This Peru vacation will take you to a real adventure travel into the heart of the Tambopata National Park where you will experience the magnificent beauty, the sounds, the scents, the colors and the solitude of the Peruvian rainforest in an exotic jungle lodge.
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The Tambopata National Reserve is the gateway to one of the world’s most remote and extraordinary Amazon Rainforest environments. This Amazon Rainforest tour experience will take you into the heart of the Tambopata National Reserve where you will experience the magnificent beauty, the sounds, the scents, the colors and the solitude of the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest in an exotic rainforest lodge. You will find yourself surrounded by a vast natural Amazon Rainforest environment, in a way you have never experienced nature and bird watching before.
The Tambopata National Reserve is part of a 3.7 million acre reserve in Peruvian Amazon Rainforest created in 1990 by the national government working in partnership with local grassroots and international conservation organizations to protect the biological diversity of the entire watersheds of the Tavara and the Candamo Rivers and most of the watershed of the Tambopata River. The declaration and the design of the Tambopata National Reserve include an underlying philosophy of sustainable development and conservation of the Amazon Rainforest resources. They believe in environmentally friendly Amazon Rainforest tours to help generate valuable profits for the Tambopata National Reserve.
Refugio Amazon Rainforest is a 24 bedroom lodge located ten minutes walking from the Tambopata River which opened in 2005. Its location two hours upriver from Posada Amazon Rainforest Lodge is ideal for stand alone three night experiences and for breaking the expeditions to and from Tambopata Research Center. Refugio Amazon Rainforest is built on a 200 hectare private reserve on the buffer zone of the Tambopata National Reserve. It is becoming integrated to the communities of Brazil nut extractors that surround it, attempting to extend the benefits of ecotourism to the families that commit to the sustainable use of the forest within this buffer zone.
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DAY 1
At your arrival, you will be transfered from the airport to the Tambopata River port after a brief stop at Puerto Maldonado headquarters where you will be able to leave all unnecessary luggage for this journey. Begin to experience the enchantment of the Amazon Rainforest as you take a 2 and a half hour boat ride along the Tambopata River to arrive to the Refugio Amazon Rainforest Lodge in the Tambopata National Reserve.
Caiman searches
You will be out at the Tambopata 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 Amazon Rainforest Lodge.
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DAY 2
Condenado Lake
An hour and a half walk at dawn from Refugio Amazon Rainforest Lodge takes you to Condenado Lake within the Tambopata National Reserve. You will then paddle around the lake in a catamaran, searching for the resident family of five giant river otters and caimans.
Farm Visit and Ethnobotanical Garden
Five minutes down river from the lodge lies a farm owned and managed by charismatic Don Manuel from the neighbouring community of Condenado. He grows a variety of popular and unknown Amazon crops.
Brazil Nut Trail and Camp
A few minutes hike from Refugio Amazon Rainforest Lodge in the Tambopata National Reserve 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 rainforest only sustainably harvested product from collection through transportation to drying.
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 Refugio Amazon Rainforest Lodge.
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DAY 3
Parakeet clay lick
From a blind you will see 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. You will visit the lick at dawn, when parrots are most active.
Mammal Clay Lick
Twenty minutes walking from Refugio Amazon Rainforest Lodge 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.
Canopy Tower
A thirty minute walk from Refugio Amazon Rainforest Lodge leads to the 25 meter scaffolding canopy tower. The tower has been built upon high ground, therefore increasing your horizon of the continues primary forest extending out towards the Tambopata National Reserve.
Tambopata National Reserve Lecture
Nightly lectures prepared by the staff of Refugio Amazon Rainforest Lodge cover conservation threats, opportunities and projects in the Tambopata National Reserve.
Overnight in Refugio Amazon Rainforest Lodge.
(B, L, D)
DAY 4
Refugio Amazon Rainforest Lodge to Puerto Maldonado
Leave Refugio Amazon Rainforest Lodge to take a boat back to Tambopata River Port and then to Puerto Maldonado headquarters. Finally, you will be transferred to the airport.
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Breakfast
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Snack
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Lunch
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Dinner
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Boxed Lunch
Lima
Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima Metropolitan Area. With a population approaching 9 million, around one-third of the Peruvian population, Lima is the fifth largest city in Latin America. Lima is home to one of the largest financial hubs in Latin America. It has been defined as a beta world city by GaWC international ranking.
Lima was founded by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro on January 18, 1535, as la Ciudad de los Reyes, or “the City of Kings”. It became the capital and most important city in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru. Following the Peruvian War of Independence, it became the capital of the Republic of Peru.
Miraflores Park (5 Star deluxe)
Sensational seafood beside the tumbling Pacific waves
The scent of the sea is borne on the breeze, ceviche and other great fish dishes are highlights of the menu. Stylish restaurants are part of the mix of old colonial treasures and cool, contemporary living that make modern Lima one of South America’s liveliest places to be.
