Natural features

Yasuní and the Ecuadorian Amazon

Ecuador Orellana

Yasuní and the Ecuadorian Amazon
Photo: Diego Tirira from Quito, Ecuador, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

One of the most biodiverse places on earth, in Ecuador's Amazon, visited from lodges reached by boat from Coca, often run by indigenous communities. See monkeys, parrot clay licks and giant otters.


Stay at least 3 nights.

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