Midday on the Lagunas de Cuyabeno

Cuyabeno Lodge is located in the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, an elaborate system of wild lagoons, rivers and flooded forest found in North-eastern Ecuador.

The reserve encompasses over 604,000 hectares of primary rainforest and boasts an incredible variety of Neotropical wildlife including:

River dolphins,

Tapirs,

Capybaras,

Caimans,

Anacondas,

Ocelots,

Monkeys and

The infamous piranha.

The bird life is particularly spectacular:
over 515 species have been recorded such as:

The prehistoric-looking hoatzin

Umbrella bird

Blue-headed parrots.

White-eared jacamar, scarlet macaw and the awesome harpy-eagle with its eight-foot wing-span.

Additionally, over 12,000 species of plants have been identified.


Indigenous inhabitants of the Amazon basin for thousands of years, also call Cuyabeno their ancestral homeland:

Sionas.

Cofanes and

Secoyas.


Cuyabeno Lodge's neighbor Victoriano, Chief of the Sionas

One of the best ways to explore the rainforest is by canoe, and Cuyabeno with its maze of waterways provides you with ample opportunities to experience this wet and wild green world in a way that is intimate and highly rewarding.

You are guided through the forest by an indigenous canoe driver from the Siona Indian community, as well as a bilingual naturalist. Activities include canoeing (in motorized and dug-out crafts), hiking, bird-watching, swimming, night walks and swinging in your hammock.