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Napo Wildlife Center The Napo Wildlife Center, part of the Tropical Nature conservation system is a community-based ecotourism project that has turned the surrounding 82 square miles into a private reserve within Yasuní National Park. More than 550 species of birds have been identified in Napo, as well as 11 species of monkeys. Ecuador's two most accessible parrot clay licks are located on Napo Wildlife Center land, and Giant Otters inhabit the lake in front of the lodge.
Regular Departure Days:
- 4 days/3 nights.Friday departures, includes 3 breakfasts, 3 lunches and 3 dinners.
- 5 days/4 nights. Monday departures, includes 4 breakfasts, 4 lunches and 4 dinners.
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To get to the Napo Wildlife Center, fly by jet from Quito to the town of Francisco de Orellana (known locally as Coca) on the Napo River. After a short drive to the dock, we board a large, motorized, covered canoe for a two-hour trip downriver. Upon arriving at the entrance to the Napo Wildlife Center, we switch to smaller, dugout canoes to be paddled up the blackwater creek to the lake and lodge
(no motorized transport is allowed on the creek so wildlife isn't disturbed).
The trip can take anywhere from one to three hours, since guests might see river otters, potoos, kingfishers, hoatzins, jacamars, hawks, or monkeys along the way. We eat lunch en route and arrive at the lodge by late afternoon. |
