Peruvian Amazon, the Tambopata National Reserve

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Country

Pérou

Suggested duration

4 days / 3 nights

The spirit of the journey

Tambopata, the largest tropical reserve in the Peruvian Amazon.

A 4-day stage at the heart of the Peruvian Amazon, at a lodge that practises responsible tourism. You observe wildlife and birdlife under privileged conditions, guided by local naturalist experts. You will be among the first to watch parrots feeding on the clay walls. Your eco-lodge is located 500 m from the largest macaw clay lick.

More than a stage, this is a story of encounters, of a change of scenery, of emotions.

As you will have gathered, every condition is in place for an in-depth experience amid the meanders of the Rio Madre de Dios, an intimate, sound-filled place offering total immersion!

Day by day

Sample trip extension, duration can be tailored

Arrival by air in Puerto Maldonado, gateway to the Peruvian Amazon. You are welcomed by the lodge team. It takes an hour by road to reach the Tambopata River, where you board for a roughly 2.5-hour journey into the heart of primary rainforest.

First night at Refugio before reaching, the following day after 4.5 hours on the river, the Tambopata Research Center.
Tambopata Research Center is the most remote lodge, the one most deeply embedded in the Amazon rainforest, benefiting from an exceptional location just 500 m from the largest macaw clay lick. Each day at dawn, witness one of the great spectacles of the animal world: the largest “colpa” in Tambopata, visited by hundreds of macaws and thousands of parrots. Up to 15 species can be seen together there. A genuine ritual of variable length, depending on whether a bird of prey is drawn to this multicoloured gathering.

Parc de Tambopata, Pérou

La réserve de Tambopata

Héron coiffé, Vautour-pape, Harpye féroce, Colibri anaïs, Aigle orné, trogons, motmots, pénélope de Spix, Jabiru, Anhinga, Onoré rayé, Spatule rose, Kamichi cornu, Ouette de l’Orénoque, Caurale soleil, Bec-en-ciseaux, Aras chloroptère, bleu, macao, macavouanne, vert et de Coulon, Amazones poudrée et à face jaune, Pione à tête bleue, Caïques de Barraband et à ventre blanc, Conures de Weddell et pavouanne, Touis de Deville, à front d’or et de Sclater, martins-pêcheurs, Pic jaune, toucans, araçaris, oropendolas, Cacique roussâtre, dacnis, tangaras, etc!

Parmi les singes : Douroucouli, Callicèbe gris, Sapajou brun, Sapajou à front blanc, Hurleur roux, Singe- araignée, Singe laineux, Saïmiri, Tamarin à tête brune, Tamarin empereur,! Jaguar, Ocelot, Puma, Jaguarundi, Tapir, Loutre géante, Tatou, Paresseux, fourmiliers, Coati, Capybara

Les Colpas de Tembopata

The colpas or claylicks (“clay licks”) of Tambopata are, along with Manu, one of the best sites in the world for observing macaws, parrots and other parakeets that come every day to lick or eat the clay, which appears to be essential to their digestive balance.
At this site, you can observe and photograph more than 6 species of macaws and several species of parrots and other parakeets.