Tambopata Research Center

The Tambopata Research Center is a spartan yet comfortable 13 bedroom lodge built by Rainforest Expeditions with the object of lodging tourists and researchers alike and of protecting the adjacent macaw clay lick. Because of its remote location in a Connecticut-sized tract of uninhabited wilderness housing stable populations of endangered wildlife, the small scale of its infrastructure and operations and the presence of researchers and naturalist guides, Tambopata Research Center is an excellent headquarters for in depth explorations of Amazonian nature and wildlife.

• Designed using traditional, low impact native architecture to provide the creature comforts necessary for enhancing the wilderness experience without compromising its authenticity.

• View of forest ten meters from lodge perimeter maximizes wildlife encounter possibilities.

• Daily departures with no minimum number of passengers assure utmost flexibility at great value.

• Buffet meals combine international, Peruvian and local cuisine. Vegetarians are welcome.

• Guides are young, English-speaking Peruvian biologists. Additionally, the presence of professional researchers at different times of the year may present ample opportunity to interact with them.

• An experienced, well-trained staff hired at a 2.5:1 tourist to staff ratio assures excellent service throughout your stay. Walks on trails are kept at a 6:1 tourist to guide ratio, increasing wildlife encounter opportunities.

• Natural history attractions include world’s largest known macaw clay lick, over twenty five identified macaw nesting sites, primates and other larger mammals, and a high bird diversity concentrated in seven distinct habitats that are easily accessible from TRC.
   

Location, Infraestructure and Facilities
Tambopata Research Center is located in a half hectare clearing (one acre) located in the Tambopata National Reserve directly adjacent to the Bahuaja National Park, in southeastern Amazonian Peru, 500 meters from the world’s largest macaw clay lick.

Tambopata Research Center is composed of four interconnected, thatch-roofed buildings designed after traditional low-impact native architecture providing the creature comforts necessary for enhancing our wilderness experience without compromising authenticity. All buildings and interconnecting passageways are raised on four-foot stilts built from palm trunks or hardwoods. The main building is a 33 foot by 100 foot platform divided into 13 double rooms.

Each bedroom is furnished with two beds draped in mosquito netting, a chair, a night table with a kerosene windlamp, and a table for luggage and clothing. Each room is also designed to have a permanent, view of the forest surrounding the clearing in order to maximize wildlife observation time: the wall looking out into the forest is a waist-high verandah. To the left of the main building a 20 foot-long, roofed passageway connects to the bathrooms containing 4 flush toilets and 4 shower stalls, offering cold water only.
To the right of the main building a 15 foot-long, roofed passageway connects to the dining and meeting room which in turn is connected to the kitchen.

 

Ecoamazonia Lodge

We offer to the visitor the extraordinary opportunity to be in contact with nature and to enjoy the exotic and wonderful places that the Peruvian Amazon contains. Few are the places in the world where nature is shown as splendid and abundant as in the Amazon Forest of Peru. Here, there are a conjunction of vibrant forests, impetuous and mighty rivers, immense swamps and marshes that conform an exuberant ecosystem where the life is manifested in almost all its forms.

Amid this wonderful place, in an area of 10,000 hectares, is located the natural ecological reservation Ecoamazonia Lodge, in an area known as The Tambopata, 30 km far from Puerto Maldonado by the River Bajo Madre de Dios.  Go into this wonderful place and contemplate the bustling and cheerful flocks of parrots as well as those more than 1200 species of birds. Also, you can delight your view with the 700 types of butterflies and you will be able to cohabit with hundreds of animal species that look for refuge in the heart of the Amazonian. Ecoamazonia Lodge invites you to go aboard in a spectacular trip that will revolutionize your senses. Besides that, you will be collaborating through the sustainable eco‑tourism, for the conservation of this beautiful reservation. Don't think about it more!. Escape from the worldly noise and go into the deepest Amazon!.  Be part of nature again!.

