PUERTO MALDONADO JUNGLE 5 DAYS 4 NIGHTS
WILD AMAZON EXPEDITION - MACAW CLAY LICK & SANDOVAL LAKE
04 NIGHTS IN JUNGLE - WASAI TAMBOPATA LODGE
DAILY DEPARTURES

WASAI Tambopata Lodge is located in the heart of the amazon, approximately 50 Km. away from Puerto Maldonado in a straight line, and approximately 120 Km. on the river route, in the heart of the Tambopata Candamo National Reserve . On the banks of the Tambopata River it is surrounded by primary rainforest and is a place of natural beauty.
There are 20km of forest trails around the lodge and it is also possible to visit the local community of Baltimore, the El Gato Waterfalls, and collpas of parrots and mammals. Fishing is also possible. Up-river from the lodge there are no more dwellings. The lack of people and the closeness to the Andes produces an abundance of flora and fauna not seen in other areas of the amazon.

INCLUDES:
- Transfers In / Out Airport / Lodge / Airport.
- 02 Nights of Lodging in Wasai Tambopata Lodge.
- 01 Night of Campament.
- 01 Night of Lodging in Wasai Maldonado Ecolodge (City Lodge).
- 04 Breakfasts, 04 Lunches, 04 Dinners.
- Visit to the Macaw Clay Lick.
- Visit to the Sandoval Lake.
- Etno-botanical treekings in the Tambopata trails.
- Nocturnal excursion in the river looking for caimans.
- Bilingual naturalist resident guides.

WILD AMAZON EXPEDITION
PRICES PER PERSON (Expresed in american dollars)

ITINERARY

This is a new tour being offered by WASAI Lodge and Expeditions to offer a genuine rainforest wilderness experience and an excellent opportunity to see some of the wildlife that Tambopata is famous for. A complete program which combines the comfort of beautiful lodges with the experience to spend a night camping in the Bahuaja Sonene National Park.
DAY 01: Transfer to Wasai Tambopata Lodge
Arrive in the jungle town of Puerto Maldonado. You will be met at the airport and transferred to the WASAI Maldonado Ecolodge. After a refreshing drink you will make the 4 hour journey up the Tambopata River into the primary rainforest of the Tambopata Reserve Zone with the opportunity to see local communities and wildlife along the banks of the river. You will arrive at the WASAI Tambopata Lodge in the late afternoon. After refreshments you will go on a short introductory night walk into the forest to look for some of the nocturnal creatures.
Overnight in Wasai Tambopata Lodge.
DAY 2: Parrot Clay Lick - Night at the Campsite in the National Park
You will wake before dawn and cross the Tambopata River to walk to the parrot clay lick on the banks of the River Gato. You will watch parrots and parakeets gather and feed on the clay. On the walk you  may see animals such as monkeys and other interesting plants and insects. After breakfast you can relax in the beautiful surroundings of the lodge, go fishing or swim in a nearby waterfall. After lunch you will make the 1 hour journey.
Further up the River Tambopata into the Bahuaja-Sonene National Park. This journey is an excellent opportunity to see birds and animals such as capybara, jaguar and large caiman. You will arrive at the site of the Macaw Clay Lick “El Chuncho” in the late afternoon and establish camp on the river beach. You will watch the sun set and can swim in the river or have a go at catching some of the abundant fish. In the night you will attempt to see animals visiting the clay river banks to eat clay - and the animals that hunt them such as jaguar and caiman.
Overnight at the camp site in the National Park.
DAY 3: Visit Macaw Clay Lick
You will wake at dawn to the sound of Howler Monkeys and hundreds of parakeets wheeling through the red morning sky in the Macaw Clay Lick. You will watch several species of macaw and many species of parrots and parakeets gather to eat clay in the first few hours after sunrise. You will have a simple breakfast on the beach followed by a short walk through the forest to look for birds and animals. you will travel back down the river to the WASAI Tambopata Lodge for a late breakfast. Ethno botanical trekking leaning about medicinal plants. Lunch.
In the afternoon guided trekking through one of the trails or if you prefer you can relax, go fishing or swimming or do the additional adventure activities like: zip line, kayaking, triline, floating ropes. After an evening meal you will go   out onto the river  to get a close view of caiman ( alligators).
Overnight in Wasai Tambopata Lodge.
DAY 4: Visit to the Sandoval Lake
You will have breakfast and then make the journey back down the Tambopata River to Puerto Maldonado. You will arrive at WASAI Maldonado Ecolodge for lunch. In the afternoon you will Travel Down the Madre de Dios River and from there walk through the forest to the tranquil and beautiful Lake Sandoval. At the lake your guide will paddle you in a wooden canoe to look for Giant River Otters and birds such as Hoatzin and Aningha. You will walk back through the forest to look for some of the nocturnal creatures of the forest and then travel back to the lodge for a final evening meal.
Overnight in Wasai Maldonado Ecolodge.
DAY 5: River Journey to Puerto Maldonado
Breakfast and transfer to the airport.

