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Flight from Lima to the Jungle & Arrival Into the Amazon

Get Up Close with Nature!

Oxbow Lake Visit

Enjoy the beautiful Amazonian waterways!

Macaw & Parrot Clay Lick Ritual

Enjoy of one of the most stunning wildlife spectacles in the world!

Transfer to the Airport and Flight back to Lima

Time to say goodbye!

Flight from Lima to the Jungle & Arrival Into the Amazon (BL, D)

Get Up Close with Nature!

Prepare for a climatic day! This morning, we will pick you up from your hotel in Lima- Spend one hour aboard to arrive to Puerto Maldonado. Once you arrive there, 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.

Refugio Amazonas is a private reserve intended to be integrated into the communities of Brazil on an attempt to extend the benefits of ecotourism to the families that commit with the sustainable tourism within this area.

Our first adventure this evening will be the Amazon Caiman
Our tour guide will lead you to the edge of the Tambopata River, where we will walk quietly. We will have the chance to see the read gleams of reflection from the caiman eyes.

Overnight in Refugio Amazonas Lodge.

Oxbow Lake Visit (B, L, D)

Enjoy the beautiful Amazonian waterways!

After delicious breakfast, you will get into a canoe or catamaran, then along with your expert guide, you will paddle along the lake to see the lovely monkeys jumping between the trees, you will also see the alluring nine giant river otters, the caimans (typical in the part of the country) the wondering hoatzins and horned screamers on the bushes surrounding the lake. Delight also yourself with the beautiful macaws’ flying over your head.

Canopy Tower Walk

During 30 minutes, we will walk from Refugio Amazonas Lodge to arrive to the amazing Canopy Tower scaffold with a banister staircase running through the middle providing safe access to the platforms above. This beautiful experience allows you to enjoy the Amazon Rainforest from the top of its vast trees (30 meters /100 ft.), along the Tambopata National Reserve, you will enjoy the amazing primary forest extending views. 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.

Farm Visit and Ethnobotanical Garden

This afternoon, we will visit the neighboring community “Condenado”, located five minutes downriver from Refugio Amazonas. Then, we’ll visit a Farm with an impressive variety of popular and unknown plants and trees with medicinal and nourishing purposes.

Our next stop will be the Ethnobotanical Tour designed by the Centro Ñape, which is a community organization. They created an amazing nature trail explaining the different medicinal uses of selected plants of the jungle, such as the delicious Yuca, Uña de Gato, Para-Para, Charcot-Sacha, etc.

Nightly Lectures

The evenings at the Refugio Amazonas are so peaceful and rewarding. Here, the staff gives you lectures about the projects in the Tambopata National Reserve and some conservation threats opportunities that you may join.

Overnight in Refugio Amazonas Lodge.

Macaw & Parrot Clay Lick Ritual (B, L, D)

Enjoy of one of the most stunning wildlife spectacles in the world!

After a delicious breakfast, we will enjoy of the amazing ritual of the Macaw, Parrots and Parakeets, the clay lick is located just 15-minute boat ride and 60-minute walk from Refugio Amazonas Lodge. We will be located 20 meters away, in a blind place, so we will have the chance to admire this unique spectacle. From the lovely birds ingests the clay as ritual every morning. If we are very lucky we will see the Yellow-crowned Amazons, the Mealy, Orange-cheeled (Barraband`s) Parrot and Severe macaw.

Brazil Nut Trail and Camp

A beautiful old growth is located just few minutes from the lodge. During this way, you will find a Brazil Nut forest harvested for decades with remains of a small camp used twice a year by Brazil Nut gatherers. Your private guide will show you the hard collection process, transfer and elaboration of this amazing product.

Overnight in Refugio Amazonas Lodge.

Peccary Clay Lick

Just twenty minutes walking from Refugio Amazonas, a wondrous event takes place. Around five to twenty wild pigs eat clay in a river bank in the late morning. The chances of spotting them are around 15%, but this amazing event is well worth the short hike. During this way, we will see other wild animals as parakeets, guan, deers!

Night Walk

This night, after a savory dinner, you will have the option to go for a night walk, and it is highly possible to see many animals that have rarely seen during the day such as frogs, spiders with bizarre shapes and some other animals emitting rare sounds.

Flight from Lima to the Jungle & Arrival Into the Amazon  (B)

Time to say goodbye!

This morning, you will take a boat from Refugio Amazonas back to Tambopata River Port and then to Puerto Maldonado, once you arrive to the headquarter, you can rest a bit before your flight. At the appropriate time, you will be transferred to the airport to take your flight to Cusco or Lima.

NOTES

1. Rainy season is from mid-October to mid-March and the heaviest months of rain are January and February.

2. Since 2017, Refugio Amazonas offers  “a-la-carte” excursions, at an additional price of US$ 125 per person. You can have 4-6 jungle excursions during your stay.