SUMMARY
Tambopata Tours Research Center
Infierno is now the main port of the nation in the Tambopata reserves, where the boat tour along the Tambopata River begins, either 7 hours or more depending on your programs, the lodges are located in the direction of the Tambopata River, a forest virgin with greater diversity of species.
- Length: 4 Days/3 Nights
- Location: Southern Peru, Madre de Dios Department, Puerto Maldonado
- Type of service: Private or Group
- Start Point : Pick-up from the Hotel/Aiport or Bus Terminal in Puerto Maldonado
- Ending Point: Drop off the Hotel/Airport or Bus Terminal in Puerto Maldonado
- Departure: Every Day
- Activities: uerto Maldonado Sunrise and Sunset Photography, Tambopata Rainforest Tours Tambopata Tours Research Center ,El Gato Waterfall, daily and night walking
- Altitude: 182 – m.a.s.l.
- Best time to visit: March – November
- Accomodation : 2 night in Our Lodge rivate Room with Mosquito Nets, Private Showers and Bathrooms .
- Meals: 2 Breakfast /2 Lunch /2 Dinner
- Tour Guides Professional bilingual local guide (well-equipped with guiding gear)
- Minimum of participants: 2
- Maximum of participants: 10
- Price per person: USD
- Additional: Single Room
Tambopata Tours Research Center 3 days
Tambopata Tours Research Center
Infierno is a native community that is located on the Tambopata River and is located in the south of Peru Tambopata Forest Research Center Tours, just 19 km. from the city of Puerto Maldonado. This community is adjacent to the Tambopata National Reserve.
The Hell community is a socially and culturally diverse community, which has several ethnic groups. Like the Eja natives (in Peru they are also known as Ese’eja), who today live as Andean, coastal, mestizos residents (the result of unions between members of different ethnic groups).
Day 1: Puerto Maldonado to Tambopata Tours Research Center .
Pick-up from Puerto Maldonado airport or coach terminal and transfer to the tour office to leave unnecessary items.
Opportunity to purchase necessities like batteries and waterproofs.
Private vehicle ride along a dirt road for about an hour, observing diverse nature along the way.
Arrival at the Native Community of Infierno and boarding of a motorboat.
2-hour boat ride along the Tambopata River to Inotawa Lodge, enjoying lunch on board.
Observation of flora and fauna along the river banks during the ride.
Check-in and accommodation at Inotawa Lodge.
Afternoon guided walk to explore fauna and flora near the lodge.
Dinner at the lodge.
Optional night walk with a tour guide to observe nocturnal animals.
Day 2: Adventure to Gato Waterfall .
Breakfast at the lodge followed by a boat ride upstream the Tambopata River for about two hours.
Arrival at Gato Creek and a short hike to El Gato Waterfall for photos and swimming.
Exploration of local high rainforest vegetation and millennial Brazilian nut trees.
Return to the lodge in the afternoon.
Optional night caiman observation in the Tambopata River.
Day 3: Tambopata Tours to Puerto Maldonado
Early breakfast followed by boarding of a motorboat to return to Puerto Maldonado.
Navigation upstream the Tambopata River to reach Puerto Maldonado.
Transfer to the tour office to collect belongings.
Transfer to the airport or coach terminal for departure.
ITINERARY
Tambopata Tours Research Center 3 days
DAY 1: PUERTO MALDONADO, TAMBOPATA TOURS RESEARCH CENTER RIVER,
We pick you up from the airport/coach terminal of Puerto Maldonado to take you first to our office where you can leave your things unnecessary for the trip. There, you have also the last opportunity to buy some necessities such as batteries, waterproofs, etc. Then, you get on our private vehicle to take you for an hour ride following a dirt road watching changeable nature along the way such as diverse forest types, traditional farms cultivating bananas and citruses, cattle farms, streams, etc. Then, we get to the Native Community of Infierno where the port of Puerto Nuevo is situated.
We board our motorboat there to navigate for about 2 hours the Tambopata River with a direction to the Lodge. During the ride, we are provided lunch consisting of vegetable rice wrapped in a bijao leaf (a leaf traditionally used in regional cuisine) along with fruits, biscuits and bottled water while we can admire flora along the river banks, for example, cañabravales, cecropias, ficus, as well as fauna such as birds. We may see weaving birds with their nests high up in the trees, herons, macaws, parrots or toucans.
If we are lucky,
we might spot mammals such as capybaras and tapirs or white caimans and turtles resting on the banks. Once in the Inotawa Lodge, which is located on the banks of the Tambopata River, in the beginning of the Tambopata National Reserve, we accommodate ourselves while our Tour Guide indicates us about the best ways on how to enjoy our stay. In the afternoon, our Tour Guide takes us on a walk to explore fauna and flora near the lodge. So we can watch some birds, for instance, trogons, quails, guans (wild turkeys – Penelopinae) as well as trees and vines such as Shihuahuacos, Almendrillos, Ceibas. Then we are served dinner in the lodge.
Optional: A night walk in a company of our Tour Guide who shows us some nocturnal animals, for example, nocturnal monkeys, frogs, spiders or insect.
DAY 2: ADVENTURE – GATO WATERFALL
After breakfast, we get on the boat to sail upstream the Tambopata River for about two hours until we reach the Gato Creek. There, we start a short hike to get to the astonishing El Gato Waterfall inviting us to take its photos as well as to enjoy an unforgettable swim! Later on, we explore the local high rainforest vegetation full of epiphytes and bromeliads and millenarian Brazilian nut trees as well! In the afternoon, we return to the lodge.
Optional: A night caiman observation in the Tambopata River.
DAY 3: TAMBOPATA TOURS TO PUERTO MALDONADO
We board a motorboat early after breakfast to take us back to Puerto Maldonado navigating upstream the Tampopata River. There, we transfer you first to our office to collect your belongings and then either to the airport or the coach terminal to take your connection.
INCLUDED (NOT)
Included in the Tambopata Tours Research Center – El Gato Waterfall:
- A professional naturalist Tour Guide;
- Motorboat transportation:
- Private vehicle land transportation;
- Meals: 2x breakfast, 2x lunch, 2x dinner and drinking water (Please note: vegetarian option upon request for no extra cost!);
- Accommodation: 2 nights in a lodge;
- First aid kit, including a poison extractor, mosquito bite treatment and an antidote for a snake bite;
- Radio communications;
- Rubber boots.
Not included in the Tambopata Tours Research Center – El Gato Waterfall:
- Entrance fee to the Tambopata National Reserve (65 Soles);
- Any flight nor airport departure taxes;
- Travel insurance;
- Vaccination;
- Breakfast on the first day and Lunch on the last day;
- Drinks;
- Tips to local staff.
What to take with you to the Tambopata Tours Research Center – El Gato Waterfall:
- Mosquito repellent (DEET 35 recommended as a MINIMUM!!),
- Original passport,
- Small backpack,
- Long sleeved cotton shirts (preferably green coloured),
- Long cotton trousers,
- Cotton long socks (to be put into your trousers),
- Comfortable walking shoes,
- Sandals or light shoes,
- Rain gear (e.g. rain poncho),
- Swimsuits;
- Binoculars (we also rent it),
- Camera and its charger,
- Plastic bags to be used for clothes and a camera,
- A hat as a protection against the Sun or rain,
- Toiletries,
- Small towel,
- Toilet paper,
- Antibacterial gel,
- Sun cream,
- Sunglasses,
- Flashlight (with spare bulb and batteries),
- A bottled water (1 litre as a minimum),
- Pocket money (Soles) to buy some beverages and souvenirs as well as to tip.