RAINFOREST EXPEDITIONS

Recommended P rogram: 3 Days / 2 Nights

Description:

Day 1°: Arrival in Puerto Maldonado

Upon your arrival from Lima or Cusco, a representative from Mystery Peru will meet you at the airport of Puerto Maldonado. Our representative will be waiting at the arrival gate, holding a board on which your names will be written. Once you had met our representative, you will be conducted to our office located ten minutes away from the airport. 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. After packing the necessary stuff, we will board our jungle truck and then will drive on a bumpy dirt road for about 20 kilometers till the local port located at the Native Community of Infierno. Here we will have some free time to stretch our legs and later on we will board a motorized canoe. Our motorized canoe will navigate up river for about 50 minutes till the zone where our jungle lodge is situated. During this you will really catch your first glimpse of the Tambopata rainforest, observing lush vegetation, native houses, and with a little luck you may stumble upon some birds and animals. A box lunch will be provided on board. Upon your arrival at Posada Amazonas Lodge, the manager of the lodge will welcome you with a refreshing jungle drink and then will provide information about the lodge and the excursions that will take place during your stay.
Our first excursion will take place at the CANOPY TOWER, located some 20 minutes away from the lodge. The canopy tower is 30 meters high and allows visitor to see a wonderful panorama of the vast rainforest. It is very common to see from the top of the tower parrots and macaws flying by, so keep your ayes wide open and don’t forget you camera. After some time we will descend and then will walk back to the lodge. Dinner at the lodge. Overnight in Posada Amazonas.

Day 2°: Jungle Excursion

We will have breakfast very early, and then we will head to the river where will take a bout ride for about 30 minutes. Later on we will leave the boat and start a 45 minutes walk into to the forest following a trail that leads to a nice oxbow known as TRES CHIMBADAS. 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. After some time we will get back to mainland and start to walk back to the boat. On the way back our guide will show us some plant and tree species. Once back at the lodge we will take a break, and later on we will go to visit a small clay lick. This clay lick is only a twenty minute walk from Posada Amazonas. From a blind or hide located about twenty meters away you will see dozens of parrots and parakeets. Species such as Mealy and Yellow-headed Amazon, Blue-headed Parrot and Dusky headed Parakeet are usually seen at this spot. The clay lick is mostly active at dawn, during the late mornings and mid-afternoons. After some time we will return to the lodge. Lunch at the lodge.
In the afternoon we will head back to the river and will catch the boat one more time. This time we will visit an interesting medicinal garden, located just 20 minutes away from our lodge. On this visit we will meet a shaman or healer, the man in charged of this medicinal center. This shaman will guide us through the forest, showing us his medicinal plants and also will explain about their curative properties. Later on we will return to the lodge, just before sunset. Overnight at the Posada Amazonas.

Day 3°: Departure day

At the designated time, our guide will lead you down to our private dock where we will take the boat back to Puerto Maldonado. Depending on airline schedules, your journey back to the city may require dawn departures. Once in Puerto Maldonado, we will go to our office to pick our luggage and then we will head to the airport.

End of our service.

Inlcuded:

• Pick up at the airport in Puerto Maldonado.
• Transfer in motorized canoe to our lodge.
• All meals.
• Guided tours in the jungle, including the visit to Oxbows and jungle communities.
• 02 nights accommodation at the Posada Amazonas Lodge.
• Transfer back to the airport in Puerto Maldonado.
• Entrance fees.
  

