For you who love nature and being able to observe the incredible fauna and flora of our Ecuadorian jungle, we offer you the best opportunity to visit it and be in direct contact with the Ecuadorian Amazon, you will be able to live these great experiences. Cuyabeno River Lodge is located within the Cuyabeno National Reserve.Throughout your stay you will be able to visit the Siona Community, observe some of the 500 species of birds, in the tours of the rivers we will appreciate some of the 450 species of fish, have direct contact with the different reptiles and mammals that enable the place. 

After traveling by bus to the Cuyabeno Bridge (check-in at 10:00 am), our guide will be waiting to welcome you and assist you in boarding the canoe that will take us to our camp, Cuyabeno River Lodge. After lunch, we will take an adaptation walk along the “Sendero de los Ceibos”, lasting approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.
In the evening, we’ll enjoy a night walk to observe insects, frogs, and other nocturnal creatures of the jungle, followed by dinner at the lodge and time to rest and relax surrounded by the sounds of the Amazon.

Breakfast at 07:30 am. then, we will leave in the canoe, towards the complex of Lagunas with an impressive journey, observing during the journey, different species of animals and birds such as monkeys, hoatzines, herons, river ducks, kingfishers, etc. Y with a lot of luck, the sloths. Once in Laguna Grande, we can enjoy the surroundings and we will observe Pink Dolphins. In the lagoon, we can also see the forest flooded, where we will try to find the Anacondas. In the Ant (Lagoon

Grande) we will look for a suitable place to serve ourselves an appetizing box lunch. Then we'll go downriver to visit the Siona Community. In this visit we will be able to learn how they live and what they do on a normal day, then we will go with a family to prepare the PAN DE YUCA or CASABE in the traditional way. In the afternoon we will take a refreshing swim in the center of the Laguna Grande and we will watch the sunset. At a suitable time our guide will propose the return where we can observe alligators back to the camp. Dinner and accommodation.

After breakfast, we will continue our expedition in the primary forest of the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, exploring the different trails in the northern part, where we will take interpretive walks to learn about the flora and fauna of the area.

At noon, we will return to the lodge for lunch.

Then, we will travel (30 min) to visit an agrotourism farm specializing in the reproduction of Amazonian fish (paiches, zabalos, boca chicos), where we will learn about the breeding, sustainable management, and conservation processes of these emblematic species of the Amazon.

In the afternoon, we will return to the reserve area for an upstream canoe trip, ideal for observing wildlife such as birds, monkeys, and reptiles in their natural habitat.

At the end of the day, we will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight accommodation.

Very early in the morning, we will leave for Bird Watching (optional activity), we must remember to notify the guide the night before, so that he wakes up and can go do this exercise. During this journey you will be able to see different species of birds, then we will have breakfast. It will be done (check out 11:30 am) we will go to the Cuyabeno Bridge where we will board the direct bus or our own vehicle.