Tena is a city in "el Oriente" (the Eastern, Amazonian part) of Ecuador, which was founded as a missionary outpost and still has a Catholic mission. It is located southeast of Quito, and is the commercial centre and capital of the Napo Province. Tena lies at the foot of the Andes mountains at 500 m and is, therefore, often seen as a gateway city to the Ecuadorian part of the Amazon Rainforest.
The city is home to a major regional hospital and many tourist related businesses, including several rainforest tour operations as well as at least three businesses that take paying customers on white water rafting trips on class three, four and five rapids in nearby nearby rivers. One of the local tourist attractions, in town, is a small wildlife park called ¨Parque Amazonico¨, which is located on the peninsula formed where the rivers Pano and Tena meet.