Activity:
Canandé
Accomodation:
Chocó Lodge
Guide:
Full time pro bird guide
Transport:
Vehicle and driver
Meals:
BLD
DESCRIPTION
Canandé reserve . - During the next two days you will explore one of the most biodiverse areas in the world. Canandé Lodge is located in Esmeraldas Province of northwestern Ecuador, two hours from the town of Pedro Vicente Maldonado. The lodge is situated at about 300m altitude—an ideal setting to experience humid Chocó tropical forest.
There are 62 species of birds endemic to the Chocó eco-region. Of those, 37 can be found in the Canandé Reserve. Species of interest include the Scarlet-breasted Dacnis, Golden-chested Tanager, Rose-faced Parrot, Great Green Macaw, Long-wattled Umbrellabird, Banded Ground-Cuckoo, Yellow-green Bush-Tanager, Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle, White-tipped Cotinga, Plumbeous Forest-falcon, Baudo Guan, Black-tipped Cotinga. The enigmatic Sapayoa is observed, along with the Chocó Poorwill and the Great Jacamar.
Camera traps have also revealed there are populations of four feline species in the reserve: Jaguar, Puma, Ocelot and Margay, as well as Pecaries and Red Deer, plus three species of monkeys: Howler monkeys, Brown-headed Spider monkeys and White Capuchins.
Amphibians such as the Kiki, the Horned Marsupial Frog and glass frogs are also protected in the reserve.
Fundación Jocotoco established the Canandé Reserve with the aim of protecting one of the most important and threatened biodiversity hotspots the Chocó, known as the non-Amazonian locality with the largest herpetofauna in the world.