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The Tambopata Research Center (TRC) is a spartan yet
comfortable 18 bedroom lodge built by Rainforest Expeditions with the
object of lodging tourists and researchers alike and of protecting the
adjacent macaw clay lick. Because of its remote location in a tract of
uninhabited wilderness housing stable populations of endangered
wildlife, the small scale of its infrastructure and operations and the
presence of researchers and naturalist guides, Tambopata Research Center
is an excellent headquarters for in-depth explorations of Amazonian
nature and wildlife.
TRC is located in a half hectare clearing in the middle of the
uninhabited portion of the Tambopata National Reserve, adjacent to the
Bahuaja National Park and 500 meters from the world's largest macaw clay
lick.
To get to TRC you must fly to Puerto Maldonado from Lima or Cusco on
daily commercial flights lasting 30 or 90 minutes respectively. From the
airport you are transported by truck to the Infierno River Port where
you board a boat for the two and half hour trip to Refugio Amazonas.
From Refugio Amazonas, the Tambopata Research Center is four hours
upriver, and a few minutes walking from the river.
Lodge Reservations:
Further Information and reservations for the Tambopata Research Center
can be made through Rainforest Expeditions |