Puyo

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Introducing Puyo

This small wood-and-concrete sprawl with a river slinking through it represents the juncture between northern and southern Oriente. The capital of Pastaza, Puyo is Ecuador’s largest jungle town, though in the absence of oil and the presence of so many highlanders, it doesn’t quite feel like it. Visitors will find it to be a busy commercial center obsessed with jeans and the Internet, taming back the verdant swaths of jungle sprouting from its ears. It is also a hop and a skip to indigenous villages and their attractions.

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Fiestas de Fundación de Puyo, the weeklong celebrations of Puyo’s founding day, take place in early May.

Last updated: Feb 17, 2009

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