Prices, Terms & Conditions

Day 1 USA / LIMA
Depart USA on your flight bound for Lima, Peru. Evening arrival in Lima. Meet and greet service by our local representative who will assist in your transfer to the hotel.
Meals in flight

Overnight - Lima

Day 2 LIMA / PUERTO MALDONADO / RESERVA AMAZONICA
After an early morning breakfast at the hotel our local representatives will meet you and assist with your transfer to the airport for a flight to Puerto Maldonado. Once in Puerto Maldonado you will travel by bus on a tour of the town with a visit to the local market. Afterwards, transfer to a boat for a one hour ride to Reserva Amazonica Lodge, situated on the banks of the Madre de Dios River.
Begin your exploration of the Amazon rainforest with both daylight and night hikes into the 10,000-hectare Inkaterra Ecological Reserve, located next to the Lodge. Opportunities to see animals such as anteaters, agouties, capybaras, and monkeys are excellent.

Overnight - Reserva Amazonic.
B - Hotel
L - On route
D - Reserva Amazonica

Day 3 ACEER - TAMBOPATA AT INKATERRA (ATI) / RESERVA AMAZONICA
After breakfast, board a boat for a 45 minute ride to the Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research. ACEER is located on a 340-hectare private reserve that joins the Tambopata Reserve and Lake Sandoval. Begin the tour at the Interpretation Center to view a new exhibit, Madre de Dios: A River of Change, designed and constructed in part by ACEER and other non-government organizations, like the National Geographic Society. The exhibit, composed of 9 stations, will provide an orientation to the site and region. Tour the Useful Plants Trail and Medical Plants Trail. Learn about the climate, geography, history, ecosystems, and culture of the tropical rainforest of the Madre de Dios region. Considerable time will also be spent explaining the diversity of plant-based medicines from the rainforest.
Time permitting, Shaman Don Antonio Montero will perform a cleansing ritual for the group.

Overnight - Reserva Amazonica
B - Reserva Amazonica
L - ACEER
D - Reserva Amazonica

Day 4 RESERVA AMAZONICA / POSADA AMAZONAS
After breakfast a second opportunity to visit the Canopy Walkway is available.
Afterward, board Rainforest Expeditions’ boat for a 4-hour journey up the Tambopata River to Posada Amazonas Lodge, a joint venture of Rainforest Expeditions and the native Ese Eja people. Activities will include a visit to their nearby village, Infierno.

Overnight - Posada Amazonas
B - Hotel
L - To Be Advised
D - Hotel

Day 5 POSADA AMAZONAS / TAMBOPATA RESEARCH CENTER
Up at dawn for a visit to the Tres Chambara oxbow lake, home of the endangered giant river otter, for an excellent opportunity to view bird life and the otters.
Continue up the Tambopata River through pristine rainforest. Difference in wildlife abundance will be noted immediately, with sightings of macaws, herons, kingfishers and cormorants, as well as capybaras and caiman. Arrive at Tabopata Research Center. Their world famous macaw clay lick attracts up to 15 species daily.

Overnight - Tambopata Research Center
B - Hotel
L - To Be Advised
D - To Be Advised

Day 6 TAMBOPATA RESEARCH CENTER
The day will be spent exploring the reserve surrounding the Center, including visiting the macaw clay lick, the Canopy Tower, and hiking the 1.5 km Ocelot Trail. Excellent opportunities to view wildlife.

Overnight - Tambopata Research Center
B - Hotel
L - To be Advised
D - Hotel

Day 7 TAMBOPATA RESEARCH CENTER / POSADA AMAZONAS
After breakfast travel downriver to Posada Amazonas. Activities will include a visit to their Canopy Tower and explorations of the reserve surrounding the lodge.

Overnight - Posada Amazonas
B - Hotel
L - To Be Advised
D - Hotel

Day 8 POSADA AMAZONAS / LIMA
Travel by boat to Puerto Maldonado. Transfer to the airport for your flight to Lima. On arrival in Lima you will be met and transferred to a hotel where you will have the use of a day room. Following a farewell dinner, transfer to the airport for your flight to the USA.

B - Hotel
L – Box Lunch
D - Farewell Dinner in Lima

Day 9 ARRIVAL IN THE USA
After clearing customs and immigration, proceed to your return flight to your home city.

 

Program and schedule subject to change.

Tour Price Per Person $2921.00* Single Supplement $699.00 See Full Prices, Terms & Conditions Please call to get schedule information. 1-800-874-1996 *Program Prices Do Not Include: International air taxes, gratuities, meals other than specified, items of a personal nature including laundry, wine, liquor, soft drinks and mineral water, excess baggage charges, accident and baggage insurance and any items not specifically listed as included. WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU PROTECT YOUR TRAVEL PROGRAM INVESTMENT BY PURCHASING TRIP CANCELLATION/INTERUPTION INSURANCE.

At the Amazon Center for Environmental
Education and Research