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The Cuyabeno Lodge is the only overnight facility on the Great Cuyabeno Lodge. Created and owned by Neotropic Turis in 1989, it was the first ecotourism lodge in a wildlife reserve in Ecuador. The Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve is the best wildlife viewing reserve on the mainland of Ecuador. Limited rainfall records indicate an annual mean precipitation of about 3,000 mm; with more than 250 mm of monthly rainfall |
during the rainy season (from mid-March through August) and less than 250 mm during the dry season (from Mid December through the first days of March), when the rivers and lakes may dry out. During this period access to the lake is very unreliable and only special expeditions may be organized into the lakes, as access often may only be on foot. During this period, the lake area is extremely beautiful and wildlife often is concentrated in great numbers around the last remaining puddles and pool in the drained lakes. Many birds have their breeding season during that period. |