Sacha Lodge

Imagine walking across a bridge suspended over the rainforest canopy, paddling through creeks in search of monkeys and river otters, climbing to the very top of a giant kapok tree, or swimming in a black-water lake, threading your way through trees in search of the world’s tiniest monkey… You‚’ll find these exclusive experiences, plus many more, only at Sacha Lodge, within the pristine 5,000-acre (2,000-hectare) ecological reserve in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

The Amazon might seem like a world away, but Sacha Lodge is easily accessible from Quito. After an easy 25-minute flight from Quito and a two-hour journey speeding up the Napo River in a motorized canoe leaving civilization far behind, by lunchtime you will be in a hammock listening to the chatter of the tamarind monkeys.

The astounding biodiversity of Sacha Lodge provides the opportunity to encounter those strange and exotic creatures prowling through your dreams. An incredible 600 species of birds and 50 of bats, tiny pigmy marmosets, and giant otters call the reserve home, space six times the size of New York’s Central Park. Creatures of all shapes and sizes live happily around the lodge – lookout for Lucy the Caiman on her morning patrol and the families of monkeys chattering by the rooms. Never leave food to attract animals. The Lodge has been in place for over two decades and they have protected against hunting to such an extent that the creatures have no need to fear humans.