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Nueva Loja

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Nueva Loja, Ecuador
Nueva Loja, Ecuador. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

About Nueva Loja

Lago Agrio or Nueva Loja is a city in the Amazon region of Ecuador.

It is the capital of the province of Sucumbios and was founded in the 1960s as a base camp by Texaco. This city is the entrance to the southern part of the Ecuadorian Amazonas Jungle

Nueva Loja travel guide

Getting there

By plane 1 Lago Agrio Airport (LGQ IATA). There are flights every day from Quito to Lago Agrio, with Avianca.

By bus There are a lot of bus companies that make the route Quito-Lago Agrio and Baños-Lago Agrio

Transportes Occidental Transportes Esmeraldas Transportes Baños

Sleep

Hotel de Mario Hotel Selva Real. Av Quito 261 with Columbia St. Hot water, working internet, clean rooms and aircon. Double with private bathroom (and hot water) is $20.

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Overview adapted from Wikipedia, travel guide fromWikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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