PUERTO MALDONADO JUNGLE 5 DAYS 4 NIGHTS
SOFT ADVENTURE PROGRAM
04 NIGHTS IN THE JUNGLE - POSADA AMAZONAS
DAILY DEPARTURES

Our Soft Adventure programs fit those who want to combine culture and nature with some more physically challenging activities in the rain forest. Enjoy the rain forest from a different perspective and get on a mountain bike at Refugio Amazonas. Later kayak the Tambopata in the lodge surroundings.
Posada Amazonas is a 30 bedroom lodge owned by the Community of Infierno and managed with Rainforest Expeditions. To get there from Puerto Maldonado, you have to be transported by truck to the Infierno River Port where you board our boats for a forty five minute trip to Posada Amazonas. Posada Amazonas is located ten minutes walking from the river.

INCLUDES:
- Transfers In / Out Airport / Lodge / Airport.
- 04 Nights of Lodging.
- 04 Breakfasts, 04 Lunches, 04 Dinners.
- Canopy tower.
- Visit to the Tres Chimbadas lake.
- Visit to the Parrots clay lick.
- Mountain Biking.
- Sea-Kayaking in lodge surroundings.
- Ethnobotanical treekings.
- Bilingual naturalist resident guides.

POSADA AMAZONAS - RAINFOREST EXPEDITIONS
PRICES PER PERSON (Expresed in american dollars)

