Yasuni Rainforest Tour

A rewarding 30-minute flight over the eastern Andes mountain range to Coca is the beginning of this amazing experience. After landing, a short five-minute drive to the port on the Napo River will take you on to a comfortable covered motorboat. Here we start a boat ride along the Napo for approximately 2 hours. Some aquatic birds can be spotted on the way. After arriving at Napo Wildlife Center’s welcoming area, we take a magical and peaceful 2-hour dugout-canoe along a narrow creek that connects to the lake where the lodge is located. Great chances to spot wildlife, various species of monkeys as well as large birds like toucans, parrots or even macaws. Late afternoon arrival at the lodge.

Meals: Lunch/Dinner

After a buffet breakfast, you will experience the life above the forest. A 36-meter canopy tower is waiting. This tower is located about 30 minutes from the lodge, deep within the forest. Get a very good sample of the 567 species recorded so far. Enjoy a close look at colorful tanagers, macaws, toucans, flycatchers, and even spider or howler monkeys. The canopy tower opens a whole new world to the guests of the Napo Wildlife Center. Later on, you will return to the lodge for a typical Ecuadorian lunch. Then you can climb the dining room tree tower for more birds, or just relax in your hammock. In the afternoon, hike through a marvelous terra firme forest. Discover the ecology and the role of plants in the world of the Tropical Rain-Forest. See vines, ancient trees, bromeliads, or orchids. After the hike, explore the surrounding creeks. Dinner at 7:30 pm.

Meals: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner

This morning we will visit the best parrot clay lick in Ecuador! Early start and paddle downstream on the Anangu creek. Then, take the motorboat for a 10-minute ride for a wonderful view of thousands of parrots. Such as Amazon-Mealy, blue-headed, orange-cheek, among others, landing on the earth to eat the clay. Later we will be back at the welcome area and take a short hike to the parakeets’ clay lick. There are hundreds of cobalt-winged parakeets remain on the top of the trees, searching for the best time to eat the salts. Followed by the lunch in the welcome area. In the afternoon, visit the interpretation area to see the traditions of the ancestral Kichwa community of Anangu. We will be back at the lodge late in the afternoon, where you’ll be welcomed back with a refreshing fresh juice. Dinner at 7:30pm.

Meals: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner

This morning we hike along the Tiputini trail and its terra firme- and swamp forests. Here, we are searching for more wildlife. Such as golden-mantled tamarins, white-faced capuchin monkeys, two or three toed sloths and pygmy marmoset monkeys. We will return to the lodge for lunch and have a well-deserved rest. In the afternoon, paddle canoes will take you to explore deeper areas in the surrounding creeks. So we will have more possibilities to seeing unique wildlife. After dinner, a video about the community and Napo Wildlife Center will be shared with you.

Meals: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner

On your last day you will have an early breakfast and a last excursion canoeing back to the Napo River. The creek may reveal new sights of giant otters, monk saki monkeys, hoatzins, blackcapped donacobius or other birds. The motorized canoe will take you back to Coca for the flight back to Quito. We hope you enjoyed the Yasuni Rainforest Tour!

Meals: Breakfast