Cuyabeno Ecuador

Cuyabeno Tourism

The Canton Cuyabeno is the journey as long and uncomfortable as it is fascinating. When entering the Cuyabeno Wildlife Production Reserve , which crosses the provinces of Sucumbíos and Orellana , to the northeast of Ecuador , so deep in the jungle that one has the impression of leaving the world and continuing a little further. This canton is supported by e- tourism

Cuyabeno

Pluricultural and Plurinational Cuyabeno

Here you find  nationalities or ancient peoples such as the Siona, Secoya, Cofan and Shuar, with the passage of time they have managed to preserve their customs and traditions.            

Cuyabeno gastronomy

• Its flavors are unique, because its cuisine is based on the use of cassava, with it they prepare spectacular dishes such as Yuca and Casabe tortillas as well as complement in the main dishes, such as Guanta roast or as a drink in the form of chicha of fermented cassava.  
• In order to survive they still preserve ancestral methods such as hunting and fishing, this territory is of oil interest and on its boundaries it has exploration and exploitation settlements. This canton is bordering with the neighboring country of Peru and its main communication channels are the tributaries of the Aguarico River . 

Cuyabeno, strangers in untamed land

• Small turtles greet from the water.  
• The boat has been descending the brown waters of the Aguarico River for hours, the vegetation rolls on both banks as in an endless carousel. And at some point we slow down, head a small tributary to the north, Cuyabeno himself, and cross the threshold of the known. 
• Inland until you reach the Cuyabeno Reserve.
• Then they reveal the mysterious guardians of the place who take advantage of the abundance of the confluence of both currents. They are pink dolphins, strange fairy-tale beings, who show their backs here and there, between shy and curious about the intrusion of outsiders.  
• And you go on ... and you go on jungle inside, accompanying the course of the river that now narrows and winds through where the vegetation allows it to pass. And you begin to feel oblivious, also amazed, of course, but you begin to realize that this is a wild territory to which you do not belong, which is governed by the oldest and most elementary rules. It's something like watching one of those documentaries of pure nature, only this time the camera is your own eyes.
• In a few simple cabins on the edge of a kind of lagoon we settle. We are in the middle of nowhere, or rather in the middle of everything; Well, night is falling and life not only continues, but it seems to multiply around in a raucous concert of "go to know what" bugs. Here the instructions are simple: “If you want you can take a bath in the river, there is no problem. Of course, preferably where the water is in motion. More than anything, for anacondas, piranhas, alligators. ” 

Cuyabeno Fauna

Yes, I think that's what I meant. We are not from here and nobody is waiting for us. We will have to take care of every step we take in the mud, carefully remove the cobweb that crosses the road, watch on which branch one supports the hand. At the same time, we cannot stop being amazed by those monkeys that suddenly cross waving branches over your head; the ants that open highways back and forth, transporting what they collect as they pass; or the majestic and almost divine ceibo that makes its way through the thicket, unfolding its glass over the entire jungle and picking up lianas that are shaken from above like ancestral beards.  There lies the beauty of the Cuyabeno, in its wild virginity; in that feeling so little, so vulnerable in a world that we believe to dominate and that we only have enslaved.