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La Selva Amazon Jungle Lodge

La Selva is a study in adventure travel and ecotourism in the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador. We think it is, when partnered with a Galapagos Islands tour, the most unique wildlife experience in all of South America. We generally accept no more than 40 guests and divide them into groups of 8 per guide. It is the perfect spot for family vacations, student groups, and people traveling alone.

An easy trail close to the hotel is usually filled with wildlife at any hour of the day. A short walk through virgin forest will allow you to appreciate the giant kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra) and the Strangler fig tree (Ficus sp), among the most representatives, along with other plant and animal species that can be seen.

Located in pristine Amazon jungle of Ecuador we are a very family friendly jungle lodge and singles can have our adventure travel alone without paying for two as most luxury resorts charge. We are convinced that the encounter we offer at our Ecotourism Lodge, La Selva, is unique in the entire world. We have been refining our skills toward providing this ultimate experience, deep in the Amazon rainforest, in its friendly Amazon Jungle, since 1986, even before the dawn of ecotourism.

Our friendly native staff will become like your own family in no time and join in your festival of marvel and wonder. Our motto says it all: “…in the jungle anything is possible…” A real adventure travel event, ecotourism at its finest: living and walking in the Amazon jungle lodge with the best naturalists and native trackers. You are as far away from civilization as you can possibly be and a gourmet meal will arrive at your table with only the freshest ingredients. The food is another of La Selva Jungle Lodge's major events. The food is La Selva Jungle Lodge's pride. We blend the finest ingredients Ecuador has to offer with French, North American and Ecuadorian cooking skills. Expect to try most of these fruits: uvillas, guayabas, guanabanas, naranjillas, morete, obos, taxo, granadilla and tomate de arbol. Vegetarian and special diets are available upon request. On top of everything, La Selva Jungle Lodge bakes its own bread and serves its own freshly made pasta.

Our Amazon jungle lodge will fill you with wildlife sightings, our hammocks will fill you with a stolen siesta and our bar will fill you with tropical delights, Pepe, the barman will be patient to teach you to pronounce.

Through more than 22 years of refinement, La Selva Ecolodge has achieved a oneness with the environment. Our exclusive jungle lodge comes of native design:rustic,authentic and comfortable. It’s a friendly haven of private bungalows that are cozy and immaculately clean. We generally accept no more than 40 guests and divide them into groups of 8 per guide. It is the perfect spot for family vacations, student groups, and women traveling alone (who always get single bungalows at no extra charge). Our adventure travel and ecolodge destination has plenty of options for your activities for day and night (night excursions are among the most popular). Please examine a sample random itinerary by clicking here.

Swimming in our lake which borders the lodge is a popular anytime activity and you can fish in it too- for piranhas ! (Not to worry our piranhas are very friendly to guests.) Our Native trackers and English –speaking Naturalists will guide you on both easy and challenging trails along an extensive trail system that is usually filled with wildlife in what many consider the most biodiverse lodge in all of the Amazon. We are kid-friendly, educational when you want us to be, luxurious in ways you can’t imagine and our Amazon Package fills out any Galapagos trip as the ultimate dynamic duo on the planet.

You will find great value at La Selva. Rustic by design but first class in service and amenities. All Service for us is Custom Service: We see the job of adventure travel and ecotourism as taking care of every detail that might affect your stay.so that providence has more room to play.

There are many activities available at the lodge such as hiking, canoeing, birdwatching, swimming, fishing, and much more. We generally divide our guests into groups of 8 per guide according to interests and taking into account family groups.

Above all we call ourselves the friendly Amazon Jungle Lodge where many of our native kich-wa Indian staff began as young boys building the lodge in 1986 and still work for us today offering each new guest something that we believe should be a standard component of ecotourism: the instant acceptance into their family and the chance to share in their revelations about the forest. Out of a staff of fifty on the lodge site,from those once very young, now mature men we have ten second generation employees. The sons of the original boys who came to build an Amazon Jungle Lodge now work for us alongside their fathers bringing the same message of native spirit and openness that is the hallmark of our brand of ecotourism. Some, with great effort have or are learning English to become naturalist guides and fully communicate the life of the Amazon Jungle from their special perspective.

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Standard Packages - La Selva Jungle Lodge

These are our standards packages that include just La Selva Amazon Jungle Lodge Program. We will meet you at the airport and since then we will escort you through your trip to La Selva. However, if you want to arrange transfers and hotel nights with us, we can make it possible.

2012 Price per person in US$ :
TRADITIONAL CABANAS -
4 Days / 3 Nights - US$ 730.00
5 Days / 4 Nights - US$ 880.00
Extra Night at LA SELVA - US$ 190.00

The lodge will be redesigned and it will be closed from March to June 2012. From July, suites will be available.

NEW CABANAS (SUITES) -
4 Days / 3 Nights - US$ 920.00
5 Days / 4 Nights - US$ 1115.00
Extra Night at LA SELVA - US$ 250.00

Camping night (Optional) US$ 250.00

+ Airfare Quito-Amazon-Quito ** US$ 145.00
+ Fuel Fee US$ 30.00
+ Entrance fee to Yasuni National Park US$ 22.00

Prices include: transportation in the Amazon, accommodation, meals, excursions, a bilingual (English) naturalist guide, and a native assistant.
Do not include: bar bill, personal expenses and tips, Entrance fee to the Yasuní National Park, Air ticket Quito - Coca - Quito, Laudry service

Single supplement is 30% of LA SELVA rate more.
Children under 12 years old and Ecuadorians have 30% off in any of our programs (10% commission).

NOTE: We have departures every day, except SUNDAY.