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| Duration | : | 3 days | |
| Category | : | Ecological | |
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The Tambopata - Candamo National Reserve (TNR) is part of a 3.7 million acre conservation unit in South-eastern Amazonian Peru created in 1990 by the National government working in partnership with local grassroots and International conservation organizations.
This reserve protects 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 reserve include an underlying philosophy of sustainable development and conservation of forest resources.
The Tambopata - Candamo National Reserve protects habitats ranging from the Andean highlands around the rivers' headwaters through some of the last remaining intact Cloud forests to the Lowland Rainforests of the Amazon basin. Over 1,300 bird species (including 32 parrot species - 10% of the world's total), 200 mammal species, 90 frog species, 1,200 butterfly species and 10,000 species of higher plants are protected within this reserve. The world's largest known mineral clay lick, where hundreds of Parrots and Macaws of up to 15 species congregate daily to ingest the detoxifying clay, is also within the Reserve.
This program is a short introduction to the Rainforest based in Posada Amazonas offering you some of the best probabilities in the world of viewing Jaguars, Giant River Otters, Monkeys, Peccaries, and flocks of a hundred or more Macaws. You will have time to visit a canopy tower, a parrot clay lick, an oxbow lake and an ethno-botanical centre.
Day 1:- Arrival in Puerto Maldonado and journey to Posada Amazonas Lodge
Day 2:- Tres Chimbadas Oxbow Lake and Posada Amazonas
Day 3:- Return to Puerto Maldonado
Day 1:- Arrival in Puerto Maldonado and journey to Posada Amazonas LodgeUpon arrival from Lima or Cusco, reception and transfer to the Tambopata River port in Puerto Maldonado. After a brief survey of the town you will depart on a 2 hour boat trip by motorised canoe to Posada Amazonas Lodge. Depending on the arrival time of the plane you will have a boxed lunch aboard the boats or have lunch upon arrival at Posada Amazonas Lodge. During your trip you may see bird species typical of the river or forest edge such as: Black Skimmer, Pied Lapwing, Capped Heron, Jabiru Stork, Roadside Hawk, and several species of kingfishers, swallows and flycatchers. |
Day 2:- Tres Chimbadas Oxbow Lake and Posada AmazonasWake up at dawn for a visit to the Tres Chimbadas Oxbow Lake. After an early breakfast you will depart from the Lodge in a fifteen minutes boat ride and a 30 minute walk to the Tres Chimbadas Oxbow Lake shore. From here you will take a long, easy canoe ride around the lake, where you will look for Giant River Otters, Turtles, Hoatzin, and wading birds. The giant river otters that are seen in Tres Chimbadas belong to a resident family of nine. |
Day 3:- Return to Puerto Maldonado After an early breakfast, you will depart by boat back to the city of Puerto Maldonado, directly to the airport, in time for your flight back to Lima or Cusco. |
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