Rainforest Expeditions (est. 1989) operates three award winning Amazon lodges: Posada AmazonasRefugio Amazonas, and Tambopata Research Center. Each Amazon lodge provides access to a unique set of ecotourism experiences in the jungle of southeastern Peru.


Our packages include activities comprised of aspects of nature and culture of the Amazon rainforest. We offer a variety of special interest activities, tours and expeditions like Soft Adventure, Birdwatching expeditions, Family and more...

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Protected area management (RA)

Segments: 
Academic
Lodge: 
Refugio Amazonas
Pricing: 
Included in programs listed below. Alternatively it can be purchased as part of a customized program.
Booking Details: 
Pre-booking required

After a boat ride to one of the park’s control points we will listen to a park officer speak of the threats to the Tambopata National Reserve, the structure of the budget and the mechanics of park financing and administration within the Peruvian national system of protected areas. An account of the daily incidents in the life of a park guard will let us peek into the difficulties of physically patrolling one and a half million hectares of tropical rain forest.

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Academic

 
Price per person
Double/Twin/Tripple see rates
Single see rates
This program has a strong focus on showing the impact, both positive and negative, of human activities in Tambopata. You will visit a gold mining dredge, a farmer and a park rangers checkpoint. more