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JW Marriott (5 Stars)
The JW Marriott Hotel Lima awaits with a stunning central location, awe-inspiring architecture and magnificent views. Towering above grand, oceanside cliffs in Lima, Peru’s Miraflores district, the JW Marriott Hotel Lima offers sweeping panoramas of the Pacific Ocean from every guest room. The hotel’s 25-story, ultra-modern glass tower makes a grand statement as the most cosmopolitan and contemporary of Lima luxury hotels. Our spacious ocean-view rooms feature new bedding from Marriott with designer duvets and extra-plush pillows, air-conditioning, in-room safe and mini-bar. Superbly suited for business and pleasure, the JW Marriott Hotel Lima is home to a 5-star gourmet restaurant and over 18,000 SF of meeting space. Enjoy the first-class service and facilities that include a health club spa and fitness center, swimming pool (open from late Dec to March) and gift shop. Whether your trip entails business or leisure, you’ll find a haven for relaxation and rejuvenation at the luxurious JW Marriott Hotel Lima.
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Casa Andina Private Collection Miraflores (5 Stars)
With its stylish contemporary design, cutting-edge technology and ideal location, the flagship Casa Andina Private Collection – Miraflores hotel is the top of its class in every aspect. Once the Miraflores César’s, Lima’s fondly remembered, original five-star hotel, this modern icon was dramatically transformed in 2008 into the capital’s newest luxury hotel. Its quintessential Limeño flavor reverberates in the exquisite art collection of contemporary local artists and prized colonial-era antiques, in both public spaces and accommodations.
The 17-story hotel, with views over Miraflores and the Pacific coast, offers 148 sophisticated, contemporary luxury rooms and suites, with soundproofing and LCD flatscreen TVs in every room. First-class amenities include a heated, covered pool and breezy terrace, gymnasium with the latest exercise equipment, prestigious Joop salon & massage room, business center, and 5 multimedia-equipped corporate event & meeting rooms.
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Radisson Decapolis Miraflores (4 stars)
The Radisson Decapolis Miraflores is located in the city’s upscale Miraflores district, known for its shopping, parks, beaches and entertainment. Our convenient location provides easy access to a number of local attractions and sights, including Huaca Pucllana and Larcomar.
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Costa del Sol Ramada (4 Stars)
Located within Jorge Chávez International Airport, the Hotel Costa del Sol Ramada offers guests first class infrastructure and service that will make their stay in the capital a true pleasure.
Thanks to its strategic location, you will be able to save time during your stay and optimize your rest. In this way, you will benefit from a perfect combination of time, pleasure and relaxation.
The hotel also offers the Spa Express, a complete spa facility which is the ideal option after a long journey, and before catching your next flight.
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Casa Andina Classic Miraflores Select (3 Star Superior)
Ideally located in Miraflores, Casa Andina Select – Miraflores is the perfect choice for sophisticated business and leisure travelers who expect efficiency, excellent service, and comfortable, contemporary styling, all at reasonable rates. This new, 11-story construction with 155 rooms is within walking distance (or a short taxi ride)of banks and offices, as well as top restaurants, attractions and shopping.
With a style that’s urbane and warmly modern, androom décor inspired by the local environment, it’s a touch more sophisticated than Casa Andina Classic, while more accessibly priced than top-of-the-line Private Collection hotels. Rooms come equipped with LCD TVs, writing desks, soundproof windows and blackout curtains, while suites feature comfortable separate sitting rooms.
And it has all the facilities, services and conveniences a business traveler demands, including executive meeting facilities, business center, and secretarial services.
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Sonesta Posadas del Inca Miraflores (3 Star)
Sonesta Posadas del Inca Miraflores in Lima, Peru is a cozy hotel with exceptional customer service and comfortable rooms. Located in the heart of Lima’s fashionable Miraflores district, the Posada is close to important financial institutions and five minutes from the beach.
Boutiques, restaurants, cinemas, coffee shops, art galleries, artisan markets and parks are all nearby the Sonesta Posadas del Inca Miraflores. Larcomar, Lima’s newest shopping and entertainment center overlooking the Pacific Ocean, offers a myriad of exciting activities.
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Casa Andina Classic Miraflores Centro (3 Stars)
A modern & ideally located hotel in the heart of Miraflores, with 58 contemporary, well-equipped rooms on 6 floors. Perfect for value-seeking travelers keen to be in the midst of Lima’s greatest density of restaurants, shopping and nightlife.
While Miraflores is a traditional, residential neighborhood, it has also become the most fashionable, upscale district of Peru’s cosmopolitan capital, renowned for its dynamic nightlife and gastronomic scene.