Not Included:

• Flight tickets to Puerto Maldonado.
• Tips

You need to bring:

• We recommend that each visitor limit gear to good binoculars; camera gear; tight-weave, light weight, light colored, long cotton pants; long sleeved, tight-weave, light colored cotton shirts; undergarments; absorbent socks; ankle-high hiking boots; sneakers; a powerful flashlight with batteries; a small toilet kit; a water bottle; sunblock lotion; sunglasses; a secure, broad-brimmed hat; 100% waterproof, head-to-ankle rain suit; insect repellent; yellow fever inoculation certificate; small denomination bills and a small daypack
• Luggage is hand carried from the boats to your rooms. We strongly recommend you limit the weight of your luggage to 15 kilograms (32 pounds) a piece.
• If you are visiting other destinations in Peru that require different kinds of clothing, you can always pack separate bags and safely leave them at our offices in Puerto Maldonado on the first day of the itinerary, so we won’t be carrying them around with no use. Your bag will be waiting for you at the airport the day you leave.

Additional information:

• Confirmation of the excursion will be received at time of booking.
• All tours are operated in English unless otherwise stated.

Travel voucher:

• For every confirmed booking you will be required to print a voucher for presentation at our office in Puerto Maldonado.
• You will receive an electronic voucher via e-mail once your booking is confirmed.

Local Operator Information:

• We will send you a complete operator information, including phone numbers at your destination in Puerto Maldonado.
• Our Managers select only the most experienced and reliable operators in each destination, removing the guesswork for you, and ensuring your peace of mind.

Accommodation in Posada Amazonas:

Posada Amazonas is located on the banks of the Tambopata River in the grounds of the Community, adjacent to the Tambopata National Reserve. It is owned jointly by Rainforest Expeditions and the Ese’eja Native Community of Tambopata. Posada Amazonas is built using a combination of traditional native materials (wood, palm fronds, wild cane and clay) and architecture and modern day eco-lodge technology. The lodge itself consists of a complex of four sections: rooms, dining area and kitchen, relaxation area and internal support facilities. The entire roof of the lodge is constructed using high quality crisneja palm fronds, whereas the floors are of tropical mahogany. The rooms complex is built of four 9 X 24 meter structures with six rooms per facility, for a total of 30 double bedrooms. The rooms are 7 x 4 meters so they can comfortably hold three beds, although they are set up for two. The walls dividing each room are built using cane and clay, and extend from the floor to about 2.5 meters height making each room private. The combination of clay and cane achieves two important objectives: regulating heat and providing a charming final appeareance. However, sounds can be heard from room to room. The side that looks out to the forest does not have a wall or screening of any kind, acting as a large window facing the forest. The reason we have been able to incorporate this "luxurious" design into our lodge is because mosquitos are not really a problem around the lodge clearing and the open section allows for an intimate contact with the rain forest. A second small window on the opposite side, set up very high, keeps the rooms well ventilated. Beds are sized for Americans or Europeans (1.05m X 2.05m) with mosquito nets. Each room has a private bathroom with cold water only. Rooms and bathrooms are separated by drapes. The dining room and lounge is spacy and offers ample area for resting and socializing.

How to book this tour....

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Recommended P rogram: 4 Days / 3 Nights

Description:

Day 1°: Arrival in Puerto Maldonado

Upon your arrival from Lima or Cusco, a representative from Mystery Peru will meet you at the airport of Puerto Maldonado. Our representative will be waiting at the arrival gate, holding a board on which your names will be written. Once you had met our representative, you will be conducted to our office located ten minutes away from the airport. 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. After packing the necessary stuff, we will board our jungle truck and then will drive on a bumpy dirt road for about 20 kilometers till the local port located at the Native Community of Infierno. Here we will have some free time to stretch our legs and later on we will board a motorized canoe. Our motorized canoe will navigate up river for about 50 minutes till the zone where our jungle lodge is situated. During this you will really catch your first glimpse of the Tambopata rainforest, observing lush vegetation, native houses, and with a little luck you may stumble upon some birds and animals. A box lunch will be provided on board. Upon your arrival at Posada Amazonas Lodge, the manager of the lodge will welcome you with a refreshing jungle drink and then will provide information about the lodge and the excursions that will take place during your stay.
Our first excursion will take place at the CANOPY TOWER, located some 20 minutes away from the lodge. The canopy tower is 30 meters high and allows visitor to see a wonderful panorama of the vast rainforest. It is very common to see from the top of the tower parrots and macaws flying by, so keep your ayes wide open and don’t forget you camera. After some time we will descend and then will walk back to the lodge. Dinner at the lodge. Overnight in Posada Amazonas.

