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Amazonian region of Ecuador
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The Amazon is a region of Ecuador.
The Jungle Lodge El Jardin Aleman at Misahualli River, 2 km from Misahualli village and 17 km from Tena offers packages with accommodation, meals and daily guided jungle tours into its 225 ha of protected rainforest and to Indian villages.
Boasts its own lake, two birding towners and very friendly staff.
Eco-lodge deep inside the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (Sucumbios), accommodation with all included tours in canoe of 4, 5 and 7 days (optional with camping).
This depends mostly on how much money you have to spend. If you're staying at one of the jungle lodges, you'll be picked up at the airport (either Quito or Coca).
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Baeza is a small town in Quijos Canton in Napo Province, which is in the Andean Highlands of Ecuador.
Papallacta is a village of 920 people (2010) in Ecuador.
Tena is a town in Ecuador's Amazon jungle area. It is the capital of the Napo Province and a quiet city in the Amazon rainforest.
Coca, or Puerto Francisco de Orellana, is in the Amazonian region of Ecuador. The city serves as the main gateway in Ecuador for travellers heading into the Amazon rainforest.
Nuevo Rocafuerte is in Amazonian Ecuador.
Puyo, also known as El Puyo, is a city in the Amazon region of Ecuador. It is often overshadowed by the nearby tourist magnet of Baños, but serves as an excellent base for trips to community-based tourism projects and jungle excursions.
Lago Agrio or Nueva Loja is a city in the Amazon region of Ecuador. It is the capital of the province of Sucumbios and was founded in the 1960s as a base camp by Texaco.
Zamora is a city in southeastern Ecuador. It is the capital of Zamora Chinchipe province.
Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (Reserva de Producción Faunística Cuyabeno) is well-known to be one of the areas with the most biodiversity on earth. The reserve is located in the Sucumbíos province, in the Ecuadorian part of the Amazon rainforest.
Limoncocha National Biological Reserve is in the Amazon region of Ecuador.
Podocarpus National Park (officially Parque Nacional Podocarpus) is a protected natural area in southeastern Ecuador. It is an area of mixed ecosystems as the environment transitions from the Andean highlands to the lowland jungles of the Amazon basin.
Sumaco Napo-Galeras National Park (Parque nacional Sumaco Napo-Galeras) is a protected natural area in the Amazon region of Ecuador. The park is remote rugged backcountry through rainforests that are regarded as a biodiversity hotspot.
Yasuni National Park (Parque Nacional Yasuni) is a protected natural area in the Amazon region of eastern Ecuador. The park is the most biodiverse place on Earth where thousands of species concentrate in an area along the equator where the Andes mountains give way to the tropical rainforests of the Amazon basin.
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Travel tipsEcuador has historical and renovated haciendas or traditional ranches. Haciendas often cover large areas of land and incorporate agricultural operations and other businesses.
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Nature & adventureEcuador has 11 national parks and other types of reserves protecting an area of 26 million hectares (almost 20% of the country's total territory). The parks include some of Ecuador's most spectacular natural wonders.
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ItinerariesThe Quilotoa Loop is a challenging 3-to-5-day hike in Ecuador that takes you through high Andean villages and past Laguna Quilotoa, a crater lake surrounded by volcanic peaks.
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