Refugios Amazonas Eco Lodge: Nature Adventure in Tambopata Reserve
Located in a 200-hectare private reserve within the buffer zone of the Tambopata National Reserve, Refugio Amazonas is a beautiful 32-bedroom lodge that gives you an immersive rainforest experience. It's a perfect escape for adventurers, nature lovers and families. Explore the incredible biodiversity of the area through guided night tours, visits to clay licks, boating in the nature preserve, and even helping out local scientists with their research!
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Claylicks – Take a boat trip to the Chuncho Clay Lick inside the Tambopata National Reserve to see macaws descend to eat clay lick on clear mornings.
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Discover a New Species – Join their resident scientist to help collect insects that will be genetically sequenced. Every month, a lucky guest discovers a new tiger-moth, scorpion-wasp, caddisfly or treehopper species that is new to science!
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Visit the Canopy Tower - Their 30-meter scaffolding canopy tower gives you spectacular views of the vast expanses of standing forest. You will have good chances of spotting toucans, parrots, macaws or mixed species canopy flocks.
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CameraTrapping at a Mammal Clay Lick – Configure camera traps at a nearby mammal clay lick and download wildlife photos from the past few days to help scientists find out what is present at The Big Grid, their 288 kilometer trail system experiment.
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Life in the Rainforest - Visit a working jungle farm and a real Brazil nut concession to learn about the way of life in the rain forest. You will taste exotic tropical fruits and discover medicinal plants from the neighboring local families that we are helping integrate into the ecotourism industry.
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Rainforest Expeditions
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Explore the Tambopata National Reserve and help conserve this spectacular area by staying at one of Rainforest Expeditions unique Amazon Lodges. Since 1989 this Peruvian ecotourism company's guests and lodges have helped preserve standing tropical rainforest a
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You'll be greeted in Puerto Maldonado and brought to the Rainforest Expeditions office to drop off any un-needed luggage. You will then take a 40-minute drive to the Infierno Community Port to board long, sturdy canoes equipped with outboard motors and head upstream to Refugio Amazonas. The three-hour boat ride is pleasant and often includes first sightings of macaws, heron, caiman and capybara. Once the boat arrives at the lodge dock, you will have officially arrived to the wild rainforests of Tambopata!
One of our local experts in Peru will make this the perfect trip for you!
Base Price:
$905/person
Speaks: English, Spanish and French