Day 2°: Jungle Excursion

We will have breakfast very early, and then we will head to the river where will take a bout ride for about 30 minutes. Later on we will leave the boat and start a 45 minutes walk into to the forest following a trail that leads to a nice oxbow known as TRES CHIMBADAS. 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. After some time we will get back to mainland and start to walk back to the boat. On the way back our guide will show us some plant and tree species. Lunch at the lodge.
In the afternoon we will head back to the river and will catch the boat one more time. This time we will visit an interesting MEDICINAL GARDEN, located just 20 minutes away from our lodge. On this visit we will meet a shaman or healer, the man in charged of this medicinal center. This shaman will guide us through the forest, showing us his medicinal plants and also will explain about their curative properties. Later on we will return to the lodge, just before sunset. Overnight at the Posada Amazonas.

Day 3°: Jungle Excursion.

Early in the morning at dawn we will go to visit a CLAY LICK. This clay lick is only a twenty minute walk from Posada Amazonas. From a blind or hide located about twenty meters away you will see dozens of parrots and parakeets. Species such as Mealy and Yellow-headed Amazon, Blue-headed Parrot and Dusky headed Parakeet are usually seen at this spot. The clay lick is mostly active at dawn, during the late mornings and mid-afternoons. After some time we will return to the lodge for breakfast.
Later on 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. Afterwards we will return to the lodge for lunch.
In the afternoon, a thirty minute boat drive downriver takes us to the most complete FARM in the community of Infierno. The owner grows a diverse variety of popular and unknown Amazon crops. In his garden, just about every plant and tree serves a purpose. Finally we will return to the lodge by sunset. Dinner at the lodge. Overnight in Posada Amazonas

Day 4°: Departure day.

At the designated time, our guide will lead you down to river  where we will take the boat back to Puerto Maldonado. Depending on airline schedules, your journey back to the city may require dawn departures. Once in Puerto Maldonado, we will go to our office to pick our luggage and then we will head to the airport.

End of our service.

Inlcuded:

• Pick up at the airport in Puerto Maldonado.
• Transfer in motorized canoe to our lodge.
• All meals.
• Guided tours in the jungle, including the visit to Oxbows and jungle communities.
• 03 nights accommodation at the Posada Amazonas Lodge.
• Transfer back to the airport in Puerto Maldonado.
• Entrance fees.
  

Not Included:

• Flight tickets to Puerto Maldonado.
• Tips

You need to bring:

• We recommend that each visitor limit gear to good binoculars; camera gear; tight-weave, light weight, light colored, long cotton pants; long sleeved, tight-weave, light colored cotton shirts; undergarments; absorbent socks; ankle-high hiking boots; sneakers; a powerful flashlight with batteries; a small toilet kit; a water bottle; sunblock lotion; sunglasses; a secure, broad-brimmed hat; 100% waterproof, head-to-ankle rain suit; insect repellent; yellow fever inoculation certificate; small denomination bills and a small daypack
• Luggage is hand carried from the boats to your rooms. We strongly recommend you limit the weight of your luggage to 15 kilograms (32 pounds) a piece.
• If you are visiting other destinations in Peru that require different kinds of clothing, you can always pack separate bags and safely leave them at our offices in Puerto Maldonado on the first day of the itinerary, so we won’t be carrying them around with no use. Your bag will be waiting for you at the airport the day you leave.

Additional information:

• Confirmation of the excursion will be received at time of booking.
• All tours are operated in English unless otherwise stated.

Travel voucher:

• For every confirmed booking you will be required to print a voucher for presentation at our office in Puerto Maldonado.
• You will receive an electronic voucher via e-mail once your booking is confirmed.

