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7 days Tambopata Research Centre, Posada Amazonas
All the programs include accommodations, meals, transportation and guided tours as specified in the itinerary. Domestic airfare or connections between destinations are not included. Airport taxes and park entry fee not included.
DAY 1: PUERTO MALDONADO - POSADA AMAZONAS Upon arrival from Lima or Cuzco, transfer to our office in Puerto Maldonado. Puerto Maldonado is situated at the confluence of the mighty Madre de Dios and Tambopata Rivers and is a bustling, booming tropical frontier town. Its principal activities are gold mining, Brazil nut collecting, timber extraction, agriculture and ecotourism. After a brief look around the town you will drive thirty minutes to the Tambopata river port in the community of Infierno. where you will board the boats for a one hour trip by motorized canoe to Posada Amazonas. During the voyage you may see bird species typical of the river or forest edge such as: Black Skimmer, Pied Lapwing, Capped Heron, Jabiru Stork, Roadside Hawk, and several species of kingfishers, swallows and flycatchers. Posada Amazonas is a comfortable 30 room lodge owned jointly by Rainforest Expeditions and the Local Community of Infierno. after lunch you will visit a 35 meter scaffolding tower that is 15 minutes walking from the lodge. From the top you not only get spectacular views of the river and the surrounding forest but also excellent opportunities to observe birds from the canopy including parrots, toucans and macaws. A video about the forest of Tambopata will be displayed after dinner. Lunch and Dinner. DAY 2: POSADA AMAZONAS-TAMBOPATA RESEARCH CENTER After an early breakfast it is only fifteen minutes from Posada Amazonas by boat and a 30 minute walk to the Tres Chimbadas oxbow lake shore. From here we take a long. You will be able to look for the giant river otters, turtles, hoatzin, and wading birds. Close to midday, animal activity decreases, so it is time to continue travel up the Tambopata River for 5 to 6 hours into the pristine heart of the reserve. After the first hour the final traces of human habitation is left behind Differences in wildlife abundance will be noted immediately: as you begin to sight macaws, herons, kingfishers and cormorants frequently and improve the chances of encounters with capybaras, caiman, storks, ducks and other wildlife. Boxed lunch on the boat. You will arrive at Tambopata Research Center in the early afternoon, being greeted by the Chicos, our flock of semi-wild, rescued macaws. After an orientation session, you can hike the 1.5 mile Bamboo Trail, a trail that is famous for the abundance of rare birds that live exclusively in this habitat and are endemic to southern Peru. It is also the home of the frequently found Howler and Dusky titi monkeys. There will be good places to observe canopy birds like tanagers, jacamars, elaenias, guans, and oropendolas. After dinner, you may take a frog walk through the forest, allowing the photo lovers to take beautiful macro shoots of american bullfrogs, horned frogs, tree frogs and an incredible variety of colorful insects. Breakfast Lunch and Dinner.
DAY 3: TAMBOPATA RESEARCH CENTER. Before breakfast the group will cross the river and enjoy the world's largest macaw clay lick where hundreds of parrots and macaws of up to 15 species congregate daily. You can expect to see ten to twelve of the following members of the parrot family: Red-and-green, Blue-and-gold, Scarlet, Red-bellied, Chestnut-fronted and Blue-headed Macaws; Mealy and Yellow-crowned Amazons; Blue-headed, Orange-cheeked and White-bellied Parrots; Dusky-headed, White-eyed, Cobalt-winged and Tui Parakeets and Dusky-billed Parrotlets. After breakfast a hike up the 1.5 mile Ocelot Trail.The forest, which is estimated to be 200 to 300 years old and includes truly huge Ceiba trees and Strangler figs is home to several mammals that are occasionally encountered: Saddleback tamarins, Squirrel and Brown Capuchin Monkeys and Collared peccary. This trail is the one which most often sports ocelot, puma and jaguar tracks, although any one of these three large cats is extremely difficult to spot. After lunch it is then onto a 2 mile hike to the palm swamp, a nesting colony and preferred roost for Blue and Gold and Red-bellied Macaws. Although there are different degrees of macaw activity at the swamp year round, the most exciting time to visit it is from October to March, during the nesting season, when macaws will land on the nests and stand there for several minutes, interacting with other individuals at less then 20 feet from our observation tower. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner DAY 4: TAMBOPATA RESEARCH CENTER. After breakfast it's onto the Toucan Trail that visits terra firme forests. You will see beautiful pristine creeks that wind their way through forested hills, in some cases following dry stream beds. The community of birds and other wildlife that lives in the hilly terra firme, is very different from that of the bamboo or mature floodplain. After a long, easy hike, it is back to the lodge for lunch. After lunch a short five minute boat ride to oxbow lake spending the afternoon on a platform in the middle of the pond observing some of its birdlife, which may include hoatzin, duck, ibis, woodpeckers, chachalaca, parakeets, oropendolas and numerous flycatcher species. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. DAY 5: TAMBOPATA RESEARCH CENTER Another visit the macaw clay lick and then return for breakfast. The rest of the morning will be spent walking a trail that passes through seasonally flooded forest, allowing excellent opportunities to see wading birds and even mammals that look for this precious bodies of water to quench their thirst. This trail also reports excellent opportunities to spot howler monkeys and mixed flocks of birds. After lunch you can try your luck at fishing. For the fish lovers, the most common species at this kind of body of water is the piranha. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner DAY 6: TAMBOPATA RESEARCH CENTER - POSADA AMAZONAS Another opportunity to visit the macraw clay lick and a short walk. It is then back to Posada Amazonas, arriving mid-afternoon. You will spend the last night in the rain forest in the wonderfully designed lodge enjoying the happy hour as you chat and swap stories over the exciting happenings of the past few days. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner DAY 7: POSADA AMAZONAS-PUERTO MALDONADO After an early breakfast you will return to Puerto Maldonado for the flight back to Lima, Cuzco or wherever your destination may be. Breakfast INCLUDES: All hotel and lodge accommodations based on double occupancy. All scheduled land and river transportation. All transfers. All scheduled excursions with English-speaking guide services. Meals as specified in the itinerary. NOT INCLUDED: Park entry fees ($28), 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, radio calls or messages, reconfirmation of flights and items of personal nature.
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