Is central to the Bosque Protector Pañacocha, a 56,000-hetare forest reserve central to a biological corridor linking Yasuni National Park and the Cuyabeno Wildlife Refuge.

Pañacocha is classified as a Humid Tropical Forest ranging in elevations between 200 and 300 meters above sea level with temperatures ranging from 25 ˚ y 30 ˚ C, and a forest canopy over 25 meters in hieght comprised of a huge vaiety of emergant tree species.

Wildlife is in abundance everywhere in the reserve. A short list of possible observations includes Howler, Squirl, Capuchin and night monkeys as well as Black-mantled Tamarin and Pigmy Marmosets.