NAPO WILDLIFE CENTRE

Napo Wildlife Centre

Activities
On forest trails you are guided by native guides and you will see monkeys, lizards, tortoises, frogs and army ants in addition to an array of birds. These include toucans, macaws, parrots and hummingbirds. The largest mammals like jaguar, puma, tapir, giant anteater and giant armadillo have been spotted on the area also, though are elusive. One of the highlights at Napo is Ecuador’s most accessible parrot clay licks. The Napo Wildlife Centre has constructed comfortable hides at each parrot lick in order to provide the best viewing. More than 568 species of birds have been recorded at the Napo Wildlife Centre. Napo is also home to a total of 11 species of monkeys.
Eco-credentials
The Lodge is located by the Anangucocha Lake within the ancestral lands of the Anangu Quichua community and was built in conjunction with EcoEcuador. EcoEcuador is a non-profit organization dedicated to conservation efforts in Ecuador. The Anangu Quichua community receives half of the profits from the lodge which allows them to be active in conservation and to work towards preventing logging, market hunting and oil extraction, all of which are actively destroying local forests. The lodge has an environmentally sustainable sewage system and all waste water is treated to the highest standard in order to keep the swamps clean. Rubbish is kept to a minimum and they compost what they can, burn and bury what is safe to and pack out the remainder to designated landfills. Solar panels and diesel generators provide power.