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Per Person Prices:$1341 based on Single Occupancy
Per Person Prices:$1062 based on Double or Triple occupancy
Note: We require minimum two passengers traveling together If
single traveler ask for the supplement.
Our suggested programs focus on providing an overview of life in
the rain forest. If you are looking for a more in depth Amazon experience, then
the Tambopata Research Center suits you best. Although known for its ongoing
research of macaws for more than 20 years, there is much more to see at the
Tambopata Research Center. A rule in the Amazon states that the further away
from the cities you go and the longer you stay in the forest, the better chances
you will have to observe wildlife.
Not Included Entrance to the Protected Area of Tambopata (USD $60.00 per
person)
DAY 1 TRANSFER BOAT - TAMBOPATA RIVER PORT TO REFUGIO AMAZONAS
Upon arrival from Lima or Cusco, we will welcome you at the airport and
drive you ten minutes to our Puerto Maldonado headquarters. While
enjoying your first taste of the forest in our gardens we will ask you
to pack only the necessary gear for your next few days, and leave the
rest at our safe deposit. This helps us keep the boats and cargo light.
Skirting Puerto Maldonado, we drive 20 kilometers to the Tambopata River
Port, entering the Native Community of Infierno. The port is a communal
business.
The two and a half hour boat ride from the Tambopata Port to Refugio
Amazonas will take us past the Community of Infierno and the Tambopata
National Reserve´s checkpoint and into the buffer zone of this 1.3
million hectare conservation unit. Boxed Lunch
Upon arrival, the lodge manager will welcome you and brief you with
important navigation and security tips. Dinner
Caiman Search: We will be out at the river’s edge at night, scanning the
shores with headlamps and flashlights to catch the red gleams of
reflection from caiman eyes.
Overnight at Refugio Amazonas (Box Lunch, D)
DAY 2 CANOPY TOWER, BRAZIL NUT TRAIL AND CAMP
A thirty minute walk from Refugio Amazonas leads to the 25 meter
scaffolding canopy tower. A bannistered staircase running through the
middle provides safe access to the platforms above. The tower has been
built upon high ground, therefore increasing your horizon of the
continuous primary forest extending out towards the Tambopata National
Reserve. From here views of mixed species canopy flocks as well as
toucans, macaws and raptors are likely. Breakfast
A few minutes hike from the lodge is a beautiful old growth patch of
Brazil Nut forest that has been harvested for decades (if not centuries)
where the precarious remains of a camp used two months a year by Brazil
Nut gatherers can still be experienced. We will be demonstrating the
whole process of the rain forest's only sustainably harvested product
from collection through transportation to drying.
Four and half hours by boat from Refugio Amazonas, in the pristine heart
of the reserve, lays the Tambopata Research Center. One and half hours
into our boat journey, as we cross the confluence with the Malinowski
River, we will leave the final traces of human habitation behind. Within
the 700,000 hectare uninhabited nucleus of the reserve, sightings of
capybara, caiman, geese, macaws and other large species will become more
frequent. Boxed Lunch
Upon arrival, the lodge manager will welcome you and brief you with
important navigation and security tips.
Overlook Trail: A three to five kilometer hike will lead us to overlooks
commanding magnificent views of the Tambopata winding its way into the
lowlands. The forest on this trail, regenerating on old bamboo forest,
is good for Howler Monkey and Dusky Titi Monkey. Dinner
Macaw Project Lectures: After dinner scientists will provide an in depth
look at the biology of macaws, their feeding habits, the theories for
clay lick use, their breeding and feeding ecology, population
fluctuations and the threats to their conservation.
Overnight at Tambopata Research Center (B, L ,D)
DAY 3 TERRA FIRME TRAIL & PALM SWAMP TOWER
Macaw Clay Lick: On most clear mornings of the year dozens of large
macaws and hundreds of parrots congregate on this large river bank in a
raucous and colorful spectacle which inspired a National Geographic
cover story. Discretely located fifty meters from the cliff, we will
observe Green-winged, Scarlet and Blue-and-gold Macaws and several
species of smaller parrots descend to ingest clay. Outings are at dawn
when the lick is most active.
