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General Information
Madidi National Park is one of the most bio-diverse parts of the world and has more than 1,000 species of birds living in and around its canopy. It is a great place for birdwatching and birdwatchers.
The park was formed in Bolivia in 1995 and covers a wide range of habitats from the forested Andean foothills down into the lowland tropical forests and savannas of the Amazon basin.
The thousand-plus species of birds which live in Madidi make up more than half of all neo-tropical bird species.
The community of a few hundred Quetchua-Tacana Indians living in San José is the only settlement within the park. They have lived here for over 200 years in harmony with the jungle around them surviving from subsistence farming.
The Indians will take us on birdwatching treks into the jungle to look for rare and colourful species from the macaws to humming birds.
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