest in Ecuador. Along the way to the Center, you will take a break about halfway through your journey and switch to dugout canoe in order to arrive at Anangucocha Lake, where the lodge awaits us. On the first stretch of the Napo River, you are likely to see herons and kingfishers, and later paddle underneath the canopy that is home to monkeys and many of the larger birds: toucans, parrots, macaws. After a welcome drink and dinner, you may choose to join a brief guided exploration around the lake and try spotting cayman.
Lodging: Napo Wildlife Center
Day 3
Napo Wildlife Center
This first day at Napo Wildlife Center is a full one, as you leave the lodge bright and early and spend the entire day exploring your rainforest surroundings. Rise early to reach the parrot clay licks that lie an hour's hike from the lodge. The birds, which include some 11 species of parrots, parakeets, and macaws, are most active between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. Later, hike a forest trail to visit the Quichua community of Añangu and share time with an indigenous family as they go about their traditional activities. Hike to a second parrot clay lick, and picnic amid the parrots before hiking back to the lodge.
Lodging: Napo Wildlife Center
Day 4
Napo Wildlife Center
This day includes a special highlight of the Napo Wildlife Center: a trip up the canopy tower to experience life above the forest floor. The tower reaches 36 meters high (approximately 12 stories) and opens a whole new world. Flocks of colorful tanagers pass right through the canopy of the huge Ceiba tree that is the top of the tower. Blue-and-yellow macaws buzz by, and in nearby trees spider monkeys search for fruit. Two species of large toucans call in the early mornings and afternoons, and the entire forest canopy lies before you. Besides offering the best canopy experience in Ecuador, the priority at Napo Wildlife Center is safety, and the metal tower itself was constructed to the highest standards, galvanized, and carefully inspected by engineers. It is simply a marvelous experience to see the rain forest from this perspective. After lunch back at the lodge, embark on foot through the forest again, with a hike into the primary forest's interior, where you'll look for lizards, colorful manakins or the unique and endemic golden mantle tamarin monkeys. Later explore the lake and creeks by dugout canoe in search of giant otters.
Lodging: Napo Wildlife Center
Day 5
International Flights Home
After breakfast board motorized canoes and journey along the Napo River to Coca. On arrival in Coca board a private charter flight to Quito. Upon returning in Quito connect with international flights home.
Lodging: International Flights Home
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