Breakfast. An entirely different habitat characterized by smaller,
thinner trees atop hills and slopes is covered by this five kilometer
trail. Saddleback tamarins are frequently found here. As we walk near
the limits of the swamp we will also keep our eyes open for rare tapir
tracks. Lunch
A thirty minute hike from TRC brings us to the palm swamp. Dead aguaje
palms serve as nests to Red-bellied and Blue-and-gold macaws. An
elevated boardwalk and scaffolding tower allow for eye level observation
of the macaws as they fly in and out of their nests.
Dinner
Overnight at Tambopata Research Center (B, L, D)
DAY 4 FLOODPLAIN TRAIL & POND PLATFORM
Time off to relax and enjoy the lodge surroundings, try out a new trail,
or repeat your favorite activity. Breakfast
This five kilometer trail covers the prototypical rain forest with
immense trees criss-crossed by creeks and ponds. Amongst the figs,
ceibas and shihuahuacos we will look for Squirrel, Brown Capuchin, and
Spider Monkeys as well as peccaries. TRC is located within this habitat.
Lunch
Ten minutes upriver from the lodge is a tiny pond with a platform in the
middle. It is a great place to spot waterfowl such as Muscovy duck,
sunbittern and hoatzin along with the woodpeckers, oropendolas,
flycatchers and parakeets that call this pond their home.
Dinner.
Night walk: You will have the option of hiking out at night, when most
of the mammals are active but rarely seen. Much easier to find are frogs
with shapes and sounds as bizarre as their natural histories.
Overnight at Tambopata Research Center (B, L, D)
DAY 5 PALM SWAMP TRAIL & CREEKS TRAIL
Time off to relax and enjoy the lodge surroundings, try out a new trail,
or repeat your favorite activity. Breakfast
Growing on the remains of an oxbow lake and providing both arboreal as
well as terrestrial mammals with fruits throughout the year, the aguaje
palms are one of the most important food sources in the rainforest.
Demand for these fruits and great conditions for planting rice, makes
the palm swamp also one of the most threatened habitats. Lunch
This is a different kind of Terra Firme forest, crossed by a number of
creeks that will eventually reach the Tambopata River. Walking in the
opposite direction of the river, we will focus on forest and creek
ecology. Dinner
Overnight at Tambopata Research Center (B, L, D)
DAY 6 OXBOW LAKE VISIT
Time off to relax and enjoy the lodge surroundings, try out a new trail,
or repeat your favorite activity. Breakfast
Three and a half hour boat ride brings us to Refugio Amazonas. Boxed
Lunch
Oxbow Lake Visit: We will paddle around the lake on a canoe or a
catamaran, looking for lakeside wildlife such as hoatzin, caiman and
horned screamers, hoping to see the otters which are infrequently seen
here. You will also be rewarded with overhead sightings of macaws.
Dinner
Tambopata National Reserve Lectures: Nightly lectures prepared by the
staff of Refugio Amazonas cover conservation threats, opportunities and
projects in the Tambopata National Reserve.
Overnight at Refugio Amazonas (B, Box Lunch, D)
DAY 7 TRANSFER OUT
Breakfast. Transfer Boat from Refugio Amazonas to Tambopata River Port
to go to Puerto Maldonado Headquarters
We retrace our river and road journey back to Puerto Maldonado, our
office and the airport. Depending on airline schedules, this may require
dawn departures. (B)
Please note that the program may vary slightly so as to maximize
your wildlife sightings, depending on the reports of our researchers
and experienced naturalist guides based at the lodge.
BOAT TRANSPORTATION
All our boats are 20 foot long, roofed canoes with 55 hp outboard
motors. Daily arrivals and departures from every port are scheduled
to meet every airline´s arrival and departure with a maximum two
hour wait.
INCLUDED
Programmes based on single and double occupancy. Includes all meal,
accommodations, and services, all river transportation, and transfer
from and to the airport of Puerto Maldonado.
NOT INCLUDED
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fees, excess baggage charges, additional nights during the trip due
to flight cancellations, alcoholic beverages or bottled water,
snacks, insurance of any kind, laundry, phone calls or messages,
reconfirmation of flights and items of personal nature.
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