ITINERARY

DAY 01: Puerto Maldonado - Canopy
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.
Skirting Puerto Maldonado, we drive 20 kilometers to the Tambopata River Port, entering the Native Community of Infierno. The port is a communal business. Boxed Lunch.
Transfer Boat - Tambopata River Port to Posada Amazonas. The forty five minute boat ride from the Tambopata Port to Posada Amazonas will take us into the Community´s Primary Forest Private Reserve. Upon arrival, the lodge manager will welcome you and brief you with important navigation and security tips.
Canopy Tower. A twenty minute walk from Posada Amazonas leads to the 30 meter scaffolding canopy tower. A bannistered staircase running through the middle provides safe access to the platforms above. From atop you obtain spectacular views of the vast expanses of standing forest cut by the Tambopata River winding through the middle. Now and then toucans, parrots or macaws are seen flying against the horizon, or mixed species canopy flocks land in the treetop next to you.
Dinner.
Caiman Search. Out at the river’s edge at night, scanning the shores with headlamps and flashlights you will catch the red gleams of reflection from caiman eyes.
Overnight in Posada Amazonas Lodge.
DAY 2: Tres Chimbadas Oxbow Lake - Mountain Biking
Breakfast.
Tres Chimbadas Oxbow Lake. Tres Chimbadas is thirty minutes by boat and forty five minutes hiking from Posada Amazonas. Once there you will paddle around the lake in a catamaran, searching for the resident family of nine giant river otters (seen by 60% of our lake visitors) and other lakeside wildlife such as caiman, hoatzin and horned screamers. Otters are most active from dawn to eight or nine AM.
Lunch.
Jungle Mountain Biking. Enjoy the forest from a different perspective and get on a mountain bike. Our ride of 10 kilometers long goes through the Ese Eja community protected land. Your chances to spot wildlife are high, on your way you fill find loops, slopes, wooden bridges and creeks, our ride can take you directly to the Nape botanical garden in order not to miss any regular activity.
Ethnobotanical Tour. A twenty minute boat drive downriver leads you to a trail designed by the staff of the Centro Ñape. The Centro Ñape is a communal organization that produces medicines out of forest plants and administers them to patients who choose their little clinic. They have produced a trail which explains the different medicinal (and other) uses of selected plants.
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 in Posada Amazonas Lodge.
DAY 3: Parrot Clay Lick - Sea-Kayaking
Parrot Clay Lick. This clay lick is only a twenty minute walk from Posada Amazonas. From a blind located about twenty meters away you will see dozens of parrots and parakeets descend on most clear mornings to ingest the clay on a river bank. Species such as Mealy and Yellow- headed Amazon, Blue-headed Parrot and Dusky headed Parakeet descend at this clay lick. The clay lick is active at dawn, during the late mornings and mid-afternoons.
Breakfast.
Ceiba Trail Hike. We leave from the lobby at Posada Amazonas and embark on a two hour hike crowned by the largest tree in the vicinity: a giant ceiba tree. During the hike we will focus on the natural history of the rain forest and its principal taxonomic groups.
Lunch.
Sea-Kayaking in lodge surroundings. We will paddle up a portion of the Tambopata River that presents no difficulty. At the shores we will observe fragmented parts of the forest accompanied by nature sounds and some wildlife we may observe, like birds, caimans and turtles. To finish our experience, we´ll stop on a sandy beach and take a well deserved bath. No experience required, only swimming knowledge. Dinner.
Overnight in Posada Amazonas Lodge.
DAY 4: Canopy climbing - Treeking
Breakfast.
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.
Lunch.
Overlook walk. This 2 km trail will bring us along the Tambopata River. We will be able to clearly separate a Terra Firme Forest from a Secondary Forest after this walk, as the trail crosses both habitats. Resting on the benches we can witness the Tambopata on its unhurried journey across the lowland rainforest. Dinner.
A daily presentation on the Infierno ecotourism project is available every night from a staff member.
Overnight in Posada Amazonas Lodge.
DAY 5: Transfer to the Airport
Breakfast. Transfer Boat - Posada 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.

PUERTO MALDONADO JUNGLE 5 DAYS 4 NIGHTS
SOFT ADVENTURE PROGRAM
04 NIGHTS IN THE JUNGLE - REFUGIO AMAZONAS
DAILY DEPARTURES

Our Soft Adventure programs fit those who want to combine culture and nature with some more physically challenging activities in the rain forest. Enjoy the rain forest from a different perspective and get on a mountain bike at Refugio Amazonas. Later kayak the Tambopata in the lodge surroundings.
Refugio Amazonas is a charming 32 bedroom lodge, well placed immediately adjacent to the Tambopata National Reserve. It is located 4 hours upriver from Puerto Maldonado in the buffer zone of the Tambopata National Reserve. To get here you are transported by truck to the Infierno River Port where you board our boats for the two and half hour trip to Refugio Amazonas. Refugio Amazonas is located ten minutes walking from the river.

INCLUDES:
- Transfers In / Out Airport / Lodge / Airport.
- 04 Nights of Lodging.
- 04 Breakfasts, 04 Lunches, 04 Dinners.
- Canopy tower.
- Jungle Mountain Biking.
- Sea-Kayaking in lodge surroundings.
- Visit to the Parrot Clay Lick.
- Visit to the Mammal Clay Lick.
- Ethnobotanical treekings.
- Bilingual naturalist resident guides.

