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Napo Cultural Center

Sister lodge of the Napo Wildlife Center on the Napo River in Yasuní, run by the women of the Añangu community. Comfortable cabins with balcony, and excursions where nature and indigenous culture go hand in hand.

Overview

Comfort close to nature

Napo Cultural Center is located deep in the Yasuni Reserve on the banks of the Río Napo. It is the sister lodge of the prestigious Napo Wildlife Center and is managed by the women of the local community of Añangu. You get there from Quito via a 35-minute flight and a two-hour trip downstream by motor canoe. The Yasuni Reserve, with almost 1 million hectares of rainforest, offers more biodiversity in one hectare than the entire European continent. The lodge has a dozen beautiful and luxurious cottages, all with bathroom and balcony. From the lodge you can make full-day or half-day excursions, where nature exploration goes hand in hand with the exploration of the local culture.
Napo Cultural Center offers all-in tours of several days.

Getting there
  1. 1QuitodeparturePick-up at your hotel and transfer to the airport.
  2. 2Coca± 30 min flightShort flight over the Andes to the edge of the rainforest.
  3. 3Napo River± 2 h motor canoeDownstream on the Napo.
  4. 4Napo Cultural Centershort walkA few minutes on foot from the riverbank to the lodge.
Programmes

How long will you stay?

3 days / 2 nights

  1. Day 1Flight to Coca, motor canoe on the Napo, arrival and night walk.
  2. Day 2Parrot clay lick, visit to the Kichwa Añangu community.
  3. Day 3Early return to Coca and flight to Quito.

4 days / 3 nights

  1. Day 1Flight to Coca, motor canoe on the Napo, arrival and night walk.
  2. Day 2Parrot clay lick and walk in Yasuní.
  3. Day 3A day in the community: cooking, crafts and stories of the Añangu women.
  4. Day 4Early return to Coca and flight to Quito.
Photos

Around the lodge

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