Regional travel in Peru – Travel program PTW-TAM007-en
Posada Amazonas
3 days / 2 nights – Start: daily
• Reception at the airport in Puerto Maldonado
and transfer to the port at Tambopata, where a 2-hour boat trip to the
lodge begins. Wild animals, especially birds, can be observed here during
the journey.
• In the afternoon a 15 minute hike to a 35 m
high canopy tower which offers spectacular views of the river and
surrounding jungle and allows us to see the canopy birds from a very
different perspective.
• After dinner videos about the jungle of
Tambopata.
• After breakfast, a 15 minute boat ride followed by
a half hour hike to Tres Chimbadas Lake. We take a tour of the lake in a
typical local boat and observe the wildlife of the lake: birds such as
hoatzin, ducks, herons and kingfishers, some reptiles and mammals such
as the giant otter. A family of otters has their home here and they are
often seen.
• On the way back we visit a small salt lick (Collpa)
where often tens or hundreds of parrots can be found looking to feed on
the mineral salty soil while performing a colorful noisy spectacle.
• Lunch at the lodge.
• In the afternoon we visit the ethnobotanical center
of the Indio settlement, where medicinal plants have been cultivated and
prepared for sale for over 10 years. Let a local explain to us the daily
use of the forest's goods in medicine, construction, nutrition and
clothing.
Program 1
Posada Amazonas, Lake Tres Chimbatas and Ethnobotanical Center
Day 1: Arrival in Puerto Maldonado and Posada Amazonas
Day
2: Lake Tres Chimbadas, Clay Lick (Collpa), Ethnobotanical Center
Day 3: Puerto Maldonado
• After breakfast transfer to Puerto Maldondo Airport.
Program 2
Posada Amazonas, Lake Tres Chimbatas, Ethnobotanical Center and Collpa (Salt Lick)
4 days / 3 nights – Start: daily
Day 1: Arrival in Puerto Maldonado and Posada Amazonas
• As program 1.
Day 2: Lake Tres Chimbadas, Clay Lick (Collpa), Ethnobotanical Center
• As program 1.
Day 3: Clay lick, excursions in the jungle
•
At dawn we visit a parrot lick just 20 minutes from Posada Amazonas.
From a hide 20 meters away, on most clear mornings, dozens of parrots
and parakeets can be seen coming here to feast on clay on the riverbank.
Species of birds such as Meander Amazon, Yellow-headed Amazon,
Black-eared Parrot and Weddell's Parakeet congregate here. The birds are
active here at dusk, late morning and mid-afternoon.
• After breakfast, two-hour hike from Posada Amazonas to the largest tree in the area, a giant ceiba tree. During the hike we deal with the natural history of the rainforest and the classification of its most important groups.
• After lunch, after a half-hour boat ride down the river, we reach a farm in the village of Infierno. The owner grows a variety of common and little-known crops. Almost every plant and tree on its premises has its uses.
Day 4: Puerto Maldonado
• After breakfast transfer to Puerto Maldondo Airport.
Note: Changes may be made to improve the various activities, as well as for climatic or organizational reasons.
