Landscape:Rainforest
The small town at the base of the Andes is best known as the gateway to the Podocarpus National park. Aside from a petite market with an entire row dedicated to batidos and a large neon clock resting on the hillside opposite the bus depot, the town is not noteworthy. Information can be hard to come by and the tourist office is open intermittently, so if you want to visit t ...
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Gualaquiza is a tranquil oasis at the southern most tip ofthe Oriente, where the dense lush Amazon collides with the verdant sierraforests. In this quaint, proud, amiable town the rich biodiversity ranges fromjungle, to forest, caves, natural waterslides, and hosts delicious temperateclimate. Gualaquiza boasts the same conveniences as its northern counterpart,Macas, but ad ...
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Once an important colonial trading post in the Amazon, Tena is now the commercial center and capital of the Napo Province with a population of 19,000. The city lies 5 hours southeast of Quito, the capital city of Ecuador, and is surrounded by rainforest. The city is divided into two halves by the rivers Tena and Pano and connected by two bridges, one for pedestrians and on ...
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Situated an hour South-East of Tena, Sinchipura is an idyllic 30 people strong community sitting beside the River Napo deep in the Amazon jungle. Away from any town, cars and general noise the place is a model of how people live with the environment that they are given.
The people are very friendly and treat you as a member of their family whilst you are there. They are ...
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The small jungle town of Puyo is situated two hours east of Banos, three hours south of Tena, and five hours north of Macas, representing the nexus between the Northern and Southern Oriente. Remote jungle areas are accessible to the north, east and south, while to the west, Andean towns are easily reachable, making Puyo a very convenient junction for travelers.
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