Subject: Re: Kapawi Ecological Reserve
Date: Nov 14 05:39:28 1996
From: Thomas Love - tlove at calvin.linfield.edu


Though I don't know it firsthand, this reserve area/ecotourist destination
is almost certainly in eastern Ecuador on the Napo River near the Peruvian
border. There are several other lodges in this fabulous area, including
ExplorNapo which I visited in 1983. There's apparently a canopy walk set
up there (ExplorNapo) now.

Tom Love
Dept. Soc/Anth
Linfield College
McMinnville, OR 97128
tlove at linfield.edu

On Wed, 13 Nov 1996, Loanne Larson wrote:

> What country in the Kapawi reserve located?
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> LoAnne Larson Librarian
> loanne at guest.nwnet.net
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> On Thu, 7 Nov 1996 canodro1 at ECUA.NET.ec wrote:
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> > Dear Sirs,
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> > The Kapawi Reserve seems to be one of the places in South America
> > with the highest diversity of bird. The reasons are clear. Isolated from
> > populated centers, has no threats at the moment. No logging or oil
> > exploitation is present in the area.
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> > Different types of forests (Terra firm, versa, igapos, Mauritia swamps,
> > river islands, white and black waters lakes etc.) provide different niches
> > to many different species. Besides it Kapawi embodies species from
> > Ecuador, Peru, and the Amazon Basin as well as migrants.
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> > Kapawi seems to be an area of high endemism as part of the Napo Refuge.
> > For instance, recently two species from the generous Herpsilochmus and
> > Arremonops have been discovered in Kapawi and it seems to be they can be
> > new registers for science.
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> > But even if you don't discover new species, it is likely to find rare
> > egisters like the Rofous Potoo, the Black Bushbird, the Rio Suno
> > Antwren an the harpy Eagle.
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> > More them 20 different species of parrots and five species of macaws,
> > the Wood Stork, the Orinoco Goose and the Ornate Hawk-Eagle are some
> > of the 490 species that have been registered in Kapawi in the past months,
> > Researchers predict that the list will count with more than 600 species.
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> > Being isolated from the rest of the world doesn't mean a lack of confort,
> > at least not in Kapawi. We offer 20 double rooms every one with its
> > private bathroom, showers heated by the sun, and electricity provided by
> > solar panel. Located at the shore of the Kapawi lake every room has a wide
> > terrace from where you can observe the daily visitors; ducks, hummingbirds,
> > egrets, parrots or listen the music produced by myriad of frogs at night.
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> > We serve a tasty combination of international food and traditional
> > plants. A wide variety of exotic fruits is also available. Soft drinks,
> > snacks and hot water for coffee and tea are available all day.
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> > A well-endowed library is open all day long. Paperbacks, magazines and
> > books are available. A small boutique stocks essential items, as well as
> > handicrafts and souvenirs.
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> > E-mail: eco-tourism1 at canodros.com.ec
> > Web Side : http://mia.lac.net/canodros
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