Local Operator Information:

• We will send you a complete operator information, including phone numbers at your destination in Puerto Maldonado.
• Our Managers select only the most experienced and reliable operators in each destination, removing the guesswork for you, and ensuring your peace of mind.

How to book this tour....

In order to book this excursion and do your payment, please click here

Recommended P rogram: 5 Days / 4 Nights

Description:

Day 1°: Arrival in Puerto Maldonado – Boat transfer to Refugio Amazonas Lodge

Upon your arrival from Lima or Cusco, a representative from Mystery Peru will meet you at the airport of Puerto Maldonado. Our representative will be waiting at the arrival gate, holding a board on which your names will be written. Once you had met our representative, you will be conducted to our office located ten minutes away from the airport. 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. After packing the necessary stuff, we will board our jungle truck and then will drive on a bumpy dirt road for about 20 kilometers till the local port located at the Native Community of Infierno. Here we will have some free time to stretch our legs and later on we will board a motorized canoe. Our motorized canoe will navigate up river for almost 3 hours till REFUGIO AMAZONAS LODGE. During this you will really catch your first glimpse of the Tambopata rainforest, observing lush vegetation, native houses, and with a little luck you may stumble upon some birds and animals. A box lunch will be provided on board. Upon your arrival at Posada Amazonas Lodge, the manager of the lodge will welcome you with a refreshing jungle drink and then will provide information about the lodge and the excursions that will take place during your stay. In the evening we will go out to the river with our boat in search of CAIMANS, which will be detected by our local guides scanning the river banks with headlamps and flashlights to catch the red gleams of reflection from caiman eyes.
Overnight at Refugio Amazonas Lodge.

Day 2°: Jungle Excursion – Canopy Tower & Boat journey to Tambopata Research Center

Early in the morning will go out to visit the CANOPY TOWER, located some 30 minutes away from the lodge. The canopy tower is 25 meters high and allows visitors to see a wonderful panorama of the vast rainforest. It is very common to see from the top of the tower parrots and macaws flying by, so keep your ayes wide open and don’t forget to bring you camera. Afterwards, we will descend and then will walk back to the lodge where we will have breakfast.After breakfast we will walk for a few minutes into the forest and will visit the Brazil nut trail, 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. Later we will pick up our stuff from our rooms and will travel up river towards the Tambopata Research Center, which is located about 4 hours away from Refugio Amazonas Lodge. Our Tambopata Research Center is situated at the heart of the Tambopata Reserve. This wonderful boat journey will allow visitors to spot various birds and mammals along the rivers banks, as well as unique natural sceneries where there is no human presence. Among the animals we can see on this journey stand out the capybara, caiman, geese, macaws and other large species will become more frequent.
A box lunch will be provided on board. Upon your arrival at Posada Amazonas Lodge, the manager of the lodge will welcome you with a refreshing jungle drink and then will provide information about the lodge and the excursions that will take place during your stay.
Later on we will hike into the jungle and will follow a three to 5 kilometers trail that will lead us to overlook magnificent views of the Tambopata River winding its way into the lowlands. The forest on this trail is good to spot Howler Monkeys and Dusty Titi Monkeys. Afterwards we will return to the Tambopata Research Center for dinner.
After dinner a lecture about Macaw Project will take place at the lodge, where scientist will provide an in depth look at the biology of macaws, their feeding habits, the theories for clay lick use, their breeding and feeding ecology, population fluctuations and the threats to their conservation. Overnight at the Tambopata Research Center.

