Bolivia Amazon Adventure (ATCH 3000)

Trip Description

Accomodation

Stay program

• day 1:

  La Paz - Rurrenabaque - Chalalan

  

  Transfer to El Alto airport for a morning flight to Rurrenabaque. The flight La Paz-Rurrenabaque will take about 45 min, flying over the amazing Real Cordillera. On a clear day we can see the Bolivian Altiplano, Andean snow-picks, and the lush green Amazon with meandering rivers. The guide will pick you up from the airport and transfer you to the Chalalán office in Rurrenabaque for a short briefing. For the next adventure, we will be taken to the port to board a motorboat that will take us to Chalalan Lodge. The trip will take 6 hours sailing the Beni and Tuichi rivers. First, we will pass through the Canon del Bala (Bala George) in the Beni River. After, the boat will turn into the Tuichi river to enter the Madidi National Park. The richest biodiverse park in the world. During this amazing boat ride, we will have a chance to appreciate and enjoy the spectacular scenery of the Amazon and will observe wildlife in the river’s bank, such as Capibaras, Tapir, Macaws, Toucans, Caimans and with luck a jaguar. Once we arrive to the Chalalan port, we start a 25-minute walk to the lake where the cabins are located. There will be a reception and welcome in Chalalan Lodge, then the guide will show us to our rooms. Shortly after lunch, we will have a short walk through one of our trails where our guide will do rainforest interpretation and share about traditional use of natural resources. The return to the lodge will be by canoe, this will give us a chance to observe some species of monkeys and birds. At night, after dinner there is an optional-guided tour to observe some nocturnal wildlife, like insects, nocturnal birds and along the Lake shore some caimans glowing eyes. (L, D)

• day 2:

  Chalalán Ecolodge - Parque Nacional Madidi

  

  We wake up to a rainforest symphony of wildlife sounds. After breakfast, we have a guided walk --3 to 4 hours—in Tapare trail or similar. A chance to observe some wildlife like, squirrel monkeys, howler monkeys, spider monkeys, capuchin monkey and many other species of birds such as toucans, macaws, parrots, eagles, and guans. Our guide will give us more information about the rainforest, and by noon we will head back to the lodge for lunch. In the afternoon, after some rest, we will hike another trail to keep looking for more wildlife, learn more about plants and animal behaviors. (B, L, D)

• day 3:

  Chalalan - Rurrenabaque - Pampas

  

  Today, early breakfast and walk to Tuichi River port, to board on our return boat to Rurrenabaque where we change our transport for a car to drive you to our lodge located by the Yacuma River in the middle of the Pampas or Bolivian Savannahs. After lunch, we will explore the river in a dugout canoe to experience pink dolphins, monkeys, capybaras, turtles, and more birdlife, including raptors, storks, herons, egrets, toucans, small parrots, and a few macaws. After that, we will return to the lodge to relax and have dinner. (B, L, D)

• day 4:

  Pampas

  

  This day, we are going to explore more of the Yacuma River by canoe. We’ll make a stop at the shore and search on foot in the savannah to locate and possible observe an Anaconda, the world’s largest snake. Thereafter, we return to the lodge for lunch and on our way, we'll have another opportunity to see pink dolphins, turtles, and capybaras. The afternoon tour provides opportunities to find rheas, anteaters, and monkeys. At night, there is an optional night canoe ride allowing us to watch nocturnal life, like encountering black caimans or alligators (B, L, D).

• day 5:

  Pampas - Rurrenabaque

  

  On this day, we will start with an early breakfast, and then we'll get a last chance to see additional wildlife before lunch. We return to Rurrenabaque at about 16:00 hours. (B, L)

• day 6:

  Rurrenabaque - La Paz

  

  We will pick you up from your hotel (exact time to be reconfirmed by your guide the day before) and transfer you to the airport.