🌿 Welcome to Tucan Eco Lodge – Your Gateway to the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve!
Nestled deep within the breathtaking Cuyabeno Reserve, Tucan Eco Lodge offers an immersive Amazon experience like no other. Located approximately 30 km downstream on the Cuyabeno River, the lodge is accessible by canoe, adding an adventurous touch to your arrival.
🌳 Your Stay at Tucan Eco Lodge:
✔️ Comfortable accommodations in two guest huts, each with three to four private cabins
✔️ Each hut sleeps two to four guests, featuring private bathrooms, showers, and double or triple bedrooms
✔️ A relaxation area with hammocks, offering stunning views of the river and, in the right season, the chance to spot pink river dolphins 🐬
✔️ Authentic Amazonian hospitality in a peaceful, nature-filled environment
🌍 Unparalleled Wildlife & Expert Guidance:
Every tour is led by an expert naturalist guide and an authorized canoe driver, ensuring an insightful and unforgettable journey through the reserve. With their deep knowledge of the region’s flora and fauna, they’ll help you discover the Amazon’s hidden wonders.
Accommodation in double and / or triple room with mosquito nets and a private bathroom
In-person guide in English or Spanish
(raincoat, rubber boots, life jackets)
+ coffee and tea in the Lodge
Any thing else not mentioned as included
Tourist Bus from Cuyabeno Reserve to Quito 30$ per person, payable in cash
Tourist Bus from Quito to Cuyabeno Reserve 30$ per person, payable in cash
We're going to the Cuyabeno Amazon Jungle via bus. We will stop a couple of times during the twelve-hour journey so you may obtain food and drink and use the restroom.
The journey starts at around 12 p.m. at the Cuyabeno reserve gate and lasts for around three hours as we ride down the river to our lodge while searching for monkeys, birds, and other wildlife. Midday meal and leisure time. You will swim, take in the sunset, and explore the river and lagoons in the afternoon in search of additional wildlife. You will go on a canoe trip at night to look for caimans. evening meal. Every evening, our naturalist guide will offer a variety of lectures on topics related to the Amazon rainforest, such as "Culture and communities, flora, fauna, and conservation," for any of our guests who are interested in knowing more.
Following breakfast in the morning, you will go on a four-hour stroll in the primary forest with a naturalist guide who will provide you with information on various species of birds, frogs, insects, and medicinal plants. At the camp, have lunch and unwind. You will experience the distinctiveness of nature as you explore the waterways in a traditional rowing canoe in the afternoon. You will take in the river's sunset, and if the weather permits, you could even spot some pink dolphins. Get ready for the night hike by returning to the lodge. Supper. You will get the chance to learn about and sample some traditional beverages of the Amazon this evening.
We will walk along the river early in the morning to see the sunrise and look for birds. You will return to the camp after this activity, have breakfast, and have some time to arrange your bags. After that, you'll paddle the canoe back and spend around two hours searching for other wildlife along the Cuyabeno River. At the reserve's entrance, which is about 11 a.m., you may board a transport back to Quito. Our tour is finish.