Day 3°: Jungle Excursion – Macaw Clay Lick Visit

Early in the morning at dawn we will go to visit a CLAY LICK. On most clear mornings of the year, dozens of large macaws and hundreds of parrots congregate on this large river bank in a raucous and colorful spectacle which inspired a National Geographic cover story. Discretely located fifty meters from the cliff, we will observe Green-winged, Scarlet and Blue-and-gold Macaws and several species of smaller parrots descend to ingest clay. Outings are at dawn when the lick is most active. Afterwards we will return to the lodge for breakfast. After breakfast we will visit the Flood Plain Trail. This five kilometer trail covers the prototypical rain forest with immense trees criss-crossed by creeks and ponds. Amongst the figs, ceibas and shihuahuacos we will look for Squirrel, Brown Capuchin, and Spider Monkeys as well as peccaries. Tambopata Research Center is located within this habitat. Afterwards we will return to the lodge for lunch.
Later in the afternoon, on we will continue our jungle exploration and will visit a POND PLATFORM. This beautiful place is located just 10 minutes away from the lodge by boat. It is a great place to spot waterfowl such as Muscovy duck, sun bittern and hoatzin along with the woodpeckers, oropendolas, flycatchers and parakeets that call this pond their home. Finally we will return to the lodge for dinner.
Optional: 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 at TRC lodge.

Day 4°: Boat journey from Tambopata Research Center to Refugio Amazonas

Today we will head down river to the Refugio Amazonas Lodge. This trip will last about 3 and half hours and will allow you to see various animals and birds along the way. Lunch will be served upon your arrival at the Refugio Amazonas lodge.
In the afternoon we will visit the Oxbow Lake known as CONDENADO. This lake is located only a 40 minutes hike from the lodge. At the Condenado Lake we will board a small catamaran boat and will paddle around the lake in search of birds and other animals, such as giant river otters, which are frequently seen at the lake. Finally we will return to the lodge for dinner.
After dinner, our staff from the lodge will perform a lecture about conservation in the zone and the projects we have carried out in the last years. Overnight at Refugio Amazonas Lodge.

Day 5°: Departure day.
At the designated time, our guide will lead you down to river where we will take the boat back to Puerto Maldonado. Depending on airline schedules, your journey back to the city may require dawn departures. Once in Puerto Maldonado, we will go to our office to pick our luggage and then we will head to the airport.

End of our service.

Inlcuded:

• Pick up at the airport in Puerto Maldonado.
• Transfer in motorized canoe to our lodge.
• All meals.
• Guided tours in the jungle, including the visit to Oxbows and jungle communities.
• 04 nights accommodation at the Posada Amazonas Lodge.
• Transfer back to the airport in Puerto Maldonado.
• Entrance fees.
  

Not Included:

• Flight tickets to Puerto Maldonado.
• Tips

You need to bring:

• We recommend that each visitor limit gear to good binoculars; camera gear; tight-weave, light weight, light colored, long cotton pants; long sleeved, tight-weave, light colored cotton shirts; undergarments; absorbent socks; ankle-high hiking boots; sneakers; a powerful flashlight with batteries; a small toilet kit; a water bottle; sunblock lotion; sunglasses; a secure, broad-brimmed hat; 100% waterproof, head-to-ankle rain suit; insect repellent; yellow fever inoculation certificate; small denomination bills and a small daypack
• Luggage is hand carried from the boats to your rooms. We strongly recommend you limit the weight of your luggage to 15 kilograms (32 pounds) a piece.
• If you are visiting other destinations in Peru that require different kinds of clothing, you can always pack separate bags and safely leave them at our offices in Puerto Maldonado on the first day of the itinerary, so we won’t be carrying them around with no use. Your bag will be waiting for you at the airport the day you leave.

Additional information:

• Confirmation of the excursion will be received at time of booking.
• All tours are operated in English unless otherwise stated.

Travel voucher:

• For every confirmed booking you will be required to print a voucher for presentation at our office in Puerto Maldonado.
• You will receive an electronic voucher via e-mail once your booking is confirmed.

Local Operator Information:

• We will send you a complete operator information, including phone numbers at your destination in Puerto Maldonado.
• Our Managers select only the most experienced and reliable operators in each destination, removing the guesswork for you, and ensuring your peace of mind.

How to book this tour....

In order to book this excursion and do your payment, please click here