Amazon

Take an early flight to Puerto Maldonado. Upon your arrival you will be inmediately transferred to Posada Amazonas. The Posada Amazonas Lodge is located in the territory of the Ese'eja native community and is built with the same materials and architectural techniques as used by the native communities throughout the Amazon. As you leave the traces of the city of Puerto Maldonado behind, sailing in a dugout canoe on the Tambopata River, the tranquility of the rainforest absorbs you.

At dawn a short hike takes you to the parrot clay lick a few minutes down-river from the lodge. Later, after breakfast, we look for giant river otters, turtles, hoatzin, and wading birds. In the afternoon we go for a walk through the forest. Enthusiasts can go on a night walk.

At dawn you can go for an optional visit to the clay lick. After breakfast, we go for a hike accompanied by an Ese'eja who will explain how the forest is used in their everyday life: food, medicine, construction material etc. In the afternoon we hike a different trail that crosses a floodplain and a bamboo forest.

After an early breakfast at your lodge you will be transferred to Puerto Maldonado for your flight out. You may book additional services with us.

* This is a sample itinerary for Posada Amazonas. Please contact us for more detailed information on Amazon packages and other Amazon Lodges.

• 3 nights at comfortable hotels based on US. standards.
• Guided visits with English speaking tour guides.
• All meals.
• All transfers and entrance fees.

You will leave every trace of human inhabitation behind and enter virgin rainforest. You should immediately notice the difference in wildlife abundance: macaws, kingfishers and cormorants can be spotted more frequently and the chances of encountering capybaras, caimans and other wildlife improve significantly. When you arrive at TRC you will be greeted by the 'chicos', a flock of semi-wild, rescued macaws. TRC lies close to the world's largest macaw clay lick. Daily, hundreds of parrots and different species of macaws gather around the fifty meters high cliff, quarrelling over choice branches to grab a beakful of clay, a vital but mysterious part of their diet. All meals are included.

• 2 nights at the Posada Amazonas Lodge or at the Refugio Amazonas Lodge.
• 2 nights (or 3 nights for the 6D/5N program) at the comfortable Tambopata Research Center.
• Guided visits with English speaking tour guides.
• All meals.
• All transfers and entrance fees.

There is still more to discover in this ecological paradise. More tous are available when you book extra days. All meals are included.