Sani Lodge

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Sani Lodge, located in the heart of Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon, offers a unique experience of sustainable tourism and adventure in the jungle.
During your stay at the lodge, you'll have the opportunity to explore the biodiversity of the area through hikes, canoe trips, and animal observation. You'll also get to meet the Kichwa community that inhabits the region, learn about their culture, and participate in traditional activities such as hunting and fishing.
Accommodation at the lodge is comfortable and eco-friendly, with rooms built from local materials and a wide range of services and amenities. Don't miss the opportunity to immerse yourself in the natural beauty of Yasuni National Park on this unique tour at Sani Lodge.

Itinerary

Itinerary "A" - 4 days

Day 1 

• Your journey starts with a 35-minute flight from Quito- to Coca where the staff will pick you up and transfer to a local hotel located on the banks of Napo River.
• The canoe ride is followed by a 5 minute walk and 20-minute paddle canoe across the Challuacocha creek. The staff will welcome you with refreshing cold drinks and snacks before you settle down in your cabins.
• Later, you’ll have the option to take short walk on nearby trails or take a canoe ride with the chance to observe primates, Amazonian birds, black caimans in their primitive setting. You’ll also have a close encounter with the amazing flora represented by cedar trees, orchids, and bromeliads. Upon your return to the lodge, our chef will be happy to offer a wide variety of national and international cuisine that caters celiacs, vegetarians and vegans.
• After dinner explore our black-water Oxbow Lake, a haven for one of the increasingly endangered species, the black caiman. This lake supports a healthy population of these large South-American crocodiles, which can measure up to 6 meters (18ft.) long. Return to the lodge. 

 Day 2

• After breakfast, experience the life on the tree tops from the 36 meter (118 ft.) observation tower. To get there, your leaders will paddle on the Challuaco-cha Lake for about 30 minutes through a beautiful Igapo Forest and a short 10-minute walk. Over 565 species of birds have been registered so far, including colorful birds such as macaws, toucans, honey-creepers, tanagers, flycatchers, hummingbirds and with a bit of luck a close view of howler, squirrel monkeys and sloths resting on the canopy.

• After lunch, there are many alternative activities for your enjoyment, bird-watching from the dining hall or simply getting to relax on the hammocks. In the after-noon, hike Chorongo or Coto trails of 3 hours, fantastic terra-firme forest to discover the relationships among the different living creatures and the role they play in this complex ecosystem. Orchids, vines, strangler figs, ancient trees; bromeliads are all part of this fabulous tropical rainforest. Dinner at the lodge.
• After dinner take a night walk to see how myriads of insects, spiders and frogs come alive. 

Day 3

• After early breakfast head back to the Napo River to board the motor canoe and visit the parrot clay lick at Yasuní, a natural land slide where hundreds of parrots search for a gap to land and eat the earth.

• Here you will see Mealy Amazon, Yellow-crowned, Orange-winged and Blue-headed parrots. Continue with a walk on the south of the Yasuní for a wonderful view of flora and fauna of this area considered by scientists to be the most biodiverse area in the world.
• Here some species that cannot be found in the north like the gold- en-mantled tamarins, spider monkeys, Blue and yellow macaws and with a bit of luck a close encounter with white-lipped or collared pecca- ries.
• Head back to Sani Community Center to visit a native house to get a taste of how a typical Kichwa family lives. Enjoy their food, drinks, customs, and culture of the Sani community and learn how the lifestyle of the locals is environmentally sustainable. Return to the lodge for piranha fishing and a well-de- served diner.

Day 4

• Depart from the lodge at 5:00 a.m. for the last canoe ride and encounter with the flora and fauna of the Amazon jungle to board the canoe and get on time for your flight back to Quito. Packed breakfast will be served on the way. 

Itinerary "B" (Birding & Photography) - 4 days

Day 1

• Your journey starts with a 35-minute flight from Quito- to Coca where the staff will pick you up and transfer to a local hotel located on the banks of Napo River.
• The canoe ride is followed by a 5 minute walk and 20-minute paddle canoe across the Challuacocha creek. The staff will welcome you with refreshing cold drinks and snacks before you settle down in your cabins.
• Later, you’ll have the option to take short walk on nearby trails or take a canoe ride with the chance to observe primates, Amazonian birds, black caimans in their primitive setting. You’ll also have a close encounter with the amazing flora represented by cedar trees, orchids, and bromeliads. Upon your return to the lodge, our chef will be happy to offer a wide variety of national and international cuisine that caters celiacs, vegetarians and vegans.
• After dinner explore our black-water Oxbow Lake, a haven for one of the increasingly endangered species, the black caiman. This lake supports a healthy population of these large South-American crocodiles, which can measure up to 6 meters (18ft.) long. Return to the lodge.

 Day 2

• After breakfast, experience the bird life on the tree tops from the 35-meter (118 ft.) observation tower.
• Over 565 species of birds have been registered so far, including colorful birds such as macaws, toucans, honeycreepers, tanagers, flycatchers, hummingbirds and with a bit of luck you will see the rare Harpy Eagle.
• The journey continues exploring the nearby trails searching for more Amazonian creatures.
• Return to the lodge for lunch.
• After lunch there are many alternatives for your enjoyment, bird watching from the bar, in front of the lagoon or simply relax in the lodge. In the afternoon you will walk through Chorongo or Coto trail with the goal to find more species of birds.

