Tambopata Research Centre (TRC)

From 5 days/4 nights
Start and end in Lima or Cusco

Tambopata Research Centre

This rainforest adventure takes you to a community run eco-lodge deep in the heart of Peru’s Amazon jungle.

The south-eastern Amazonian Peru is a relatively undisturbed area with unrivalled opportunities for wildlife viewing and wilderness.

More than 1,300 bird species (including 32 parrot species - 10% of the world's total), 200 mammal species, 90 frog species, 1,200 butterfly species and 10,000 species of higher plants are protected within this reserve.

Ese’eja Native Community lodge

You visit two lodges on this trip: You start at Posada Amazonas and then travel upstream (further into the rainforest than any other Tambopata lddge) to thr Tambopata Research Centre.

Bath are constructed combining traditional native architecture and materials (wood, palm fronds, wild cane and clay) with modern, low-impact, eco-lodge technology. The spacious rooms are en-suite, built from adobe and all rooms have hot water. Food is superb buffet meals.

You are accompanied by Ese'eja and English-speaking Peruvian naturalist guides in the rainforest and nearby oxbow lake. You can hope to see giant river otters and visit the active parrot and small macaw clay licks near the lodge. A 35-metre canopy tower provides easy access to the rain forest canopy.

At Tambopata, you can see the work being undertaken by researchers there, as well a visit a huge macaw lick, oxbow lakes and enjoy ethnobotanical walks. Over the past few years seven active large eagle nesting sites have been found in the nearby forest, four of them belonging to harpy eagles. If one of these has a chick, you will be able to visit the site.