Cabañas San Isidro

Cabañas San Isidro was founded over fifty years ago by the Bustamante family of Quito, Ecuador, when the uncharted lands of eastern Ecuador where first made available to the public by a government campaign to convert unclaimed lands into productive farms. With a deep concern for proper natural resource management, as well as for the urgent need to protect the unique flora and fauna of the zone, Simón Bustamante (one of the pioneer modern-day explorers of the Ecuadorian Amazon) left the majority of his vast (now privately owned 1,100 hectares, plus 800 bought with our local foundation) property untouched despite the pressure from many levels to clear the forest for what was then considered land improvement. Over the years, Cabañas San Isidro has matured into a comfortable lodge, surrounded by large and accessible tracts of primary cloud forest run by Simón's daughter, Carmen.