Ecuador Amazon tours from our family lodge in Yasuní National Park
The same wildlife as the big lodges, in small groups with local guides and honest prices.
- 4.9 / 5 · 161 reviews
- Built and run by the Gualinga family
- Book direct · Free cancellation up to 60 days before
5 days / 4 nights
5 Days Yasuní Wildlife and Kichwa Culture Experience
Our most booked tour: wildlife, a morning with the Sani community and a full day at Panacocha Lagoon, home to pink river dolphins.
- Bird watching
- Canopy tower
- Community village
- Hiking
- Night excursion
- Pink dolphins
- +1
3 days / 2 nights
3 Days Yasuní Nature & Wildlife Express
Our shortest tour: two nights in Yasuní with a parrot clay lick, forest walks by day and night, and the canopy tower at sunset.
- Bird watching
- Canopy tower
- Hiking
- Night excursion
4 days / 3 nights
4 Days Yasuní Wildlife and Kichwa Culture Experience
Four days for wildlife and Kichwa culture: the parrot clay lick, two forest walks, the canopy tower and a morning with the Sani.
- Bird watching
- Canopy tower
- Community village
- Hiking
- +1
5 days / 4 nights
5 Days Yasuní Private Birding Expedition
For birders: five days with a private birding guide, the parrot clay lick and the macaw and parakeet clay lick, the canopy tower and a Napo river island.
- Bird watching
- Canopy tower
- Hiking
- Macaw and parakeet clay lick
- +2
7 days / 6 nights
7 Days Yasuní Wildlife and Birding Tour
A week in Yasuní for active travellers: long forest walks, Panacocha Lagoon, kayaking, the macaw and parakeet clay lick, and a river island.
- Bird watching
- Canopy tower
- Community village
- Hiking
- +5
9 days / 8 nights
9-Day Waorani Expedition in Yasuní
Four days camping with our Waorani partners in Bameno, then five at the lodge with the Sani. For people who love long walks and the outdoors.
- Anaconda expedition
- Bird watching
- Camping
- Canopy tower
- +8
Tailor-made tours
Your group, your itinerary
We put together a private tour around your dates and interests: birding, photography, culture or family time. Travel agencies welcome. Tell us what you have in mind, we usually reply within a few hours.
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What our guests say
4.9· 161 reviews
Our family lodge in Yasuní: 7 cabins and 4 standard rooms
“Sinchi Wayra means strong wind in Kichwa. Our family is part of the Sani community, and we have made a choice: to protect our home, and to show you why it is worth protecting.”
Edwin Gualinga Jr., local manager
Edwin Gualinga Sr., a carpenter and guide, built Sinchi Wayra Lodge by hand over six years with his wife Margarita, their nine children and friends. It opened in 2023 on the Napo River, 2.5 hours by canoe from Coca. Today Edwin Jr. runs it: 11 rooms, groups of 2 to 6 guests and Sani guides. It is simple: cold showers, no air conditioning, power from 6:00 to 22:00.
600 bird species, 170 mammals, one forest
- 600
- species of birds
- 300
- amphibian and reptile species
- 170
- species of mammals
- 10000
- species of plants
Ready to meet the forest?
Small groups of 2 to 6, from three to nine days. Tell us your dates and who is coming, and we will help you pick a tour.