THE RESERVE

San Jorge de Estero Hondo Botanical Reserve is a private tropical reserve located in the Pacific lowlands of Ecuador. The reserve is located in a transitional zone between the semi-humid and dry tropical forests of the now endangered Tumbesian Endemic Corridor. San Jorge de Estero Hondo is rapidly becoming one of the last pristine reserves in the lowlands of the west. The reserve is home to unique wildlife find nowhere else in Ecuador.

WILDLIFE

The Pacific Lowland forests have sadly suffered the highest levels of deforastation in Ecuador. Fragmentation due to agricultural practices has led to a dramatic population density reduction of bird, plant and animal species. Estero Hondo and other private reserves adjacent to it, seem to be the last hope to save these magnificinet forests and all the wildlife who shelters on it. The reserve is still home to stable populations of mantled howlers, white-fronted capuchin monekys, peccaries, jaguarandis, ocelots and tamandua anteaters. Estero Hondo is also a paradise for birds with roughly 300 bird species within the reserve and other sites nearby. About 40 species of reptiles and amphibians have been recorded so far and new species are being added thanks to biologist and herpetologists who have shown recent interest in the reserve.

LOCATION

San Jorge of Estero Hondo is located 5 hours away from San Jorge de Quito Lodge, and 2 hours and 45 minutes away from San Jorge Eco-lodge Milpe.

Excellent, central location if you are planning day trips to: Lalo Loor Dry Forest Reserve, Isla Corazon Mangrove Sanctuary.

Lalo Loor Dry Forest Reserve: Located roughly 15 minutes away, Lalo Loor reserve is situated at a lower elevation where forest thend to be drier than in Estero Hondo.

Isla Corazon Mangrove Sanctuary: Located roughly 1 hour away, Isla Corazon is a mangrove sanctuary where thousands of seabirds breed and nest. Excellent location to see and photograph frigatebirds, egrets, herons, ibises, gulls, terns, kingfishers, and numerous boreal migrants.

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The Magic Circuit 7 PRIVATE RESERVES & 4 ECO-LODGES
SAN JORGE eco-lodge & botanical reserve/quito  KM 4 VÍA ANTIGUA A NONO (CONT. CALLE MACHALA) andes highlands/high barren plains/highland rainforest Altitude: 3,000 - 3,100 m.  (9,580 - 10,500 ft. o.s.l.)	SAN JORGE DE ESTERO HONDO botanical reserve PACIFIC COASTal LOWLANDS altitude:  200 m.  (600 ft. o.s.l.)
SAN JORGE DE MILPE BIRD & orchid reserve San Jorge cliff lodge & san jorge forest lodge  upper tropical rainforest KM 3,7 CAMINO A MILPE altitude: 900 m.  (3,000 ft. o.s.l.)	SAN JORGE DE TANDAYAPA hummingbird sanctuary & lodge cloud forest KM 3,5 PARTIDERO ANTIGUO A TANDAYAPA altitude:  1,700 m.  (5,600 ft. o.s.l.)
SAN JORGE DE COSANGA -YANAYACU WILDLIFE & BIRD RESERVEs andes highland cloud forest KM3,6 CAMINO A LAS CAUCHERAS altitude: 2,500 m. (8,000 ft. o.s.l.)	san jorge de sumaco bird sanctuary lower amazon basin altitude:  500 m.  (1,600 ft. o.s.l.)

Cheryl Korowotny
International Director
The Magic Birding & Photography  Circuit
SAN JORGE ECO-LODGES & BOTANICAL RESERVES
Quito – Tandayapa – Milpe - Cosanga - Estero Hondo-Sumaco Bajo-Guacamayos
Ecuador – South America
Email: birdwatching@eco-lodgesanjorge.com
(877) 565-2596 Toll Free USA & Canada.

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San Jorge has been awarded the Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence for the past 11 consecutive years!