Services

Their facilities are built of rustic and typical material from the area. It has a total of 45 roomy and comfortable ecological bungalows. The environment of each room is properly caught in the meshes of a net (avoiding the entrance of insects); there is a room of hammocks and the bedroom has two beds and a private bathroom. We have a welcoming reception, a wide dining room, a bar in which exotic drinks are prepared, and a  library .

Local guide : Our local guides are specialized in biology and ecology, with domain of English, French and Italian languages. Our guides stay in constant training.

Transport : A properly type safari equipped bus, with capacity for 30 passengers, to transfer passengers from the Airport to the Port Captaincy and vice versa.  We have an outboard motor boat for fluvial trips.

Feeding : Pleasant typical dishes of the region, as the "Juanes", Bamboo, "Palmitos", and a great variety of fish from the area, like the golden ("dorado"), maiden ("doncella"), jumping ("saltón"), etc.  

Posada Amazonas

Posada Amazonas is a comfortable yet unobtrusive 30 bedroom lodge owned jointly by Rainforest Expeditions and the Community of Infierno. Thanks to its accessibility, excellent wildlife observation opportunities, and comfortable accommodations, Posada Amazonas is the ideal short, economic, introductory nature tour to Amazonia´s richest rain forests.

• Daily departures assure utmost flexibility at great value.
• Built combining traditional native architecture and materials (wood, palm fronds, wild cane and clay) with modern, low-impact, eco-lodge technology.
• Room size (7X4 meters) keeps them airy and well – ventilated.
• Clay walls regulate heat while providing a charming final appearance.
• Visitors are in permanent contact with the forest: the wall looking into the forest is a waist-high verandah.
• Private bathrooms with showers and flush toilets.
• Dining and lounge areas are designed for 80 people, offering ample space to rest and socialize.
• Our three daily meals combine international, Peruvian and local cuisine. Vegetarians are welcome.
• Guides are local community members and English-speaking Peruvian naturalists: the unsurpassable field lore of the former complements the technical knowledge and communication skills of the latter.
• Our lodge staff not only sets the regional standard for quality service but is also made up of a majority of community members, providing valuable income from tourism to their families.
• Canopy tower provides easy access to one of the world’s final biological frontiers: the rain forest canopy.
• Natural history attractions include oxbow lake with giant river otters, parrot clay licks and small monkeys.
• Opportunities for cultural interaction with the local community: guided activities include ethnobotanical walks, visits to small scale farms, and other experiences we are developing in association with our local partners.

Location, Infraestructure, and Facilities

Posada Amazonas is located on the Infierno Community´s territory and is directly adjacent to the 750,000 hectare Tambopata-National Reserve in southeastern Amazonian Peru.

The lodge itself consists of a complex of ten sections: rooms, dining area and kitchen, relaxation area and internal support facilities. The entire roof of the lodge uses high quality crisneja palm fronds, whereas the floors are of tropical mahogany. The rooms complex consists of four 9 X 24 meter structures with six rooms per unit.

Posada Amazonas is constructed using a combination of modern eco-lodge techniques with the same traditional materials and architectural techniques that native communities throughout the Amazon use for building their homes: wood, palm fronds, wild cane and clay.

The 30 rooms are 7 x 4 meters, holding three beds comfortably, although they are set up for two. The walls dividing each room are built using cane and clay: the combination of clay and cane achieves two important objectives: acting as thermal regulators and providing a charming final look.

Each room has a large window facing the forest, and a second small window on the opposite side, set up very high, to keep the rooms well ventilated. Beds are sized for Americans or Europeans (1.05m X 2.05m) with mosquito nets. Each room has a private bathroom with cold water only.

The dining area can host 80 people at the same time and is designed to be used as a conference room and as a slide presentation area. The clearing around the lodge is just large enough to allow the lodge to be built without hazards (only the large trees that could fall on the lodge were cut). This way each room has a great view of primary forest. Between the five room modules there is an open, roofed structure with hammocks where people can relax and enjoy.