REFUGIO AMAZONAS - RAINFOREST EXPEDITIONS
PRICES PER PERSON (Expresed in american dollars)

ITINERARY

DAY 01: Puerto Maldonado - Refugio Amazonas
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.
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. 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 in Refugio Amazonas Lodge.
DAY 2: Canopy - Oxbow Lake - Brazil Nut Trail
Breakfast.
Oxbow Lake Visit. We will paddle around the lake on a canoe or a catamaran, looking for lakeside wildlife such as hoatzin, caiman and hornerd screamers, hoping to see the otters which are infrequently seen here. You will also be rewarded with overhead sightings of macaws.
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.
Lunch.
Brazil Nut Trail and Camp. A few minutes hike from the lodge is a beautiful old growth patch of Brazil Nut forest that has been harvested for decades (if not centuries) where the precarious remains of a camp used two months a year by Brazil Nut gatherers can still be experienced. We will be demonstrating the whole process of the rain forest's only sustainably harvested product from collection through transportation to drying.
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.
Nightly lectures prepared by the staff of Refugio Amazonas cover conservation threats, opportunities and projects in the Tambopata National Reserve.
Overnight in Refugio Amazonas Lodge.
DAY 3: Parrot Clay Lick
Parrot Clay Lick. A fifteen minute boat ride and sixty minute walk from Refugio Amazonas is a clay lick used both by parrots and parakeets. From a blind you will see parrots and parakeets descend on most clear days to ingest the clay on a bank. Species such as Dusky headed and Cobalt winged Parakeet descend at this clay lick. With luck we will also see some or all of the following species in the early morning rush: Mealy and Yellow-crowned Amazons, Blue-headed Pionus, Severe macaw and Orange-cheeled (Barraband`s) Parrot. We visit the lick at dawn, when parrots are most active or in midmorning or early afternoon, when they are active.
Breakfast.
Mammal Clay Lick. Twenty minutes walking from Refugio Amazonas is a peccary clay lick. These wild rain forest pigs show up in herds of five to twenty individuals to eat clay in the late morning. Chances of spotting them are around 15%, but well worth the short hike. Other wildlife also shows up including deer, guan and parakeets.
Lunch.
Sea-Kayaking in lodge surroundings. We will paddle up a portion of the Tambopata River that presents no difficulty. At the shores we will observe fragmented parts of the forest accompanied by nature sounds and some wildlife we may observe, like birds, caimans and turtles. To finish our experience, we´ll stop on a sandy beach and take a well deserved bath. No experience required, only swimming knowledge.
Dinner. Video presentations are available every night at the interpretation center. Topics include the Tambopata National Reserve and the macaw project.
Overnight in Refugio Amazonas Lodge.
DAY 4: Canopy Climbing - Treeking in the jungle
Breakfast.
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 reReplicating 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.
Lunch.
Overlook Walk. This 2 km trail will bring us along the Tambopata River. We will be able to clearly separate a Terra Firme Forest from a Secondary Forest after this walk, as the trail crosses both habitats. Resting on the benches we can witness the Tambopata on its unharried journey across the lowland rainforest. Dinner.
Nigth Walk. You will have the option of hiking out at night, when most of the mammals are active but difficult to see. Easier to find are frogs with shapes and sounds as bizarre as their natural histories.
Overnight in Refugio Amazonas Lodge.
DAY 5: Transfer to the Airport
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.

PUERTO MALDONADO JUNGLE 5 DAYS 4 NIGHTS
PROGRAM WITH THE MACAW CLAY LICK (COLORADO)
04 NIGHTS IN THE JUNGLE - TAMBOPATA ECOLODGE
DAILY DEPARTURES

Situated on the banks of the Tambopata River in the heart of the Tambopata National Reserve (TNR), the remoteness and tranquility of our lodge will make your stay an agreeable one.
It is located in the buffer zone of the Tambopata National Reserve. 72 Km away from the city of Puerto Maldonado, following the river 3 hours boat ride to the lodge.

