La Selva
Kapawi
Maquipucuna
Yachana
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Deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon region at the shores of Lake Garzacocha, with a successful operation of more than 15 years, is located LA SELVA Jungle Lodge. It is conveniently located at about 3 hours from Quito (by plane, motorized canoe and paddle canoe) and offers the ultimate in luxury jungle experience in ecologically-oriented facilities: the cabins are built after native design, are rustic, authentic, but very comfortable, offering hot water and sanitary standards to meet the most demanding traveller's expectations. That is why LA SELVA was awarded the “Ecotourism Prize” by the World Congress on Ecotourism and Environment. |
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In addition to a tantalizing environment, LA SELVA offers friendly service and world-class food that blends the finest ingredients Ecuador has to offer with French, North American and Ecuadorian culinary skills. |
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Dishes may include fruits such as uvillas, guayabas, guanabanas, naranjillas, morete, obos, taxo, granadilla and tomate de arbol. Vegetarian and special diets are available request. |
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At La Selva each visitor can choose amongst a variety of activities, and we guarantee that no matter which you choose you will be surprised at the wonders you will encounter. Activities include visits to mineral-ridden cliffs where parrots and parakeets, by the thousands, can be seen, or night excursions in a canoe to view nocturnal animals such as caiman, monkeys, insects and owls, or climb an observation tower where you can observe many birds flying by at eye-level, wildlife of all kinds, and a bird's-eye view of the jungle, or paddle in a canoe along a lake covered by water hyacinths to try some lemon-ants after visiting a native village. Well, the possibilities are endless, as the expanse of the Amazon Jungle. |
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In addition, LA SELVA hosts the first Butterfly Farm in South America. Here visitors can enter the farm and have a first-hand experience with an ecollogically sound, sustainable alternative to help preserve the rainforest at the time that they enjoy butterflies flying around them, standing on them and most importantly, you know that they are being breed, not catch. |
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La Selva´s staff includes specialized guides that can guide birdwatchers to fulfill a life-time dream. Hundreds of bird species can be found within walking distance from the huts, some can be observed only in this specific area of Ecuador, nowhere else in the world!!. |
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| Birdlist |
An impressive list of the birds that have been registered at La Selva and its surroundings |
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Serendip
Tel: +593-2-227 6949 / 225 4250
Fax: +593-2-224 7618
Japanese Language Support 24-hours: 593-9-973 2082 / 2092
Email: info@galapagoskankou.com
Quito - Ecuador
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