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Amazon biodiversity · Ecuador

Yasuni National Park

One of the most biodiverse places on the planet — western Amazon rainforest of parrot clay licks, monkeys and giant otters.
Getting there
By flight to Coca, then motor-canoe down the Napo river to the lodges
Best for
Amazon rainforest, parrot clay licks, monkeys, giant otters, canopy towers, biodiversity
The land
Pristine western-Amazon rainforest along the Napo river
Good to know
Yasuni records more species of trees, birds and amphibians per hectare than almost anywhere on earth
What it is
Yasuni is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet — western-Amazon rainforest of parrot clay licks, monkeys and giant otters.
Reached by canoe down the Napo river, Yasuni National Park is staggeringly rich — more species per hectare than almost anywhere on earth. Its lodges offer parrot clay licks where hundreds of birds gather, canopy towers, oxbow lakes with giant otters, ten monkey species, caiman and a thousand-plus birds — the Amazon at its most diverse.
PhotoYasuni National Park — amazon biodiversity.
The reason to come

The richest Amazon

Yasuni is among the most biodiverse rainforests on earth.

Parrot clay licks

Hundreds of parrots and parakeets at the riverbank licks.

Canopy towers

Toucans, macaws and the forest from above.

Giant otters

Otter families on the oxbow lakes.

Worth knowing

The most diverse forest

Yasuni packs more species per hectare than almost anywhere on earth — the Amazon at its richest.
PhotoA parrot clay lick in Yasuni.
When to come — honestly

A year-round rainforest.

Year-round
Best
A year-round rainforest; the clay licks are active in drier spells.
November – February
Good
Often drier, with active clay licks.
Year-round
Good
Biodiverse in every season; water levels shift the access.
Reached by flight and canoe; clay-lick activity depends on dry weather and is never guaranteed.
Context

The Amazon jewel

Yasuni is Ecuador's premier Amazon, astonishingly biodiverse.

It anchors the Amazon itineraries, by canoe from Coca.

We base Yasuni at river ecolodges down the Napo, for clay licks, canopy and otter lakes.

Beyond the obvious

More to Yasuni National Park.

PhotoParrot clay licks

Parrot clay licks

Hundreds of parrots.

PhotoCanopy towers

Canopy towers

Macaws and toucans.

PhotoGiant otters

Giant otters

On the oxbow lakes.

Why Wild Voyager

We string together cloud forest, Amazon and islands.

Ecuador packs cloud forest, Amazon and the Galápagos into a small country, but the logistics are fiddly. We handle the lodges, river canoes, flights and cruises so the pieces connect smoothly.

Handpicked stays

We choose the lodge and guides that fit your goals, not whatever is left.

We time it right

We build your visit around the season and the wildlife that delivers.

Journeys

Trips through Yasuni National Park

8 Days · 7 Nights

Amazon Wildlife Explorer
12 Days · 11 Nights

Cloud Forest & Amazon
14 Days · 13 Nights

Birds of Ecuador
14 Days · 13 Nights

Ecuador Wildlife Highlights
15 Days · 14 Nights

Galápagos & Amazon
16 Days · 15 Nights

Ecuador Complete
Where to stay

Where you’ll stay in Yasuni National Park

Signature Collection
PhotoNapo Wildlife Center
Signature

Napo Wildlife Center

A community-owned ecolodge on an oxbow lake in Yasuni, with a canopy tower.
Luxury Collection
PhotoLa Selva Amazon Lodge
Luxury

La Selva Amazon Lodge

A polished lodge on a lake in Yasuni, strong on canopy birding.
Classic Collection
PhotoSacha Lodge
Classic

Sacha Lodge

A long-established Napo-river lodge with a famous canopy walkway.
Wildlife you may see
Birds Primates

Plan your Yasuni National Park trip.

Explore the western Amazon of Yasuni. Tell us your dates and we will build the route around it.

Plan a trip

Field notes, now and then.

Where to go · When to go · Wildlife in season

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