3-day Amazon adventure

We fetch you from the airport in Puerto Maldonado and escort you on a one-hour bus drive followed by a one-hour boat ride to reach the lodge. Occupying a charming spot in a chestnut forest, Refugio Amazonas is an eco-hostel near Tambopata National Reserve. In the afternoon we suggest you climb the high tower to reach its lookout platform above the canopy. From here you can spot an array of exciting birds including toucans and macaws. Later, go on an exciting guided jungle walk to listen to the night chorus created by the many active and unusual creatures living in this corner of the Amazon!

On most clear mornings throughout the year dozens of macaws and hundreds of parrots congregate at a clay lick near Tambopata River, creating a raucous and colourful spectacle that inspired a National Geographic cover story. We go and settle 50 metres away with a telescope to watch the birds fly in and out. Later, we walk around Lake Condenado to look for wildlife such as otters, hoatzins, capybaras and alligators. Still later there's the chance to visit a neighbouring organic farm to see what's grown locally, including fruits you didn't even know existed!

This morning we take you back to the airport in Puerto Maldonado via boat and then bus. Here we say adieu, unless of course you're heading to Lima to join us on a culinary and historical tour of that incredible city, in which case the adventure continues!