Uploaded December 2011 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
To read the entire story about my visit to the Amazon jungle and Cuyabeno National Park in Ecuador, go to holeinthedonut.com/2011/12/04/ecuador-amazon-jungle-cuyabeno/, and if you enjoyed this video, please consider subscribing to my YouTube channel.
Cuyabeno National Park, located deep withing the Amazon jungle of NE Ecuador, is unique in that it is an inundated jungle. Huge trees with giant winged trunks protrude from the black waters of the Laguna Grande (Grand Lagoon), home to steely-jawed piranhas. Hundreds of species of exotic birds like the Hoatzin and Russet-backed Oropendola wing overhead, while an incredible variety of primates fly through the trees or scramble across branches. Even the ground teems with activity as leaf-cutter ants tote loads ten times their size. I stayed at Cuyabeno Lodge on the Grand Lagoon, an incredible lodge that is also eco-friendly.
To read the entire story about my visit to the Amazon jungle and Cuyabeno National Park in Ecuador, go to holeinthedonut.com/2011/12/04/ecuador-amazon-jungle-cuyabeno/, and if you enjoyed this video, please consider subscribing to my YouTube channel.
Cuyabeno National Park, located deep withing the Amazon jungle of NE Ecuador, is unique in that it is an inundated jungle. Huge trees with giant winged trunks protrude from the black waters of the Laguna Grande (Grand Lagoon), home to steely-jawed piranhas. Hundreds of species of exotic birds like the Hoatzin and Russet-backed Oropendola wing overhead, while an incredible variety of primates fly through the trees or scramble across branches. Even the ground teems with activity as leaf-cutter ants tote loads ten times their size. I stayed at Cuyabeno Lodge on the Grand Lagoon, an incredible lodge that is also eco-friendly.
