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TAMBOPATA EXPEDITION
CLASSIC 6 DAYS FAMILY PROGRAM FOR KIDS
2012 Rates
Daily Departures
Per Person Prices:$1391 based on Single Occupancy
Per Person Prices:$1055 based on Double or Triple occupancy
Note: We require minimum two passengers traveling together If
single traveler ask for the supplement.
Our Family programs for kids focus on being educational and
entertaining at the same time. As they walk the trails of Ania at Refugio
Amazonas, kids will learn how to value their relation with the Earth. Further
they will visit the largest known macaw clay lick and will experience a variety
of habitats near the Tambopata Research Center.
Not Included Entrance to the Protected Area of Tambopata (USD $60.00 per
person)
DAY 1 ARRIVAL & RECEPTION BY GUIDE
Our guides are biologists, tourism professionals, or community members.
Unless noted otherwise, our guides speak English. We assign guides at
6:1 ratio in Tambopata Research Center. This means groups smaller than 6
people will be merged with other groups under one guide. If you would
like a private guide or a guide in a language other than English please
let us know.
Transfer Airport to Puerto Maldonado Headquarters. 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.
Transfer Pto Maldonado Headquarters to Tambopata River Port. Skirting
Puerto Maldonado, we drive 20 kilometers to the Tambopata River Port,
entering the Native Community of Infierno. The port is a communal
business.
Transfer Boat - Tambopata River Port to Refugio Amazonas. 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
Orientation 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
DAY 2 TAMBOPATA RESEARCH CENTER
Breakfast
Sea-Kayaking the river in lodge surroundings: No previous experience
required. After a few practice strokes with our kayaking guide, you will
be ready to navigate the Tambopata at a natural pace for a few hours.
Wildlife sightings increase in quality – the silent kayaks do not
intimidate.
Transfer Boat - Refugio Amazonas to TRC: Four and half hours by boat
from Refugio Amazonas, in the pristine heart of the reserve, lies 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
Orientation 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
DAY 3 MACAW CLAY LICK & FLOODPLAIN TRAIL
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
Floodplain Trail: 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
Canopy Climbing: Replicating the daily work of macaw researchers, we
will climb a 30 meter tree with a rope, harness and jumar. From this
vantage point we will have a macaws eye view of the forest. This
demanding exercise is perfectly safe and requires no previous experience.
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
DAY 4 TERRA FIRME TRAIL & PALM SWAMP TOWER
Breakfast
Terra Firme Trail: An entirely different habitat characterized by
smaller, thinner trees atop hills and slopes is covered by this five
kilometer trail. Saddleback tamarinds 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
Palm Swamp Tower: 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
DAY 5 JUNGLE MOUNTAIN BIKING & CANOPY TOWER
Breakfast
Transfer Boat - TRC to Refugio Amazonas. A three and a half hour boat
ride brings us to Refugio Amazonas.
Boxed Lunch
Jungle Mountain Biking: Enjoy the forest from a different perspective,
and get on a mountain bike. Our ride begins 10 minutes from the lodge,
and then loops 10 kilometers thru mature forest and numerous creekbeds.
The muddier it is, the more fun we will have!
Canopy Tower
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.
Dinner
Overnight at Refugio Amazonas
DAY 6 TRANSFER OUT
Breakfast
Transfer Boat - Refugio Amazonas to Tambopata River Port
Transfer Tambopata River Port to Pto Maldonado Headquarters
Transfer Puerto Maldonado Headquarters to Airport
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.
INCLUDED
Programs based on double occupancy. Includes all meal,
accommodations, and services, all river transportation, and transfer
from and to the airport of Puerto Maldonado.
NOT INCLUDED
International or domestic airfares, airport departure taxes or visa
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.
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.
We reserve the right to change the order of activities.
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