ECUADOR’S FAVORITE ATTRACTIONS

Yasuni National Park

The Yasuní National Park is an Ecuadorian national park that extends over an area of approximately 10,200 square kilometers is located in the provinces of Pastaza and Orellana, between the Napo River and the Curaray River in the Amazon basin about 250 kilometers southeast of Quito. The park, fundamentally jungle, was designated by UNESCO in 1989 as a biosphere reserve and is part of the territory where the Huaorani nation is located. Two Wao factions, the Tagaeri and Taromenane, are groups in voluntary isolation 1 abundant biodiversity 2 care for endangered animals.

The Yasuní National Park is located in the Ecuadorian Amazon region, it is located in areas of the sub-basins of the Tiputini, Yasuní, Nashiño, Cononaco and Curaray rivers, tributaries of the Napo River, which in turn flows into the Amazon. The Park has a horseshoe shape and extends from the south of the Napo River and north of the Curaray River, extending through the middle basin of the Tivacuno River.

Yasuní is one of the most biodiverse areas of the Earth, studies speak of 150 species of amphibians, 121 of reptiles, 598 species of birds, between 169 (confirmed) and 204 (estimated) mammals, and flora have been identified 2,113 species and it is estimated that there are around 3,100.

The Ecuadorian Amazon area is rich in oil deposits and the oil economy is the pillar on which the economy of the Ecuadorian State has been sustained since the 1970s.

Yasuní, the largest protected area in continental Ecuador, protects an impressive biodiversity in the heart of the Amazonian tropical rainforest and protects part of the territory of the Waorani nationality. Surprising biodiversity figures have been reported in Yasuní for various groups of flora and fauna, never before recorded in any protected area.

Yasuní National Park is one of the most protected areas in the Amazon region.

Here we can go hiking at the Yaku Kawsay interpretation center, the observation tower of the Añangu community, Pink Dolphins in the Martinica community, El Gran Ceibos and the Boa Rosada tree in the Indillama community.