Cuyabeno River Lodge Has sponsored tourism and scientific research in  the Ecuadorian Amazon Basin since the creation of the lodge and the  establishment of the reserve in 1979. We are the direct operators of  Cuyabeno River Lodge and protect the most fragile zone of the Cuyabeno  National Reserve. Over 500 species of birds, 450 species of fish, 12,000  plant species, and hundreds of mammals, reptiles, and amphibians can be  found in this diverse ecosystem. Our mission is to promote ecotourism  in an environmentally and culturally safe manner in order to present  Cuyabeno’s beauty to its visitors. We offer standard four or five-day  tours to our native-style cabins as well as longer adventure tours  through the mysterious waters of Cuyabeno and into Peru. Join us as we  venture into this unique and fascinating habitat!  

After traveling by bus directly to the Cuyabeno Bridge (check in at 11:00 am), we will travel by motorized canoe to our lodge for breakfast and rest, after lunch we will take a short acclimatization hike on the Los Ceibos trail for approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes. In the evening we will have a briefing for the next day's activities.

 After breakfast 08:00 am, we will get into the canoes that we will be using for the next four days to move through the Reserve. We will begin to rowing the Cuyabeno river until we reach Paso del Tigre, where we will have a short walk of approximately two hours where we may be lucky enough to see Pecares. When we return to the canoe, we will have the opportunity to fish for piranhas, and we will go deeper into the jungle, we will arrive at the Canangueno lagoon, where, more at night, we will have a night walk to observe caimans; We will spend the night in the lagoon. (As a point of reference: We can camp at Paso del Tigre. 

 (Optional: Requests for morning birding walks are welcome.) After breakfast, we will get on our canoe, enjoying beautiful flora and fauna. We will continue on our journey until we reach the Laguna Grande; which is the natural habitat of various species of animals, such as pink and gray dolphins, river turtles, and the elusive anaconda. We will find a suitable place to have lunch and rest for a while. And we will continue our trip through Cuyabeno, until we reach the Siona community in Puerto Bolívar, where we will be able to see their customs and experience their way of making food, assisting in the manufacture of cassava or casabe bread. Then we will go down the river where we will camp for the night. 

 We will go along the river until we reach ; where we will have a short walk through this almost untouched part of Cuyabeno, and we will go bird watching in the river. We will observe the pink dolphins along the river and they will be able to swim in it. We will camp in Montufar to spend the night. 

On the last day we had an early breakfast and returned to the Cuyabeno River Lodge by motorized canoe. Upon arrival at the Lodge we will have lunch, rest and return to Quito at 11:00 a.m.