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Allpa (3 stars)
Allpa Hotel & Suites provides spacious and modern rooms with the latest technology and comfort for today’s guest demand, integrating a magnificent environment of trends, decoration and art.
Our location makes us an excellent choice. Nearby you can enjoy the best of Lima, and you can find excellent restaurants, upscale boutiques, the most important banks, shopping malls, handicrafts markets, cultural attractions. Also, at a walking distance from the hotel you will have a breathtaking view of the Pacific Ocean.
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Casa Wayra (B&B)
The popularity of Bed & Breakfast is fast growing; so at Casa Wayra we decide to follow this exciting new trend to satisfy all travelers who are looking for a comfortable, clean and safe place, including all necessary services to enjoy your stay with the best location available to easily get to all that Lima has to offer.
Wayra: Means voice of the wind…is a Quechua expression used since ancestral times in the Andes of Peru.
Casa Wayra provides you with simple, clean & comfortable rooms, all with a private bathroom and most of them with garden view; and a common area with a spacious living room including TV with cable and DVD, a dining room with fridge, microwave and a nice terrace with a relaxing atmosphere.
American Breakfast is included for all the guests as well as computer with free internet access and Wi-FI connection in all the areas.
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Tambopata
The Tambopata–Candamo Reserved Zone was created on January 26, 1990, to protect the forests adjacent to the rivers: Heath and Tambopata which have two important ecosystems.
Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica (Luxury Lodge)
Satisfy the call of your inner explorer. Discover the magic of our amazon rainforest lodge, Inkaterra authentic style, with brilliant bouquets of butterflies and a treetop canopy bridge. At Inkaterra´s private Amazon Basin reserve, elegant accommodations blend seamlessly with nature; expert guides lead incomparably memorable adventures.
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Posada Amazonas (Standard Lodge)
Posada Amazonas is a 30-bedroom rainforest lodge perfect for your first taste of the Amazon’s natural wonders.
Just a 45-minute boat ride from the town of Puerto Maldonado, this spacious lodge offers an excellent combination of convenience and comfort with outstanding opportunities to see Amazonian wildlife, all during a short break of as little as two nights.
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Refugio Amazonas (Standard Lodge)
The Refugio Amazonas is a 32-bedroom lodge four hours from the Puerto Maldonado airport. It is ideal for soft adventurers and families, and has a rainforest trail designed especially for children, the only one in the Peruvian Amazon.
Because it takes a half-day to travel from Puerto Maldonado to Refugio Amazonas, we recommend visitors spend three nights to make their trip worthwhile. Travelers to the Tambopata Research Center also stop off at the Refugio on the way to and from the TRC.
Refugio Amazonas is located in a 200-hectare private reserve within the buffer zone of the Tambopata National Reserve. Rainforest Expeditions is partnering with local families, who sustainably harvest Brazil nuts from the surrounding rainforest, to ensure that they share in the benefits of ecotourism.
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Tambopata Research Center (Standard Lodge)
The Tambopata Research Center (TRC) is one of the most remote rainforest lodges in South America, offering adventurous travelers an outstanding chance to engage with the natural wonders of the Amazon. It is a comfortable 18 bedroom lodge which was built more than twenty years ago (and rebuilt only 5 years ago) with the object of lodging tourists and researchers alike and of protecting the adjacent macaw clay lick. Because of its remote location in uninhabited wilderness housing stable populations of endangered wildlife, the small scale of its infrastructure and operations and the presence of researchers and naturalist guides, Tambopata Research Center is an excellent headquarters for in depth explorations of Amazonian nature and wildlife.
The TRC’s isolated location, inside an uninhabited area of the Tambopata National Reserve and next to the Bahajua-Sonene National Park, means that the rainforest ecosystem around it remains pristine, while the populations of wild animals are all at carrying capacity. Much groundbreaking macaw conservation research has been carried out from the TRC and you will likely have the chance during your stay to talk with macaw biologists, ecologists and other experts staying at the TRC while they do fieldwork.
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Prices
Refugio Amazonas Standard Lodge
Price Per Person
Double Room
US$ 550
Single Supplement (additional price for single room)
US$ 205
Triple / Cuadruple Rooms(for families including a child up to 17 years of age)
US$ 550
Note: Rainy season is from mid-October to mid-March and the heaviest months of rain are January and February.
INCLUDED
Included in Tour Price*
Not included in Tour Price
Lodging accomodation according to itinerary.
International and domestic flights.
Meals according to itinerary.
Visas required for entry.
Tour guide in English.
Airport Taxes.
All tours and intermediate transfers.
Drinks.
Park entrance fees.
Tips.
Boat rides and safety equipment.
* Tours to the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest are sales tax exempt up to date.
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