The Northwestern Amazon; which lies in the countries of Ecuador, Peru and Colombia has one of the major biodiversity in the planet. Ecuador one of the smallest country in South America has only 2% of entire Amazon region.

Ecuadorian Amazon is almost 50% of the country territory and it is divided in 5 provinces. The major river like the Aguarico, Napo, Pastaza, Tigre and others started in the Eastern Andean Ridge from vulcanoes and snow-capped peaks, such as: Caymbe, Antisana, Cotopaxi, Tungurahua, Sangay and others.

Shiripuno Research Center is the most remote biological station in the Amazon Basin of Ecuador in South America, whose mission is to establish studies on Natural History, and Tropical Ecology. It is situated in of the most pristine tropical rainforest of the Anthropological Huaorani Reserve in the Shiripuno River; it is adjacent to Yasuni National Park, in Orellana Province.

The Shiripuno Research Center offers Volunteers Opportunities in the Amazon for all people that would like to help and support Ecuadorian Biology Students to finish their carrer.The Volunteer Program is run for four weeks with all different learning activities.

Shiripuno Research Center waypoints
S: 01° 06' 282" W: 076° 43' 896"

Our trail network can seen from here:Trail Network

Shiripuno Research Center is fully supported by Shiripuno Lodge providing:
Electricity by generator when it is needed
Rooms with mosquito netting and cold water showers
Transportation
Trail network
Small libraries
Local assistants
Meals

Yasuni Travel

Lifetime Expedition: Yasuni Wilderness & Waorani Lifestyle

Imaging yourself drifting in time and space while you are doing it picture this: the most Biodiverse Wilderness on earth: Yasuni and its Brave Guards: The Waorani People.
After spending enough time we the Waorani People since 1998 and learn about their culture and respecting it, We can say we are able to set up together a lifetime expedition to show you its life diversity and their lifestyle they have use for several millennias while wondering it hilltops from generation to generation.

The Yasuni Biosphere Reserve; the ancestral Waorani territory, which extends from the Napo River on the north and west, down to the Curaray River in the south and eastward into Peru. This vast territory, which stretches over 20 000 km2, underlies the current limits of Yasuni National Park and the Waorani Ethnic Reserve.