the lodge

We offer accommodations in comfortable tents, safari style, instead of enclosed cabins. Connect with the jungle in a way not possible in a traditional lodge; experience the sounds of the birds, animals, and rivers and sense your surroundings in your sheltered, elevated comfortable tents.

Distinct from any other lodge in the Amazon, Mandari Panga Camp is a unique option for your visit to the spectacular Amazon region of Ecuador. Located in an isolated zone of nearly untouched rainforest within the Yasuni National Park, one of the most biodiverse areas on the planet, this campsite is designed to give visitors the most authentic experience possible in this fantastic region.

Safari Style Tents

Our tents are set up on large sheltered elevated platforms, built with traditional techniques and elements, complete with a chair and a hammock for relaxing during your stay.

  • Eight elevated platforms with spacious safari-style tents.

  • 4 with a view of the Tiputini River

  • 4 with a view of the Yutzuyacu River.

Matrimonial bed tent

Triple bed tent

Matrimonial bed tent

Elevated platform huts

Restaurant and Bar

A spacious 2-level traditional style structure is used as a common area, with a restaurant, bar and a small shop on the first floor, and a living room with a view on the second.

Enjoy delicious and distinctive cuisine, prepared with locally family grown products from the Ecuadorian Amazon, and great service from local community members dedicated to your satisfaction.

Main House

Bar and lounge area

Restaurant

Hammocks and river view

Lodge Facilities

Bathroom

  • The lodge shares 2 bathroom structures, each with 2 showers and 2 ecological dry toilets.

  • There are 4 accommodations with a private bathroom. To secure any of these accommodations, subject to availability, full payment must be made at the time of booking.

  • Hot water is not available at the lodge.

WATER:

  • Filtered water is used for cooking, and large bottles of purified water are available for drinking and to refill water bottles.  

ELECTRICITY:

  • A small and quiet generator is used from 5 pm to 9 pm to power our charging station and light the kitchen. Otherwise there is no electricity at the lodge.

COMMUNICATIONS:

  • Satellite internet service is offered but limited. A satellite phone is available for emergencies.

THE LOCATION OF YASUNI NATIONAL PARK

The Yasuni National Park is Ecuador's largest continental protected area, located within the provinces of Orellana and Pastaza.

Mandari Panga Camp is one of the two tourist facilities actually within the National Park, our location sets us apart from nearly all other Amazon lodges. About an hour by motorized canoe from the center of the Mandari Panga community, our campsite in nearly untouched rainforest along the Tiputini River is totally isolated from other lodges and communities offering peace and tranquility unmatched by any other lodge. Indeed, few humans have ever explored this part of the Amazon.

 

How to get there

Orellana Province Map

Our tour begins in Coca (Puerto Francisco de Orellana), where you'll be met by our staff when you arrive and we begin our journey in private transportation traveling south along a major paved road for about 40 minutes.

We then turn onto a dirt road used primarily by oil companies, and we’ll travel along this road for about 50 minutes to the entrance of the Yasuni National Park and the Tiputini river.

There, we board a motorized canoe and begin our journey to the camp. At the beginning of our journey in our canoe, the National Park will be on the right bank of the river, while we’ll see a few homes and small farms on the left bank.

After about 30 minutes, we’ll pass the Mandari Panga community and enter into the into the untouched rainforest of the Yasuni National Park, and after another 60 minutes we’ll arrive at the Mandari Panga camp.

The total travel time is about 3 hours.

Getting to Coca from Quito

If your journey starts in Quito, there are two ways to reach the city of Coca (Francisco de Orellana).

By air:

  • Latam and www.aeroregional.net offer regular flights, there is only one flight in the morning per day on each way.

  •  Our tours schedule are fit to catch these flight times.

  • The price for a round trip flight is around $200, but varies depending on the airline and existing promotions.

By road:

  • We recommend Transportes Baños or TransEsmeraldas. Direct buses (via the Loreto road) leave from the Quitumbe terminal in the south of Quito. Ticket prices are about USD 14 each way, and the ride takes 6-7 hours.

  • We can help you book a shared private taxi service, price is $40 per person, per way.

On the first day of your tour

  • We depart Coca for Mandari Panga at about 10 AM.

  • Our staff will pick you up from the bus terminal, airport, or your hotel (if you stayed in Coca overnight).

  • If you arrive earlier, a visit to the archeological museum in Coca is highly recommended, https://macco.ec

On the last day of your tour

  • you’ll be back in Coca by 10 AM.

  • If you are taking a flight back to Quito please be sure to book a departure after 10:30 AM.

  • If you will return to Quito by bus, we’ll drop you off at the bus terminal, there’s usually no problem purchasing your return ticket the same day.