{"id":6989,"date":"2024-07-27T16:38:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T16:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.galapagosislands.com\/blog\/?p=6989"},"modified":"2025-02-21T20:03:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T20:03:41","slug":"amazon-rainforest-natural-wonder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.galapagosislands.com\/blog\/amazon-rainforest-natural-wonder\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Rainforest"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A wonder of nature<\/h2>\n<p>One of the four worlds that Ecuador has to offer is the Amazon Rainforest, a true wonder of nature that can give you that plus that you were looking for when visiting this great country. You will be thrilled with everything that can be found in there, having the chance to bring memories home in this once in a lifetime experience, so better to be safe than sorry, bring enough battery and memory cards for your camera as you won\u2019t stop shooting pictures.<\/p>\n<p>The Amazon Rainforest largely covers the Amazon River Basin with a region of 1.7 billion acres. 60% of the rainforest is contained in Brazil with the remainder spreading through Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and of course, Ecuador. \u00a0The Amazon covers slightly less than half of Ecuador, although less than 5% of the population lives in this dense rainforest. \u00a0According to Conservation International, Ecuador has more biodiversity per square meter than any other nation largely due to the rich biodiversity of the Amazon Rainforest and the Galapagos Islands.\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\u201daligncenter\u201d ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.galapagosislands.com\/php\/more-info\/mobile\/ecomm-horizontal.html\" width=\"200%\" height=\"272\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background: #ffffff; color: #525452; font-family: Raleway, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.5px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">The variety of wildlife in the Amazonian jungle ranges from large mammals like tapirs, jaguars, monkeys, and river dolphins, to colorful birds including macaws, parrots, tanagers, millions of fascinating insects, and even a species of fungus that has been recently discovered to possess the ability to biodegrade plastic. The Amazon rain forest is truly the treasure chest of life on Earth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background: #ffffff; color: #525452; font-family: Raleway, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.5px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">The Ecuadorian Amazon is an ideal location for visitors.\u00a0 There is a wide variety of visitor lodges in this region offering guests comfortable accommodations and a seemingly endless list of daily activities.\u00a0 Most of these\u00a0<a style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; color: #ad6c60; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: #666666;\" title=\"AMAZON LODGES\" href=\"https:\/\/www.galapagosislands.com\/ecuador\/hotels\/amazon-jungle?utm_source=travel-guide&amp;utm_medium=blog-post&amp;utm_term=blog-post&amp;utm_content=blog-post&amp;utm_campaign=blog-post\">jungle lodges<\/a>\u00a0are all inclusive providing housing, food, and naturalist guides to accompany guests on their adventurous excursions in the woods.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.galapagosislands.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Amazon-Rainforest-lodge.jpg\" alt=\"Amazon Rainforest\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background: #ffffff; color: #525452; font-family: Raleway, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.5px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Tourism in the Amazon region is well developed in Ecuador, but the important conservation of this remote, rich, and magical region is never pushed to the side.\u00a0 The jungle lodges are all designed with ecofriendly intentions and work hard to preserve the environment.\u00a0 Besides offering visitors a chance to experience the wild Amazon, they also educate them about the crucial conservation of the region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background: #ffffff; color: #525452; font-family: Raleway, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.5px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Colloquially known as\u00a0<em style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;\">El Oriente<\/em>, the Ecuadorian Amazon region occupies the eastern portion of the country from the eastern slopes of the Andes to the eastern border.\u00a0 The climate is warm and tropical and as any rainforest, receives plenty of precipitation. Despite being a remote region, it can be easily accessed from Quito by airplanes offering nonstop service to towns such as Coca and Lago Agrio.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.galapagosislands.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/canoe-amazon-jungle-ecuador.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Cuyabeno and Yasun\u00ed National Parks are world class biological reserves in Ecuador\u2019s Amazonia preserving millions of species.\u00a0 This region is also home to several vibrant indigenous cultures, and visitors often have the chance to interact with them in special ways.\u00a0 The Amazon has all the allure that any guest could imagine when visiting such a famous, exotic land.<\/p>\n<h2>Flora &#038; Fauna in the Amazon Jungle<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.galapagosislands.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/sloth-ecuador-amazon-jungle-galapagos-islands.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background: #ffffff; color: #525452; font-family: Raleway, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.5px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">9 countries. 1.2 billion acres.\u00a0<strong style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; font-weight: bold;\">20% of the world\u2019s oxygen<\/strong>. Over 10 million species of animals, plants and insects. The figures are outstanding and quite frankly overwhelming.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background: #ffffff; color: #525452; font-family: Raleway, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.5px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">There is no doubt that the <a style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background: none; text-decoration: underline; transition: 0.25s ease-in-out; color: #ad6c60;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.galapagosislands.com\/ecuador\/hotels\/amazon-jungle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon rainforest<\/a>\u00a0is a place like no other and\u00a0<a style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; color: #ad6c60; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: #666666;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.galapagosislands.com\/ecuador\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ecuador\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0Amazonia offers it\u2019s very own taste of this captivating abundance of flora and fauna.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;\">The interesting Flora and Fauna in the\u00a0<a style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background: none; text-decoration: underline; transition: 0.25s ease-in-out; color: #ad6c60;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.galapagosislands.com\/ecuador\/hotels\/amazon-jungle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon Jungle<\/a>\u00a0gives the impression of living in a paradise. Practically with every step a new species of plant is revealed. Half the world\u2019s species of plant including\u00a0<strong style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; font-weight: bold;\">exotic species<\/strong>\u00a0of trees, flowers, herbs and spices such as the Yuca root, cinnamon and orchids, that provide the base for many medicines, foods and decorations can be enjoyed in their natural environment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;\">While the flora provides the backdrop to this Amazonian experience, mammals, birds and insects play above, below and alongside you as you journey through the rich jungle. Fifteen types of primates call the <a style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background: none; text-decoration: underline; transition: 0.25s ease-in-out; color: #ad6c60;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.galapagosislands.com\/ecuador\/hotels\/amazon-jungle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ecuadorian Amazon Jungle<\/a> home, swinging from tree to tree, as birds representing\u00a0<strong style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; font-weight: bold;\">half of South American avifauna fly overhead<\/strong>. The <strong style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; font-weight: bold;\">Amazon River Dolphin<\/strong>\u00a0swims the streams, as jaguars and white lipped peccaries hide in the dense forest.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.galapagosislands.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Amazon-Rainforest-tucan.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A journey to the Amazon Jungle is a discovery of the senses as the cries of howler monkeys, fragrant plants, colourful birds and unusual flavours merge to offer an experience like you have never known. 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