Hotels near Lago Agrio Airport - LGQ, Nueva Loja

The town is relatively large and busy. It's not a primary tourist town like baños or Puyo but it's full of local restaurants and there's a nice natural park almost in the centre of town. At night the town didn't feel as safe as some of the more tourist focused towns but it's a gateway to some great Amazon jungle destinations.

Lago Agrio was a great town to stop in on the way to the Amazon. I’m glad I planned a night there on either side of my trip to recover and not travel too much every day. There’s lots of restaurants and the city felt pretty safe to walk around. I wouldn’t suggest traveling here unless you are using it as a stop along the way, but it’s the perfect kind of town to stop in to break up the travel a little.

The city has a terrific tourist park that includes tropical plants and animals as well as cultural demonstrations. Another attraction is a series of restaurant/bars along the river just past the bridge that are easily and cheaply reached by cab. We ate good food there at the Safari restaurant, and enjoyed Che Carlitos Cevicheria and a Mexican restaurant in the town center. We also did a four-day river Amazon watershed trip that was simply terrific. On the other hand, this is a frontier town and a bit uncomfortable to walk around in. But we walked around a lot at night with no problems.