The 2960-hectare Abra Patricia-Alto Nieva Private Conservation Area, about 40 minutes east of Pedro Ruíz on the road to Moyobamba is a birdwatcher’s paradise managed by the Association of Andean Ecosystems (ECOAN). More than 300 species call this area home, 23 of which are considered globally threatened. ECOAN’s Owlet Lodge offers large and exceptionally clean, quiet rooms for nature lovers and anyone who just wants to get away from the noise of civilization.
The gourmet meals are served in a dining room with views of mountainous forest that has never seen the swipe of a chainsaw. Although an obvious favorite of birdwatching tour groups – who come to see such endemic species as yellow-scarved tanager, Lulu’s tody-tyrant and the extremely rare long-whiskered owlet – it’s also the best place to see the critically endangered yellow-tailed woolly monkey.
