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  Tambopata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The province of Tambopata in the departent of Madre de Dios in south-eastern Peru.
The Tambopata River, a tributary to the Madre de Dios River.
The Tambopata-Candamo reserve, adjacent to the Tambopata River.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tambopata   (108 words)

  
 Tambopata Macaw Research Center, Amazon and Peru tours, South America travel
The lodge is adjacent to the Tambopata National Reserve, in southeast Peru, two hours by boat from the nearest town of Pto.
The Tambopata Research Center is a Spartan yet comfortable 13-room lodge built by Rainforest Expeditions with the object of lodging tourists and researchers while protecting the adjacent macaw clay lick.
Puerto Maldonado is situated at the confluence of the mighty Madre de Dios and Tambopata Rivers and is a bustling, booming tropical frontier town.
nt1.adventuresports.com /travel/LAescapes/Trip116.htm   (2041 words)

  
 Amazon Nature and Wildlife: TAMBOPATA RESEARCH CENTER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Tambopata Research Center is a spartan yet comfortable 13 bedroom lodge built by Rainforest Expeditions with the object of lodging tourists and researchers alike and of protecting the adjacent macaw clay lick.
Tambopata Research Center is located in a half hectare clearing (one acre) located in the Tambopata National Reserve directly adjacent to the Bahuaja National Park, in southeastern Amazonian Peru, 500 meters from the world’s largest macaw clay lick.
Tambopata Research Center is composed of four interconnected, thatch-roofed buildings designed after traditional low-impact native architecture providing the creature comforts necessary for enhancing our wilderness experience without compromising authenticity.
www.perunature.com /lodges_trc.php   (911 words)

  
 Tambopata Research Center - Peru Accommodations - Wildland Adventures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Tambopata Research Center is a comfortable, rustic jungle lodge designed to maximize wildlife observation in the surrounding forest.
Tambopata Research Center was built to provide lodging for tourists and researchers, and to study and protect the adjacent macaw clay lick.
The lodge sits in a half-hectare forest clearing, 50 meters from the Tambopata River and 300 meters from the macaw clay lick.
www.wildland.com /trips/details/TRC_A.asp   (1185 words)

  
 Global Adrenaline :: Latin America :: Peru :: Tambopata Amazon Adventure
The Tambopata Research Center is a spartan yet comfortable 13 bedroom lodge built with the object of lodging tourists and researchers alike and of protecting the adjacent macaw clay lick.
Travel to Tambopata Research Center can be done on any of the daily commercial flights to Puerto Maldonado, where we board a boat for the seven-hour boat ride up the Tambopata River to the Tambopata Research Center in the navel of the completely uninhabited, untouchable, core section of the 1.5 million-hectare Tambopata Candamo Reserved Zone.
Furthermore, Tambopata is the birthplace and current headquarters of the macaw rescue and reintroduction project, which was featured in the January 1994 issue of National Geographic magazine.
www.globaladrenaline.com /latinamerica/peru/trip3   (3168 words)

  
 CPD: South America, Site SA10, Tambopata Region, Peru
The Tambopata region (picture) of the south-western Amazon Basin and nearby Andes comprises the lowlands of the area south of the Madre de Dios River and east of the town of Puerto Maldonado in Madre de Dios Department, and the montane headwaters of the Tambopata River in Puno Department (Map 46).
The dominant vegetation of the lowland portion of the Tambopata region is tropical moist forest.
The human population in the lowlands of the Tambopata region consists of several indigenous groups (Arasaire, Ese-Eje, Huarayo), and an ethnically and culturally mixed group of recent migrants and longtime residents, mostly from the neighbouring highlands of Cuzco and Puno.
www.nmnh.si.edu /botany/projects/cpd/sa/sa10.htm   (2886 words)

  
 An Introduction to the Tambopata and Peru   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The protected areas at the centre of this proposal are the Tambopata National Reserve (TNR), created in 2001 with an area of 274,690 hectares, and the Bahuaja Sonene National Park (BSNP), first created in 1996 and subsequently extended in 2001 with a current area of 1.09 million hectares.
Biodiversity inventories have provided ample evidence that Tambopata is arguably the most diverse corner of Amazonia and Puerto Maldonado was officially recognised by the Peruvian government as the Biodiversity Capital of the nation in 1994.
Tambopata is home to approximately 7% of the world’s bird species (~600) and 4% of the world’s mammal species (~160).
www.faunaforever.com /areainfo.html   (262 words)

  
 Tambopata Expedition Express tambopata research center, peru tours and expeditions. All-inclusive tours
Tambopata Expedition Express tambopata research center, peru tours and expeditions.
Upon arrival from Lima or Cuzco, reception and transfer to the Tambopata river port in Puerto Maldonado.
Puerto Maldonado is situated at the confluence of the mighty Madre de Dios and Tambopata Rivers (map) and is a bustling, booming tropical frontier town.
www.travel-peru.net /tambopataexpress.htm   (1368 words)

  
 Tambopata Manu and Puerto Maldonado Travel Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Thousands of visitors are drawn to the diversity of the area's forests and rivers, arriving in the city of Puerto Maldonado, the capital of the department of Madre de Dios, ready to set out on a journey filled with excitement and discovery.
Tambopata Candamo Reserved Area, which is famous for featuring the greatest diversity of species of mammals, trees, insects and birds on Earth.
Puerto Maldonado is located in the confluence of the rivers Tambopata and Madre de Dios; it is characterized by their notable delay in the economic development, due to the lack of appropriate communication roads.
www.go2peru.com /manu_tambopata_travel_guide.htm   (660 words)

