Tambopata Lodges
 
 

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

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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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Five Medicinal Plants from the Rainforest of Tambopata

Although western medicine is well known to locals in the area of Tambopata, Peru it can be very costly and have strong side effects.  For this reason, some people still use natural remedies administered by their local Shaman.  While staying at Posada Amazonas, you have the opportunity to visit a Shaman and learn about some traditional uses of Rainforest Plants that can help cure anything from fever and cough, to bad spirits in the body. 

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HOW TO: Spot a Jaguar in the Wild

 Although the chances of spotting a Jaguar in the wild are slim, many guides and guests have stories and pictures to prove that if you are very lucky, it can happen. Here are some things you can do to increase your odds of seeing the largest cat in the Amazon in its natural habitat.

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HOW TO: Make a Hanging Home


As you enjoy your boat ride up the Madre de Dios river to any of our three lodges, you may notice large tear drop shaped masses hanging from some of the tall trees in the canopy.

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The Tambopata Big 5

 Watching a pair of Harpy Eagles (Harpia harpyja) cause chaos in a troop of Brown-capuchin monkeys, coati, and Red-throated Caracara, as the soared with broad barred wings over the tree tops and then perched close by, made me realise that these eagles really are one of the kings of the jungle.

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Succession in Forest Ecology

Disturbance in the forest environment is a common event, whether caused by slash and burn agriculture, tree fall, logging, storm damage or flooding. Deforestation, often cited as an event with permanent causes, is often reversed after abandonment with the forest once again reclaiming its former space, whilst another area is cleared for exploitation. In short, the forest as an entity is adaptive, thus enabling recovery after disturbance.

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Parrots of the Tambopata

Ecology of the Parrots of the Tambopata Alan Lee, March 2007.

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New World Parrots Still in Crisis

Alan Lee Since the publication of “New World Parrots in Crisis: Solutions from Conservation Biology” (Beissinger and Snyder 1992), a recent review of parrot related literature shows that little has changed for parrots to alleviate their “crisis”. In fact, in several respects their situation only seems to have deteriorated.

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... our edible earth

Alan Lee What is it you are actually walking on when you walk through the forests of south eastern Peru, which to confuse you here I will also call the forests of western Amazonia? All those plants and trees are of course growing on soil. Where does it all come from? What’s it all about and most importantly, for me, what does it mean for the birds that are eating it?

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Carbon offsetting

Alan Lee

What is Carbon offsetting ?

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