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Day
1
Welcome in Puerto
Maldonado.Visit Inkaterra Butterfly House near the airport, conveniently
check-in, and then reach the boarding wharf in only 15 minutes.Begin
to experience the enchantment of the rainforest, as you take the 45-minute
boat ride along the Madre de Dios River,to arrive at Inkaterra Reserva
Amazonica lodge. After a short briefing, settle into your beautiful
cabaña and enjoy your lunch in the dining room.Take a siesta,
share a refreshing tea time and get ready for the afternoon excursion.
After gathering with your Inkaterra Interpreter, choose from the 14
different excursions available at the Inkaterra lodge.On your first
day, we recommend a guided walk along the Trail system, into the Inkaterra
Reserva Amazonica natural area,where you will discover the Amazon Basin.This
trail offers an excellent introduction to the forest environment, winding
past impressive trees such as the staggeringly tall kapok,and the strangely
beautiful strangler fig, offering excellent opportunities for birdwatching
and observing exotic insects. We also recommend on the first night our
Twilight River excursion-a guided afternoon boat ride on the Madre de
Dios river.Witness the transformation from a diurnal to a nocturnal
world: animals and birds of the daytime give way to species specially
adapted to the night. As you enjoy their paradise, you will learn about
their habits, while you search for night jars, owls, capybaras and up
to three different caiman species.
Enjoy dinner served in the main dining room from 7:30p.m. to 9:30p.m.
After dinner, you may retire early to your own cabaña,or share
your experience of life in the rainforest with other guests and interpreters,
as you listen to the intriguing sounds of the jungle at night. Dinner
starts at 7:30p.m.
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Day
2
Rest in bed or rise
earlythe choice is yours.Breakfast begins at 5:30a.m., for those
who want to avoid the heat,and enjoy nature at its fullest. A full buffet
breakfast is served from 5:30a.m.to 9:30a.m.This morning you may visit
the Lake Sandoval excursion into the Tambopata National Reserve. Glide
in a wooden canoe,across a beautiful, mirror-like oxbow lake that is
home to the endangered giant river otter,as well as red howler monkeys,
red-bellied macaws, anacondas, side-neckturtles and black caimans.Return
to the Inkaterra lodge for lunch. After lunch, consider the remarkable
Inkaterra Canopy Walkway. Ascending the first tower, 29 meters above
the forest ground, you begin your encounter with the treetop realm.
For more than a quarter of a mile, you will literally walk through the
rainforest canopy on a suspension bridge network linking eight observation
platforms. During this hour-and-a-half expedition, be on the lookout
for colorful toucans, woodpeckers, trogons, monkeys, and sloths. If
you wish you may extend your excursion and appreciate the sunset from
one of the towers.The excursion finishes by returning to the lodge.
Once at the lodge, enjoy the daily nature presentation in the Ecomedia
Center. Dinner starts at 7:30p.m.
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Day
3
Enjoy a trip to Gamitana
Creek, located 25 minutes by boat from the Inkaterra lodge. For one and
a half hours, explore the rainforest along the bank sofa winding,dark-water
creek that is home to many piranha, caiman, turtles and birds, until the
Sanipanga landing point. Navigate your way back downstream, appreciating
the abundant flora and fauna along the way.You will return to Gamitana
Farm to do a short guided tour to see how local farmers raise fruits and
vegetables.Return to the lodge for lunch. After lunch, enjoy the Native
Experience excursion, located 25 minutes by boat from the lodge. Visit
an indigenous South eastern Amazon family, where you will learn about
their customs, traditional daily living, basic hunting skills, farming
and food preparation. You will also have the opportunity to produce banana
flour that the local communities consume. Return to the lodge to enjoy
lunch.
Then consider the Rainforest by Night excursion through the Inkaterra
Ecological Reserve at night for an approximately 2-hour excursion. Biological
activity differs greatly between night and day in the Amazonian ecosystem.
Venture into the forest and experience the mystery of the animal activity
that awakens in the rainforest afterdark, enhancing animal resources to
create new adaptation mechanisms.Listen to nocturnal forest sounds and
spot species that only emerge at night.Return to the lodge. |
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Day
4
Enjoy the Hacienda
Concepcion excursion, with over 200 different plant species, and learn
about the uses and benefits of traditional topical flora.This is followed
by a 30-minute canoe trip to look for turtles, sungrebes, night jars and
exotic herons. Return to the Inkaterra lodge for a lunch. After lunch,
you may enjoy a visit to the Wetlands excursion, where you will have the
opportunity to admire the transition of the forest ecosystem from dry
to marshlands, and observe the various species of amphibians, reptiles,
serpents, birds and mammals.On your final night, savour the tranquillity
of the Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica lodge. |
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Day
5
Enjoy a full breakfast
before departure. A 45-minute return trip by boat on the Madre de Dios
River takes you to Puerto Maldonado, where you may visit Inkaterra Butterfly
House. Peru boasts the greatest variety of butterflies in the world,
with 3,700 known species. Many of these can be seen at the Butterfly
House, a showcase for the variety,beauty and adaptability of these fascinating
insects.
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2012
Prices per person in US$:
Superior SGL: $927
Superior DBL: $777
Superior with river view SGL: $1092
Superior with river view DBL: $896
Amazonica Suite SGL: $1236
Amazonica Suite DBL: $999
Tambopata Suite SGL: $1457
Tambopata Suite DBL: $1155 |
Included:
Round
trip transportation by land and river (Airport/Lodge/Airport), Overnights
at Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica, Full board, Bottled water and house beverages,
English and Spanish interpreter service, A-la-carte excursions, Canopy
Walkway and Anaconda Walk, Basic equipment for each excursion, Entrance
fees to Lake Sandoval (INRENA), Canopy Walkway and Butterfly House. |
| Not
included: Air
tickets, airport taxes, alcoholic beverages, tips, personal insurance,
personal expenses. |