Sani Lodge

A local community owns this lodge and 57,000Ha of surrounding land. It's all run sustainably and the government pays the people not to hunt or fish on their land. The lodge tariff is $100-$200 a night and it seemed to be professionally run. Access from Coca is on the water and it takes 3hrs to get here. The lagoon is an ox-bow lake and it has low oxygen levels until it is rejuvenated by flood waters from time to time. Still we saw dozens of turtles and large fish in the dark waters.

Big day

November 28th 2015
Geo: -0.632648, -75.7758Started Saturday with a pre-breakfast trip to a riverside clay lick where birds (and other critters) go to replenish various mineral salts in their system. Then a trip into the jungle to another clay lick where we watched from a purpose-built "hide". Finally in the late afternoon a paddle canoe voyage to an eco-resort to view more wildlife.For the first time ... read more

South America » Ecuador

The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more

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