Routes of the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve and Yasuni programs of Parks and Tribes / Cofan Lodge:
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Cuyabeno Lake Area including our new 1 Day Trip;
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Lagartocoche Expedition Leaving from Nuevo Rocafuerte at the border with Peru;
There are 4 options to travel to the Amazon Lowlands:
Take the night bus on the Putumayo bus cooperative from Quito to the Cuyabeno Reserve (usually leaves at 11 at night) from the "Terminal Carcelen (Norh)" in Quito and arrive in Lagoagrio the next day. Another option is from the "terminal Quitumbe (South). As a result of major construction works it now takes about 13 hours. It costs about $ 25 one way and you have to leave from your hotel in Quito (by taxi) to the terminal an hour before departure.
Fly Quito - Coca (officially Puerto Francisco Orellana), which costs about $ 200 for a round trip on Aeroregional (LATAM flies there too, but often at higher ticket prices), but it takes 2 X $25 to take a taxi to Quito airport. The flight usually leaves at 9 in the morning, and takes 30 minutes to arrive. After getting your luggage, it will be 10:30. We can arrange a transfer to the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve which takes about 3.5 hours. This fight is great for the Yasuni - Napo River Cruise and the Lagartocoche tour.
Take our Private Trans-Andean bus Transportation to Coca and the Cuyabeno Reserve. It will pick you up at your hotel early in the morning and take to the Aguarico River in about 8 - 9 hours depending how much time we spend on the way at the overlooks into the Cayambe - Coca Ecological Reserve, the Reventador Volcano and the Papallacta spas. The same applies for the Lake Cuyabeno accommodations which pass through the main park entrance on the Cuyabeno River.
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Routes of the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve and Yasuni programs of Parks and Tribes / Cofan Lodge:
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It is possible to arrange for spending the night at either a Papallacta (costly) or Jamanco (friendly and much more economical) Spa, but then another day is needed to get to the reserve.
Many passengers who take the private transportation, chose to fly back from Coca or visa versa.
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