As per “Próxima Parada” a TV travel program which shows the most important turist attractions- destinations in Ecuador we are proud to announce that our lodge and reserve in one of the 10 more beautiful places to visit in Ecuador and unique in the rainforest region of Ecuador

Rain forest is one the world’s most biologically diverse ecosystems, even when it is less than 7 percent of the land surface on Earth.

Rain forest ecosystems contain more plant and animal species than virtually any other habitat in the world.

Rain forests play a critical role in global climate regulation by absorbing carbon dioxide and liberation of Oxygen to earth.

One hectare (about 2.5 acres) of tropical rain forest may contain more than 600 species of trees.

Many as 1,000 different cultures of indigenous peoples may be living in rain forests worldwide.

The early 1990s tropical forests were being destroyed at a rate of approximately 28 hectares (70 acres) a minute; 14 million hectares (35 million acres) each year.

Altos del Pastaza Lodge and Reserve is a santuary of birds and butterflies Bird List, among others

Little Tinamu (Crypturellus soui)
urkey Vulture  (Coragyps aura)
Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forticatus)
Roadside Hawk    (Buteo magnirostris)
Mottled Owl (Strix virgata)
Black Caracara (Daptrius ater)
Speckled Chachalaca (Ortalis guttata)
Western White-tailed Trogon (Trogon chionorus)
Squirrel Cuckoo   (Playa cayana)                                                           
Smooth-billed Ani   (Crotophaga ani)
Short-tailed Swift    (Chaetura brachyura)
Green Hermit   (Phaethornis yaruqui)
Tawny-bellied Hermit  (Phaethornis yaruqui)
Fork-tailed Woodnymph   (Thalurania furcata)
Gray-brested mountain-toucan    (Andigena laminirostris)             
White-throated Toucan  (Ramphastos tucanus)
Yellow-tufted Woodpecker   (Melanerpes cruentatus)
Golden-faced Tyrannulet  (Zimmerius chrysops)
Ecuadorian Tyrannulet  (Phylloscartes gualaquizae )
Slaty-capped Flycatcher  (Leptopogon superciliaris)
Boat -billed Flycatcher(  )
Common Tody-flycatcher  (Todirostrum cinereum)
Eastern Wood-pewee  (Contopus virens)
Smoke colored Pewee (Contopus fumigatus)
Social Flycatcher (Myizetetes similis)
Long Tailed Tyrant  ( Colonia colunus )
Piratic Flycatcher  (Legatus leucophaius)
Tropical Kingbird     (Tyrannus melancholicus)
Violaceous  Jay (Cyanocorax violaceus)
Black-billed Thrush  (Turdus ignobilis)
Southern Rough-winged Swallow  (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
Canada Warbler   (Wilsonia canadiensis)
Blackpoll  Warbler (Dendroica aestiva)
Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca)
Bananaquit     (Coereba flaveola)
Green Honeycreeper   (Chlorophanes spiza)
Black-faced Dacnis (Dacnis cayana)
Orange-bellied Euphonia    (Euphonia xanthogaster)
Thick-billed Euohonia (Euphonia laniirostris)
Golden Tanager   (Tangara arthus)
Saffron-crowned Tanager  (Tangara xanthocephala)
Golden-eared Tanager  (Tangara chrysotis)
Blue-necked Tanager  (Tangara cyanicollis)
Paradise Tanager  (Tangara chilensis)
Green-and-gold Tanager  (Tangara schrankii)
Bay-headed Tanager   (Tangara gyrola)
Blue-gray Tanager  (Thraupis episcopus)
Palm Tanager   (Thraupis palmarum)
Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo)
Summer Tanager  (Piranga rubra)
Magpie Tanager  (Cissopis leveriana)
Olive Finch  (Lysurus castaneiceps)
Yellow-rumped Cacique  (Cacicus cela)
Northern Mountain-cacique  (Cacicus leucoramphus)
Subtropical Cacique  (Cacicus uropygialis)
Russet-backed Oropendola (Psarocolius angustifronds)
White eyed parakeet  (Aratinga leucophthalmus)
Blue-headed parrot (Pionus menstruus)Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica atriata)

Altos del Pastaza Lodge and Reserve
Butterfly Species, among others

Danaidae
Lycorea cleobaea atergatis
Heliconiidae
Heliconius erato notabilis
Heliconius numata bicoloratus
Ithomiidae
Brevioleria arzalia ssp
Methona confusa psamathe
Methona curvifascia
Mechanitis lysimnia ocona?
Melinaea marsaeus mothone
Hypothyris euclea ssp
Oleria gunilla lota
Oleria janarilla
Athesis acrisione acrisione
Morphidae
Antirrhaea taygetina
Nymphalidae
Eresia pelonia f. ithomiola
Consul fabius ssp
Catonephele acontius
Papilionidae
Parides aeneas bolivar
Parides anchises drucei
Riodinidae
Charis sp
Eunogyra satyrus
Eurybia jemima sinnaces
Mesosemia eumene
Mesosemia sp
Stalachtis calliope
Satyridae
Cithaerias aurorina
Haetera piera
Pierella huceta latona
Pierella lena
Euptychia arnaea
Euptychi aegrota
Euptychia enyo
Euptychia harpya
Taygrtis marpesa
Taygetis penelea