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Four or Five Days in Cuyabeno, a no price experience for Nature Lovers
The lodge has 12 double cabins, each with its own shower and toilet. They are made by natives with local materials and are located within the Cuyabeno Reserve deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon Basin bordered by Columbia and Peru. The lodge is surrounded by jungle and is rustic but comfortable with wood pathways, bar and restaurant service, and a hammock lounge.
This trip features a lot of river travel and is an excellent way to explore and learn this unique riparian habitat. It can be done as either a 4 or a 5 day trip. Outlined below is a typical 4 day schedule.
Itinerary
Day 1:
Quito-Lago Agrio-Cuyabeno River. Brunch by the river followed by a 2 hour motorized canoe ride to the lodge. Frequent stops are made to watch troups of monkeys travelling through the canopy and exotic birds. Afternoon arrival at the lodge. After orientation and settling in guests go upstream for a jungle hike to see the flora and fauna up close. Before returning, take a quick swim, watch freshwater dolphins, and experience the sunset over Laguna Grande. Enjoy the first of many delicious dinners.
Day 2:
After breakfast take the canoe to a local community where most of the day is spent. Help harvest, prepare, and cook yucca bread. Lunch is tasty vegetarian roll-ups. After lunch hike in the primary forest alongside lines of leaf cutter ants. Forty minutes later the canoe picks the group up and returns everyone to the lodge. Before dinner everyone has a chance to fish for piranha (catch and release), see an anaconda up close in it's nest, and search for caimen (small alligator-like reptiles) by flashlight.
Day 3:
Today leave a little early for a float downstream for morning bird watching and if lucky you may see sloths. In the afternoon the guide leads another jungle hike and explains the use of plants for survival. Hike quietly and listen to the mating calls of birds. Learn something more about insect life in the jungle as the guide points out different ant and termite nests. After dinner there is an opportunity for a night hike to see insects and spiders.
Day 4:
Work up a big appetite paddling dugout canoes in a silent river trip to catch wildlife unawares. Reward yourself and escape the midday heat with a long swim. Remember to reapply your sunscreen!After lunch there is just enough time for the 2 hour trip back upstream to the bridge over the Rio Cuyabeno and the bus back to Quito. Note that it is possible to fly back but it is not recommended because there is only one flight and it requires a very early departure from the lodge - essentially you lose the entire last day except for the canoe trip back upstream.
Guaranteed departure for individual travelers every Monday
Price includes: All transportation from Lago Agrio (bus and canoe)
Experienced bi-lingual naturalist guide
Double cabin with shower, toilet and constant water
Equipment: rainwear, rubber boots, and lifejacket
Three healthy and natural meals per day
Indian Community entrance feeNot included: Flight ticket Quito to Lago Agrio: currently by air about $60 one way by bus around $9 (8 hours)
Cuyabeno Reserve US$20 per person
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