Harvard Professor Edward O. Wilson, among the world's great scientists and author of two Pulitzer Prize winning books, identified 362 species of ants at Reserva Amazónica; the world record of ant species for a single place.

Orchids

"MACHU PICCHU PUEBLO HOTEL has the world's largest number of native orchid species in their natural habitat inside a private facility" - Orchid Conservation Award (AOS, 1998).