~ DAILY DEPARTURES ~

EXPLORERS INN or TAMBOPATA LODGE 3 & 4 Days

Day 1-Our staff will transfer you to the Cuzco airport for your Aero Continente flight #4181 departing at 10:30 a.m. arriving Puerto Maldonado at 11:00 a.m. The staff of Explorers Inn will meet and transfer you by bus to the office to drop off excess baggage then continue to the Tambopata River where you will board the motorized dugout canoe for a 2 hour trip to the renowned Explorers Inn Lodge. Upon your arrival you will enjoy a welcome drink then have time to settle into your quarters. After enjoying lunch you will take an afternoon hike through the jungle searching for the many varieties of animal life that is typical for this region. Return to the lodge for dinner in the early p.m. After dinner you will board the canoe for a short night ride to spot with flashlights caymans on the river banks. Return to the Explorers Inn Lodge and meet with the Resident Naturalists ( Rns ) you will be available to answer questions or brief you on the Amazon rainforest. Overnight at the Lodge. ( B/L/D ) ( actual sites will vary with each lodge )

Day 2-After breakfast our guide will take you for a full day guided excursion / trek of 3½ miles to the Cocococha oxbow lake. On the way you will observe exotic plants and insects, colorful butterflies, birds and possibly monkeys and perhaps even some of the large mammals like tapir or capybara. You will as well have time to canoe and ride around to view the wildlife on the shoreline. Return to the lodge in the afternoon for a late lunch. Remainder of the afternoon free for relaxing or independent activities. Evening excursions available on request. Overnight at the Lodge. ( B/L/D )

Day 3-Today your adventure takes you into the area of "Sachavacayoc" lake where the endangered Giant River Otter is known to live. Here you may have the opportunity to see these and other species that may had evaded your watchful eye the previous days. Return to the lodge in the early p.m.(B/L/D) ( actual sites will vary with each lodge )

Day 4 - Early departure boat/bus to the Puerto Maldonado airport for your flight to Lima or Cuzco

Package includes:

All information listed above: Two or Three nights in Lodge english & multi-lingual speaking guides,

all tours, transfers, entry fees and meals where noted on the program.

( ADDITIONAL NIGHTS AT EACH AVAILABLE )

EXPLORERS INN or TAMBOPATA LODGE

DAYS / NIGHTS

SINGLE

DOUBLE

3 Days & 2 nights

$269.00

$209.00

4 Days & 3 Nights

$369.00

$299.00
INCLUDES: All hotel and lodge accommodations based on double occupancy. All scheduled land and river transportation. All transfers. All scheduled excursions with English-speaking guide services. Meals included : B - Breakfast; L- Lunch D -Dinner.

NOT INCLUDED: International or domestic airfares, airport departure taxes or visa fees, excess baggage charges, additional nights during the trip due to flight cancellations, alcoholic beverages or bottled water, snacks, insurance of any kind, laundry, phone calls, radio calls or messages, reconfirmation of flights and items of personal nature. ~ DAILY DEPARTURES ~

POSADA AMAZONAS LODGE 3 & 4 Days

Day 1 - Upon arrival from Lima or Cuzco, a reception by the Posada staff and transfer you by bus to the Posada Amazonas general office to secure excess baggage. Puerto Maldonado is situated at the confluence of the mighty Madre de Dios and Tambopata Rivers and is a bustling, booming tropical frontier town. Its principal activities are gold mining, Brazil nut collecting, timber extraction, agriculture and ecotourism. After a brief survey of the town we will depart on the 2 hour boat trip by motorized canoe to Posada Amazonas. Depending on the arrival time of the plane we will have a boxed lunch aboard the boats or have lunch upon arrival at Posada Amazonas. During our voyage we may see bird species typical of the river or forest edge such as: Black Skimmer, Pied Lapwing, Capped Heron, Jabiru Stork, Roadside Hawk, a several species of kingfishers, swallows and flycatchers. When we arrive at Posada Amazonas we will unpack and unwind. Posada Amazonas is a luxurious yet unobtrusive 24 room lodge owned jointly by Rainforest Expeditions and the Ese'eja Native Community of Tambopata. We will receive a short orientation and a complete briefing of the lodge and the Ese'eja Ecotourism Project before our afternoon activity: Ethnobotany. In this activity, we will hike the trails around Posada Amazonas with an Ese´eja native, who will explain to us the everyday uses of forest medicine, construction, food and fiber. Evening excursion with over night at Posada Amazonas Lodge. ( L/D )

Day 2 - After breakfast depart for a short hike (½ hour) to the Tres Chimbadas oxbow lake where we will paddle around the lake by catamaran in search of giant river otters and other aquatic wildlife. In area around the naturally created lakes a variety of birds known for wet marshy regions as this can be viewed on a daily basis. Species that are commonly viewed include: Hoatzin, Greater Kiskadee, Tropical Kingbird, kingfishers, Wattled Jacana, Black Capped Donacobius and the Red-Capped Cardinal. Others that are less viewed but also present include the Horned Screamer, the Sungrebe and the Rufescent Tiger Heron. After lunch we will visit an Eseéja farm. This small community of about 400 habitants combine their traditional use of forest resources with some occidental influences to produce a lifestyle that is noticeably different from their ancestral ways, as well as from those of other rain forest residents. There main source of income is generated by Brazil nut along with surplus crops. They as well still live some what primitively to, western standards, by hunting & fishing along the Tambopata river. However hunting was traditionally done in the past with bow and arrow, now by shotgun. As well, fishing with bow and arrows and harpoons has been partially replaced with line fishing. With these new tools of locating food and as well with their permanent settlements have diminished the large mammal, bird and fish population and made it difficult for Eséejas to maintain their traditional lifestyles. Rainforest Expeditions works very close with this community to assist and help maintain the influx of tourism and as well to bring light to the increase need to respect the natural history of the Eséejas people. Afternoon return to the Posada Lodge. Overnight at Posada Lodge. ( B/L/D )

Day 3 - Early morning starts with a trip to a local Macaw lick near the Posada Lodge. Here you will have the opportunity to view a variety of species which visit the clay lick such as the Red-bellied & Chestnut-fronted Macaws, Mealy & Yellow- crowned Amazons, Blue-headed Parrots and White-eyed Parakeets. The large macaws can also be viewed, but less frequent and usually in small numbers. Afterwards return to the Posada Lodge for breakfast. Later that morning your time will be spent exploring one of the lodge’s trails in primary rain forest and learning the traditional Ese’eja uses of plant and animal forest resources. After lunch the you can visit to a 35 meter observation tower. Here you will get a birds eye view of the inhabitants of the trees and below. Return to the Posada Lodge. Overnight at Posada Lodge. ( B/L/D )

Day 4 - Early departure boat/bus to the Puerto Maldonado airport for your flight to Lima or Cuzco..

POSADA LODGE

DAYS / NIGHTS	SINGLE	DOUBLE
3 Days & 2 nights	$269.00	$209.00
4 Days & 3 Nights	$369.00	$299.00