Day 3

• After breakfast departure to the Napo River to board the boat and visit the parrot-clay lick at Yasuní National Park for a wonderful view of hundreds of parrots searching for a gap to land and eat the earth in a process for their digestion.

• Here you will see Mealy Amazon, Yellow-crowned, Orange – winged and Blue-headed parrots. Continue with a hike on the south of the Napo inside Yasuní National Park considered for scientists like the most biodiverse area in the world, here, some species that cannot be found in the north might be spotted.

• Dinner at the lodge.

Day 4

• After breakfast head back to the Napo River to board the boat and visit the trails on the south side of the Napo river.
• Visit the islands of Napo River to find the species that habit these ecosystems. It is very important that you bring your binoculars to see them.
• In the return there will be a feedback of birds seen along with the checklist.

Day 5

• After breakfast head back to the Napo River to board the boat return to Coca on time to get your flight back to Quito.
• End of our service.

Itinerary "C" - 5 days

Day 1

• We will meet in Lago Agrio between 9:00 am and 9:30 am. The meeting point is in Magic Paradise hotel, where we will take private transportation to the entrance of the Cuyabeno Reserve.
• At this point, visitors must register at the Reserve office and then we will board the canoe. Here our naturalist guide will give you information about the Reserve, important recommendations and other tips to begin the two-hour canoe trip down the Cuyabeno River to Piranha Ecolodge.
• During the canoe trip you will be able to enjoy the wonderful flora and fauna found in the jungle.
• You can also see some of the 10 species of monkeys, birds, and other animals in the jungle, depending on the weather and weather conditions.
• We will arrive at Piranha Ecolodge. (Around 1:30 pm)
• We will have lunch.
• At that time, they will be assigned their rooms and they can relax for a few minutes. Then we will go out by motorized canoe to take a tour around the Laguna Grande to observe the flora and fauna and with many possibilities to see the pink dolphins. Then we will go to the middle of the Laguna Grande to watch the sunset and swim.
• Next, we will return to the camp for dinner and later we will take a night walk for one hour to spot arachnids, amphibians and hopefully reptiles.
• Finish the first day in the jungle; you can relax in a hammock or have a beer at the bar. 

Day 2

• After breakfast, experience the life on the tree tops from the 36 meter (118 ft.) observation tower. To get there, your leaders will paddle on the Challuaco-cha Lake for about 30 minutes through a beautiful Igapo Forest and a short 10-minute walk. Over 565 species of birds have been registered so far, including colorful birds such as macaws, toucans, honey-creepers, tanagers, flycatchers, hummingbirds and with a bit of luck a close view of howler, squirrel monkeys and sloths resting on the canopy.

• After lunch, there are many alternative activities for your enjoyment, bird-watching from the dining hall or simply getting to relax on the hammocks. In the after-noon, hike Chorongo or Coto trails of 3 hours, fantastic terra-firme forest to discover the relationships among the different living creatures and the role they play in this complex ecosystem. Orchids, vines, strangler figs, ancient trees; bromeliads are all part of this fabulous tropical rainforest. Dinner at the lodge.
• After dinner take a night walk to see how myriads of insects, spiders and frogs come alive.

Day 3

• After early breakfast head back to the Napo River to board the motor anoe and visit the parrot clay lick at Yasuní, a natural land slide where hundreds of parrots search for a gap to land and eat the earth. Here you will see Mealy Amazon, Yellow-crowned, Orange-winged and Blue-headed parrots.
• Continue with a walk on the south of the Yasuní for a wonderful view of flora and fauna of this area considered by scientists to be the most biodiverse area in the world. Here some species that cannot be found in the north like the gold- en-mantled tamarins, spider monkeys, Blue and yellow macaws and with a bit of luck a close encounter with white-lipped or collared pecca- ries.
• Head back to Sani Community Center to visit a native house to get a taste of how a typical Kichwa family lives. Enjoy their food, drinks, customs, and culture of the Sani community and learn how the lifestyle of the locals is environmentally sustainable. Return to the lodge for piranha fishing and a well-de- served diner.

Day 4

• Explore the hidden corners of Sani Lodge in a 6-hour hike level 2 on Chorongo Largo trail for a close encounter with stunning wildlife represented by wooly monkeys, troops of Squirrels, white-fronted capuchin monkeys, parrots, macaws, toucans and with a bit of luck tapirs and even peccaries.
• Discover the magic world of untouched, virgin forest in a once in a lifetime experience. Lunch will be served in the middle of the forest, surrounded by tree ferns, ancient kapoks, palms, and tons of magical energy at all levels.
• Return in the afternoon to the lodge for dinner. This activity is depending on how physical capability you have. Can be changed to shorter trails, longer canoe rides.

Day 5

• Depart from the lodge at 5:00 a.m. for the last canoe ride and encounter with the flora and fauna of the Amazon jungle to board the canoe and get on time for your flight back to Quito. Packed breakfast will be served on the way.
• End of services!