Apart from organising your jungle trip, there's not a lot else to keep you busy in Misahualli itself. There's a good little hike up to some small waterfalls and bathing pools on the Rio Latas, a favourite place with local children. Take a bus from the central square towards Puerto Napo and ask the driver to drop you off at 'las cascadas', around 7km from Misahualli. They'll leave you at the trailhead. The biggest falls are about a ninety-minute hike away, but most people settle for the streams and pools along the way. Apart from swimming gear, you'll need shoes or sandals that you won't mind getting wet, food and water.

From Palmeras, a small village nearby, you can spot some wildlife and beautiful birds in the primary forest.

The butterfly farm is some 20 minutes downstream from Misahualli on the north banks of the Napo river. It houses hundreds of butterflies of all shapes and colours of the rainbow. Entrance about $2.

 

Last updated 27th June 2006