Waterways thread through the rainforest

Exploring by canoe is a great way to approach the bird and animal life along the water’s edge, and the local guides are experts on life in the rainforest.

Photo by Markham Johnson

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Amazon Rainforest Extension: Napo Wildlife Center

Into the Emerald Forest

Trip Details at-a-Glance

Cost From: $875
Length: 4 days
Arrive: Quito, Ecuador
Depart: Quito, Ecuador
Activity: Wildlife & Natural History, Walking, Cultural Adventures
Trip Level: 2 explain

Our Trips using this Extension


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Finch Cruise
Fitzroy Cruise
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Day 1
Quito / Coca / Napo Wildlife Center

Fly from Quito to Coca and transfer by motorized canoe along the Napo River to the Napo Wildlife Center. Overnight at the lodge.

Days 2-3
Napo Wildlife Center

Enjoy nature walks and exploration at the Napo Wildlife Center, a community-based ecotourism project in a vast private reserve inside Yasuní National Park, where more than 550 species of birds have been identified along with 11 species of monkey. One of the lodge’s features is a clay lick (the most accessible parrot and macaw clay lick in Ecuador) where on a sunny day, hundreds of parrots and macaws gather. Napo also has a canopy tower, a great way to experience the life above the forest floor. As you ascend the 12-story tower, you pass through different levels of the forest (there is also a smaller canopy tower near the dining hall with great views of the lake).

Day 4
Coca / Quito

Transfer by boat to Coca and fly to Quito.

Extension Costs

4 days / 3 nights

$875 per person, based on double occupancy
Solo traveler: From $1295
Child discount: $150 (11 and under), airfare 50% off (11 and under)
Internal airfare: $167 (subject to change)

5 days / 4 nights

$1055 per person, based on double occupancy
Solo traveler: $1545
Child discount: $200 (11 and under), airfare 50% off (11 and under)
Internal airfare: $167 (subject to change)

Napo Wildlife Center

Amazon, Ecuador

Nestled in an 82-square-mile private reserve within Yasuni National Park, Napo offers 10 cabanas with private bathrooms, ceiling fans, screened windows, and private shaded porches with lake views. Napo’s 120-foot canopy tower is a great way to view rainforest life.

Note: Listed above are our signature accommodations for this trip. Although it is highly unlikely, we may make substitutions when necessary.