INCLUDES:
- Transfers In / Out Airport / Lodge / Airport.
- 02 Nights of Lodging in Tambopata Ecolodge.
- 02 Nights in Campament.
- 04 Breakfasts, 04 Lunches, 04 Dinners.
- Rooms with private room.
- Treekings in the jungle and excursions in the lake.
- Visit to the Macaws and Parrots Clay Lick.
- A nocturnal excursion in the river looking for caimans.
- Bilingual naturalist resident guides.

TAMBOPATA ECOLODGE (72 KMS AWAY FROM PUERTO MALDONADO)
PROGRAM WITH THE MACAW CLAY LICK (COLORADO)
PRICES PER PERSON (Expresed in american dollars)

ITINERARY

DAY 01: Flight to Puerto Maldonado and journey to the lodge
Following your early morning flight to Puerto Maldonado from Lima or Cusco, you will be met at the airport by your naturalist guide and transferred to a dugout canoe for the trip up the Tambopata River to the lodge. On the journey the vegetation changes from colonized deforested areas to virgin rainforest. A box-lunch is provided on board. On arrival you'll have a welcome drink and meet the rest of the staff. In the late afternoon you set off for an introductory walk into the "terra firma" forest behind the lodge (Trail 2), dominated by giant Brazil-nut and Dipteryx trees. Frequently seen mammals on this trail are Saddle-back Tamarinds, Brown Capuchins, Agoutis, Pacas, Blue-Morpho butterflies, Trogons, Toucans and many other species of birds. After dinner a night walk to find nocturnal animals or insects by their eye-shine, a specialization for increasing light and seeing better. About 50% of the animals are nocturnal in the rainforest.
Overnight in Tambopata Eco Lodge.
DAY 2: Trip to the Macaw Clay-lick (Collpa)
After breakfast you return to the canoe to continue the journey upstream, a further 4 hrs, to an area deep within the Reserve National where the isolated Collpa is situated. The Collpa is actually one of the large clay cliffs lining the Tambopata River in this area. After lunch you and your guide have the afternoon to explore the trail system in the area.
Overnight in Camping on the beach near the Collpa.
DAY 3: Full day at Collpa and explore the forest trails
A pre-dawn start is needed to get to the clay-lick before the birds. They arrive in search of minerals and salts and the digestive properties of the clay particles themselves. On average several hundred Macaws and smaller parrots visit the clay-lick daily, including Scarlet, Blue and Yellow, Red and Green, Chestnut-fronted and Blue-headed parrots, among others. This clay-lick is considered one of the largest in the world. Following a late morning hike in the trail system in search of some of the nine species of monkeys present in the area, including Spider monkeys, Squirrel monkeys and Dusky titi monkeys as well as the elusive large mammals like Tapir, White-lipped peccaries and Jaguar. After lunch a rest time taking a trip up river to explore a clear forest stream where you can take a bath.
Overnight in Camping on the beach near the Collpa.
DAY 4: Visit the Collpa, return to Tambopata Ecolodge and hike to a Oxbow – lake
A second opportunity to witness the wonders at the lick. You will return to the Libertador Tambopata Lodge in the early afternoon in time for lunch. After lunch you will hike to the Condenado Oxbow – Lake, where you will see a special kind of ecosystem created in hundred of years for the chance of the river source, rich in bird and aquatic life. A family of Giant Otters live in the vicinity of the lake and are often observed. Birds abound especially Rufescent Tiger-herons, Great Egrets, Wattled Jacanas, Hoatzin, the noisy Donacobius and many others. Remember to bring your hat and sun cream for there is no shade out on the water. You will return to the lodge in time for lunch. At night you will go searching for Caiman (alligators) and other nocturnal animals by canoe along the Tambopata River.
Overnight in Tambopata Eco Lodge.
DAY 5: Departures
A dawn start is required for the canoe trip back to Puerto Maldonado, giving memorable views of the sunrise over the river. Look out for the early morning wildlife, which is particularly active at this time. Howler monkeys are frequently heard, as they stakeout their territories. Your guide will take care of you on arrival in Puerto Maldonado and will deal with all the necessities at the airport prior to your departure.