| Pepe Tapia Gonzalez Ecoselva Travel Agency Pepe Tapia Gonzalez lives with his wife, Margarita, and their two children in the small Amazon village of Misahualli in the Napo province of Ecuador, South America. Six hours by road from the capital, Misahualli is another world - a gateway to one of the world's richest ecosystems, the Amazon rainforest. Pepe visited England in 1996 with the help of the Rainforest Roadshow. Whilst there, he undertook presentations for schoolchildren and adults in the Midlands and Leicestershire, as well as giving an interview for a BBC science programme. The whole family also had the chance to visit Britain in 2002. During this time Pepe accompanied Dave and Sue to schools in the Midlands and Scotland to share stories of everyday life in an Amazon village.
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Rainforest Tours
Pepe is an English speaking rainforest guide with extensive knowledge of the local wildlife. With the help of other local guides, Pepe's Travel Agency operates tours of 1 to 10 days out of Misahualli. Join him to discover some of the wonders of the rainforest - the amazing wildlife, medicinal plants, beautiful flowers - and learn about the culture of the tribal people who share this forest paradise. A minimum of four persons will normally be required to make a tour, but there are often other visitors in the village if you are travelling alone. Tours include your transport by river from Misahualli, overnight accommodation in traditional-style forest camps with mattresses and mosquito nets, food, bottled drinking water and rubber boots. Most trips involve some walking, although this can be tailored to suit the needs of the group. Food is freshly prepared from ingredients sourced in Misahualli and vegetarian food can be arranged - no game is hunted or wild produce collected from the forest, with the possible exception of fish.
Hotel Accommodation in Misahualli
We are pleased to announce that as from January 2000, Ecoselva Travel Agency has been based in the central square of Misahualli and is able to offer hotel accommodation, as well as local handicrafts and gifts in our ground floor shop. Hotel Shaw is being refurbished and upgraded, to enable us to offer en suite facilities and comfortable bed and breakfast accommodation to visitors to our village.
Misahualli Butterfly Gardens
Located in premises close to the centre of Misahualli, work continues on this new tourist attraction. A large flight filled with tropical flowers and butterflies is open to visitors. A place for Ecuadorean and international visitors to experience a close up view of some of the jewels of the forest, and to observe the life cycle of this fascinating creatures. We are developing a captive breeding programme to ensure the sustainability of this project and hope in the future to be able to offer live pupae for export, as well as assistance in maintaining our local wild populations.
Pepe Tapia Gonzalez, Ecoselva, PO Box 2-52, Tena, Napo, Ecuador
Telephone: (0)6 890 019
Email: Ecoselva@yahoo.es
