CODE: SODI CUZ – 025
• DAY 1 / PUERTO MALDONADO - POSADA AMAZONAS
Reception and transfer to dock for a 2-hour motorized canoe ride to the
Posada Amazonas Lodge in the Ese’Eja native community of Tambopata. Along
the way, you will see bird species typical of the river or forest edge, such
as black Skimmer, the Bat Falcon, the Pied Lapwing and Flycatchers. (BoxL,D)
• DAY 2 / POSADA AMAZONAS
After breakfast, visit the beautiful Tres Chimbadas Lake for an easy
canoe ride around it. You may be able to observe giant river otters, turtles,
hoatzin and wading birds. You will then hike trails in primary floodplain
forest. In the afternoon, walk to the nearest and most active of Harpy Eagle
nests. (B,L,D)
• DAY 3 / POSADA AMAZONAS - TRC
Travel up the Tambopata River for 3 to 4 hours into the pristine heart
of the reserve. Along the way you may see macaws, herons, kingfishers, and
cormorants and you will note a difference in the wildlife. Arrival at
Tambopata Research Center (TRC) in the late morning. Afternoon hike through
the 1.5 km. bamboo trail, famous for the abundance of rare birds that live
exclusively in this habitat. (B,L.D)
• DAY 4 / TRC
At dawn, enjoy the World’s largest macaw clay lick where hundreds of
parrots and macaws of up to 15 species congregate daily. After a mid-morning
breakfast, you will hike the 2.8 km. (1.5 mile) ocelot trail and concentrate
on the forest itself and discuss general rain forest ecology with the guide.
After late lunch, take a short 5-minute boat ride to a small creek in the
forest and, if lucky, you may surprise a tapir. (B,L,D)
• DAY 5 / TRC - POSADA AMAZONAS
Visit the clay lick and then return for breakfast. Continue with a short
5-minute boat ride to a small drying oxbow lake to spend the morning on a
platform observing some of its birdlife. Afternoon return to the Posada
Amazonas for overnight. (B,L,D)
• DAY 6 / POSADA AMAZONAS - PUERTO MALDONADO
You will depart on a 2-hour boat ride back to Puerto Maldonado and the
airport. (B)
* Daily departures.
