Cuyabeno Reserve

... a drug bust, but we happy to move on before any gunfights broke out.   IMH: It was a bumpy 2.5 hour bus ride to the Cuyabeno Reserve entrance. The Cuyabeno Reserve is in the Amazon Basin and probably one of the best spots to experience the Amazon ...

... Agrio to start our jungle tour. That 8 hour bus ride was followed by another of about 2 hours to get to the Cuyabeno Nature Reserve entrance. There we met for the first time our extremely excitable guide, Juan. After a quick pack lunch we jumped on a ...

... open wooded hut! But perhaps the best part of the trip was our fond memories of Melissa - the orphaned monkey rescued by the reserve who always tried her damndest to get hold of your lunch or in Callum´s case, pick things out of his hair! ...

... best and safest place to do it), guide obligatory, we decided to head on a five day excursion into the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve or 'Reserva Faunistica Cuyabeno'. The reserve is made up of over 1.4 million acres of pristine jungle environment and ...

... , crazy place. We stayed in a place called Samona Lodge which is on the Rio Cuyabeno river in the Cuyabeno nature reserve in the north Oriente, up near the Columbian border. The lodge was pretty basic, but very comfortable, perfect for people ...

... the two of us on a massive rickety bus which took us to El Puente in 3 hours where we had lunch before going into the Cuyabeno reserve.  From there, a motorized canoe took us for 2 hours to Samona lodge.  On the boat ride we saw lots of animals ...

... general chat. One of the guys was making a spear so we talked about that, and also about the upcoming strike in Ecuador (there´s fights over water rights and some Huaorani are planning on going to Quito to join the demonstrations).  Our campsite ...

... the mood for adventure (but not to be lunch!) After the movie we had a really FUN 3 hour car ride to our boat at Cuyabeno Reserve (the amazon!) which was followed by a 2 hour boat journey up river to our accomidation. On the boat ride we got to see ...

... ) were met by the Lodge staff, including our guide Rodrigo, and we boarded a minibus for a two hour drive to the Cuyabeno Reserve Office. A rusty oil pipeline ran along the entire length of the road, a reminder of how much destruction the oil business ...

... at our remote jungle ¨lodge¨ deep in the heart of the Amazon.  We spent 4 days at the Cuyabeno Reserve and never was there a dull moment!  For starters there was no electricity which was alright except that our ...