Often the most important part of a conservation project is the people themselves. And the Añangu community decided a number of years ago that it would not succumb to local pressures to destroy their own home. Income from the lodge will allow the community to continue to resist these pressures well into the future and set an example for others.

Thanks to their own initiative and hard work, and supported by the Tropical Nature Conservation System, the community has built the most carefully designed first class Amazon Lodge in Ecuador. The lodge itself consists of 10 luxury cabins and a large dining hall with a library and a well-stocked bar. Attached to the bar is a 50-foot viewing tower from which you can see the Andes on a clear day!

EcoEcuador has been working with the Añangu community for many years, and individual members of the EcoEcuador board of directors have been working with community members for well over a decade.

We will travel in small groups, lead by native a Añangu guide, who is also an official Yasuni Park Ranger, and an expert who will reveal to us the secrets of the forest’s medicinal plants. Our other guide is a bilingual naturalist with great deal of knowledge in tropical forest biology.

Both will provide informative, enjoyable excursions every day, combining an educational and fun experience. Groups and guides will tailor their excursions in order to take advantage of coolest hours in the forest for the highest activity levels. Outings will be scheduled for before dawn or at sunrise.

This will us to see the maximum amount of wildlife, and of course each group will decide with their guides how physically intensive they want their Amazon excursions to be. On evening and night outings, an overwhelming concert of natural sounds will flood your ears.

One of the highlights at the centre is starting out very early in the morning in order to reach two of Ecuador's most accessible parrot clay licks. They are located within the lodge territory and can be reached by traveling downstream on the Giant Otter creek in dugout canoe before reaching the Napo River. We have built comfortable blinds in each parrot lick in order to provide the best viewing and highest quality photo/video opportunities.

Activities will start at the main lick between 7 and 8 in the morning and at the second blind after midday. (Price info below)