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"Amazing Amazon Extension"

Amazon River

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Posada Amazonas Jungle Lodge

Mccaw Clay Lick

"Amazing Amazon Extension"

EXTEND YOUR TOUR TO THE PERUVIAN AMAZON!

"Amazing Amazon Extension"
A Rainforest & River Study of Nature

This extension is for active seniors and includes guided walks of up to 2 hours, with small boat travel. All meals and transportation is provided, and includes domestic roundtrip airfare from/to from Lima. Local wildlife guides help teach and interpret the local flora and fauna.

Day 1, Sep. 18 : Lima to Puerto Maldonado, Cruise to Infierno Preserve, Jungle Lodge - On arrival a local representative will meet you and transfer from Airport to Pto Maldonado Headquarters. We drive 20 kilometers to the Tambopata River Port , entering the Native Community of Infierno. The port is a communal business. A Boxed Lunch. is included. From here travel forty five minute boat ride from the Tambopata Port to Posada Amazonas will take us into the Community´s Primary Forest Private Reserve. Orientation. Upon arrival, the lodge manager will welcome you and brief you with important navigation and security tips. Canopy tower: A twenty minute walk from Posada Amazonas leads to the 30 meter scaffolding canopy tower. A banister staircase running through the middle provides safe access to the platforms above. From atop you obtain spectacular views of the vast expanses of standing forest cut by the Tambopata River winding through the middle. Now and then toucans, parrots or macaws are seen flying against the horizon, or mixed species canopy flocks land in the treetop next to you. Dinner. (Eco tourism Lecture. A daily presentation on the Infierno eco tourism project is available every night from a staff member.) Overnight. L/D

Day 2, Sep. 19: Posada Amazonas Lodge, Tres Chimbadas & Oxbow Lake - Tres Chimbadas is thirty minutes by boat and forty five minutes hiking from Posada Amazonas. Once there you will paddle around the lake in a catamaran, searching for the resident family of nine giant river otters (seen by 60% of our lake visitors) and other lakeside wildlife such as caiman, hoatzin and horned screamers. After lunch Ethnobotanical Tour: A twenty minute boat drive down river leads you to a trail designed by he staff of the Centro Ñape. The Centro Ñape is a communal organization that produces medicines out of forest plants and administers them to patients who choose their little clinic. They have produced a trail which explains the different medicinal (and other) uses of selected plants. Dinner. Night walk. You will have the option of hiking out at night, when most of the mammals are active but rarely seen. Much easier to find are frogs with shapes and sounds as bizarre as their natural histories. Overnight. (B/L/D)

Day 3, Sep. 20: Posada Amazonas Lodge, Parrot Clay Lick & Infierno Farm Cruise - This clay lick is only a twenty minute walk from Posada Amazonas. From a blind located about twenty meters away you will see dozens of parrots and parakeets descend on most clear mornings to ingest the clay on a river bank. Species such as Mealy and Yellow- headed Amazon, Blue-headed Parrot and Dusky headed Parakeet descend at this clay lick. The clay lick is active at dawn, during the late mornings and mid-afternoons. Breakfast. Ceiba Trail Hike: We leave from the lobby at Posada Amazonas and embark on a two hour hike crowned by the largest tree in the vicinity: a giant ceiba tree. During the hike we will focus on the natural history of the rain forest and its principal taxonomic groups. Farm Visit. A thirty minute boat drive down river takes us to the most complete farm in the community of Infierno. The owner grows a diverse variety of popular and unknown Amazon crops. In his garden, just about every plant and tree serves a purpose. Overnight.( B/L/D)

Day 4, Sep. 21: Puerto Maldonado, Wildlife Canoe Transfer to Lima, and Return to USA - After early breakfast we leave the lodge and return by motor canoe to the Puerto Maldonado Port and Airport, taking advantage of valuable early morning wildlife activity along the river. We then fly back to Lima and make connections to return home to USA.

Day 5, Sep. 22: Arrival in USA- Today we arrive back in the USA with a direct flight to Denver.

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