Summary
Go through the most beautiful and fascinating environments that Perú has to offer. List every flora and fauna that inhabits the Peruvian Amazon would simply be impossible. There are over thousands of bird species and marine life, hundreds of reptiles and mammals and over 40,000 plant species. Enjoy the most beautiful areas around the country during your stay there.
At TRC we will be learning from Macaw experts and experiencing much about Macaws conservation along with the fascinating variety of Monkeys, Caimans during your stay. You will also spot Capybaras, lipped Peccary, perhaps with some extra luck, a Jaguar, Tapir or a new Spider specie, still yet to be named! Not to mention the exciting trails you will follow to explore the Amazon Wildlife.
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Overview
Tambopata Research Center Program (1st Day)
Welcome to the richest ecosystems in the World!
Tambopata Research Center Program (2nd Day)
On our way to TRC enjoy the Canopy Tower Walk
Tambopata Research Center Program (3rd Day)
Rise early to witness a spectacle of nature– a tumultuous gathering at a clay lick of brightly!
Tambopata Research Center Program (4th Day)
Time to leave the Jungle!
Itinerary
Detailed Itinerary
Tambopata Research Center Program (1st Day) (BL, D)
Welcome to the richest ecosystems in the World!
Departing Lima at 08:05 and arriving Puerto Maldonado at 10:45. You will be welcomed by your tour guides and transferred to our headquarters, where you will be asked to pack only the necessary gear for the next few days, the rest of your luggage will be kept safe in our storage room.
From Puerto Maldonado you’ll go to Tambopata River Port, 20 kilometers, into the Native Community of Infierno. The River Port is a community business. We’ll get on a boat and travel for 2 1/2hrs to Refugio Amazonas, past, Infierno and the Reserve checkpoint, into the buffer zone of this 1.3 million hectare conservation unit.
This evening Caiman searching will be our first Amazon adventure.
We will quietly walk on the edge of the Tambopata River, by the shores, attentive with our headlamps on, to catch the red gleams of reflection from caiman eyes.
Overnight at Refugio Amazonas Jungle Lodge.
Tambopata Research Center Program (2nd Day) (B, BL, D)
On our way to TRC enjoy the Canopy Tower Walk
We will walk from Refugio Amazonas for 30 minutes, arriving at the Canopy Tower scaffold with a banister staircase running through the middle providing safe access to the platforms above. All set to experience the Amazon Rainforest from the top of its vast trees (30 meters /100 ft.), incredible views of the splendid primary forest extending along the Tambopata National Reserve. Look up! And you’ll see a flock of toucans or macaws flying into the horizon or resting on the top of the trees close to you.
We will be travelling by boat for the next 4 ½ hrs from Refugio Amazonas to Tambopata Research Center into the heart of the Amazon jungle.
After about 3 hours travelling by boat, deep in the Amazon jungle, if the weather is favorable we will stop at the Chuncho Macaw clay lick. After a brief walk (5 min.) we will have the chance to see large macaws feeding on the special sodium rich clays on the riverbank. Watching them so closely is a remarkable experience.
One and half hours later we’ll cross the confluence with the Malinowski River, as we leave the last traces of human habitation behind us. Within the 700,000 hectare uninhabited center of the Reserve, sightings of capybara, caiman, geese, macaws and other large species will be more frequent and magical.
Upon arrival, the lodge manager will welcome you and share with you important navigation and security tips.
A wonderful trail of 3 to 5 km will take us to a lookout with stupendous views of the Amazon jungle into the lowlands. A Regenerated old Bamboo forest good for the Howler Monkey and the Dusky Titi Monkey.
After dinner Macaw experts will have a Macaw Project Lecture providing 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 Jungle Lodge.
Tambopata Research Center Program (3rd Day) (B, BL, D)
Rise early to witness a spectacle of nature– a tumultuous gathering at a clay lick of brightly!
On a clear morning, at dawn, at Macaw Clay Lick (located at the Bahuaja Sonene National Park) we’ll discretely witness, fifty meters from a cliff; the Green-winged, Scarlet and Blue-and-gold Macaws and several species of smaller parrots descending to ingest clay.
Close to the TRC, we will follow a 5 kilometer Floodplain trail into a prototypical Rainforest of immense trees intersected by creeks and ponds. Figs trees, Ceibas and Shihuahuacos, while we are attentive for Brown Capuchin, and Spider Monkeys as well as Peccaries.
Ten minutes upriver from our Amazon lodge is a tiny pond with a platform in the middle. It is a great place to spot waterfowls such as Muscovy duck, a lovely Sunbittern and Hoatzin, some Woodpeckers, Oropendolas, Flycatchers and Parakeets.
Night Walk
After dinner, you can go for a night walk, an exciting option to spot mammals rarely seen during the day, also frogs with bizarre shapes and sounds.
Overnight at Tambopata Research Center Jungle Lodge.
Tambopata Research Center Program (4th Day) (B)
Time to leave the Jungle!
You will take a boat TCR, back to Tambopata River Port and then to Puerto Maldonado headquarters. You will be transferred to the airport to take your flight to Lima (departing at 15:40hrs. and arriving at 18:30hrs).
- Day 1 Tambopata Research Center Program
- Day 2 Tambopata Research Center Program
- Day 3 Tambopata Research Center Program
- Day 4 Tambopata Research Center Program
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What To Expect…
- Explore Perú in a personalized way. Plan with your expert Travel Advisor the best itinerary based on your needs and interests.
- Personalized assistance during your complete stay in the country, we want you to enjoy a hassle-free vacation!
- We listen to you! So, we can adapt your itinerary based on your interests, it is possible to add or to cut the activities of your preference, just let us know.
- We are available 24 hours per day, during the week, our operations area never stops. We are here to assist you whenever you need it.
- We work with the most experienced English-Speaking tour guides around the country, every excursion, visit, activities, will be in short groups or absolutely private.
Included
- Lodging accomodation according to itinerary.
- Meals according to itinerary.
- Tour guide in English.
- All tours and intermediate transfers.
- Park entrance fees to Refugio Amazonas Lodge.
- Center Lodge of US$ 75 per person.
- Boat rides and safety equipment.
Not Included
- International and domestic flights.
- Visas required for entry.
- Airport Taxes.
- Drinks.
- Tips
- Adventure activities such as kayak, tree climbing, mountain biking.
Pricing
The price is fully customizable and can be tailored and flexible to your personal preferences and style, the price is basically based on final accommodation, travel dates and other custom preferences during the tour.
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