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Why is it so important to be hosted on a lake system?

Imagine yourself in this great, never ending tropical jungle. You really want to see wildlife. But most wildlife moves about through the canopy of the trees. From where you are on the ground, your vision is limited, because the undergrowth and the leaves are in your way and from the relative darkness where you are on the ground you get blinded when you look up towards the canopy. That makes it difficult to distinguish the characteristics of birds and mammals. When you are on the water, your vision is much better, because you look at the vegetation's edge from the side which is directly illuminated by the sun. Also wildlife tends to concentrate along shores and aquatic wildlife is fully dependent on water. Another reason is logistical.

Moving on a Jungle trail requires much of your attention and it is difficult to observe wildlife and walk at the same time, while your radius of action is very limited. On the water one may move about conveniently to the best wildlife spotting sites, while watching birds as the scenery glides by quietly.

As wildlife observation must take place very early in the morning, it is paramount to be in the heart of the location of observation. The Cuyabeno lodge is right in the heart of the lake system, while visitors coming from other lodges must first travel at least two to three hours by motorized canoe to reach the lakes.

Cuyabeno during the dry season, when breeding of birds and reptiles is at its peak.

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Why big rivers don't provide an optimal jungle experience?

Several lodges in Ecuador are located on large rives or small oxbows along them. Particularly along the big rivers, like the Rio Napo and the Rio Aguarico, the jungle has been cut down long ago with the exception of a few patches of deteriorated jungle and secondary growth; some at the periphery of a national park, but others not even that. But even when the big rivers were still forest clad twenty years ago, they never had created the "jungle experience" because they are too wide and too open and as they are fairly straight, they lack the continuous change of landscape characteristic for small winding rivers.

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It is the small rivers and small lakes that are important for wildlife observation and for the "great jungle experience, because there one travels through "tunnels of vision" with views of the exuberant vegetation on both sides of the river. As the tree canopies partially cover the a narrow winding rivers, one enjoys being in the forest and at the small lakes one may enjoy the better visibility. Ecuador has only two such locations, being the Cuyabeno Lakes system and the Lagarto Cocha Lakes system, both in the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve. However, travelling time and logistics are much more favorable for the Cuyabeno Lakes complex, and scenically, on Ecuador's mainland lowlands, nothing comes close to the landscapes of those wonderful lakes and canals of the Cuyabeno Lakes system.

 

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Cuyabeno Lodge office in Quito:

Director Cuyabeno Lodge / Neotropic Turis

Luis Hernandez

Phone: ++593.2.252.1212 
Fax: ++593 2 2554 902
Casilla 17-07-8740
Robles 653 Y Amazonas, Edif. Proinco Calista 1006
Quito
Ecuador

 

 
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