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Don’t mind us, we’re just adding “bike above Ecuador’s Cloud Forest’ to our bucket list. In this video, Travel + Leisure stays at the Mashpi Lodge in Ecuador to get a hands-on experience with the rainforest. From biking above the canopy to searching for glowing flora and fauna at night, there’s plenty to do at this research and conservation paradise.

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00:00Would you bike above the rainforest canopy to get this view? Hidden deep in Ecuador's cloud forest,
00:05Mashpee Lodge feels like stepping into another world. Floor-to-ceiling windows make it feel like
00:10the rainforest is part of the room with mist rolling through the trees, but this isn't just
00:14a luxury lodge. It's also a working research hub inside one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on
00:20Earth. Guests can actually visit the lab to learn about conservation and wildlife research happening
00:24here before heading out to explore the forest for themselves. One of the wildest experiences?
00:29Riding the sky bike above the rainforest canopy with nothing but clouds and treetops below you.
00:34There's also the dragonfly cable car gliding silently through the forest, an observation tower rising
00:39above the canopy for bird watching, waterfall hikes where you can cool off with a swim, and nightwalks
00:44searching for glowing insects, frogs, snakes, and other cloud forest critters. And somehow that's
00:50only scratching the surface of what you can do here. Would you stay here?
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