  
 Tambopata, Bahuaja Sonene National Parks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Tambopata Reserve has been the subject of numerous TV documentaries.
The Tambopata - Candamo region holds several world records in flora and fauna species numbers for the 5,500 hectare region: 545 bird species, 1122 butterfly species, 151 dragonfly species, and 29 species of tiger beetles.
El Chuncho Clay Lick is a low cliff located along a tributary of the Tambopata, 5 hours upstream from Puerto Maldonado (40 minutes from WASAI Lodge).
www.wasai.com /tambopata.htm   (521 words)

  
 Peru Guia de Parques Reserva Nacional Tambopata-Candamo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Tambopata National Reserve was declared by means of the Supreme Law # 048-2000-AG, resulting from the proposition put forth by the area's committee planner.
Also, a damp area of the Tambopata National Reserve was determined as the Bahuaja Sonene National Park, formed by 271,582 hectares exclusive of the Candamo Tambopata Reserve.
The Tambopata National Reserve has a surface area of 274,690 hectares and is located in the Madre de Dios area and the Tambopata province.
peru.gotolatin.com /eng/Guide/PeruNationalParks/TambopataCandamo/Tambopata-Candamo-1.asp   (455 words)

  
 Sacred Earth - Tambopata Research Center and Posada Amazonas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The forest surrounding the Tambopata Research Center is unique in that it presents a tapestry of seven distinct rain forest habitats and their respective transitions, all within an area of approximately 5 square kilometers.
Tambopata Research Center is located in a half hectare clearing 50 meters from the Tambopata River and 300 meters from the macaw clay lick.
Tambopata Research Center is rustic, but provides all necessary creature comforts to enjoy an authentic wilderness experience.
www.sacredearth.com /travel_info/features/trc/trcpal.htm   (1314 words)

  
 Tambopata/Candamo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Exciting jungle expedition in the tropical rainforest in one of the remotest corners of Perú, at the Tambopata Candamo Natural Reserve, near the Bolivian and Brazilian border on the edge of the Amazon basin.
As we leave the last traces of civilization, we enter pristine rain forest using the river as a highway, we'll float down camping on sandy beaches along the way where we will have a chance to encounter wild life.
Surrounded by lush vegetation, we'll run class III and IV rapids and there is a good chances of running into monkeys, capybaras, tapirs and giant river otters among other animals.
www.puravidapatagonia.com.ar /tambo-eng.htm   (448 words)

  
 Peru ecoutourism,Posada Amazonas - Tambopata Research Center, Peru amazon jungle lodge
Tambopata Research Center is located on a half-hectare clearing 50 meters from the Tambopata River and 300 meters from the largest known macaw clay lick.
Tambopata Research Center is located in the uninhabited 700,000 hectare core area of the Tambopata Candamo Reserved Zone in southeastern Amazonian Peru.
Tambopata Research Center is composed of four interconnected, hatch-roofed buildings whose design is based on traditional low-impact native architecture providing the creature comforts necessary for enhancing our wilderness experience without compromising authenticity.
www.orquidea.net /posada.htm   (1187 words)

  
 Tambopata Peru; 4 days tour in the rainforest at Tambopata Park   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This program includes walks through the heart of the reserved area of Tambopata Candamo and the Bahuaja Sonene National park.
During the trip we will be able to observe the local farms, while groups of birds pass over the boat.
You will see a magical sunrise and it is a great opportunity to see animals such as capybaras, tapir, Jaguar, and deer in the surrounding virgin forest.
www.tambopata.com /tambo.htm   (665 words)

  
 Tambopata River Rafting Adventure Trip Notes. Peru
As more tributaries join the Tambopata, the river increases in volume creating some exciting class IV rapids as we near our destination, Puerto Maldonado, and a comfortable jungle lodge.
he Tambopata National Reserve is considered to be the world’s best preserved rainforest reserve and is home to jaguars, tapirs, giant otters, capybaras as well as over 800 species of bird and 1200 species of butterfly.
Our destination is the world’s largest clay lick where in the early morning and evening hundreds of macaws gather to eat the clay from the river bank, using it as a natural source of salts and minerals.
www.journeylatinamerica.co.uk /adventure/itins/tambopata.shtml   (641 words)

  
 Tambopata Peru - Introduction to the rainforest - High quality Ecotours - Tambopata National Reserve Peru- InkaNatura ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Heath lick is the only one of the five that can be reached the same day that you fly by jet from Cusco, thus saving one or two nights over other licks.
Finally, the rainforest on both sides of the Heath River is fully representative of the world's most biologically diverse habitat--the Amazon forest at the foot of the eastern slope of the Andes.
Tambopata Expeditions, Sandoval Lake lodge nature tours from Puerto Maldonado to Tambopata Reserve.
www.inkanatura.com /tambopatanationalreserveinperu.asp   (415 words)

  
 Tambopata Research Center
Tambopata Research Center is located in a half hectare (one acre) clearing located in the uninhabited 700,000 hectare core area (which includes the Bahuaja Sonene National Park) of the Tambopata Candamo Reserved Zone in southeastern Amazonian Peru, 500 meters from the world’s largest macaw clay lick.
Tambopata Research Center is composed of 4 interconnected, thatch-roofed buildings designed after traditional low-impact native architecture providing the creature comforts necessary for enhancing your wilderness experience without compromising authenticity.
The Tambopata Research Center offers its guests beds with mosquito netting for your comfort as well as unobstructed views of the forest from your room.
www.lostworldadventures.com /property.php/pid/41   (267 words)

  
 Conservation International - CI Library - Videos - Return to Tambopata
Tambopata, in the Peruvian Amazon, is one of them.
In 1990, Tambopata Candamo was declared a Reserved Zone, a temporary protected area.
While he shares impressions and feelings, the images reveal the majesty of the forest, the life of the nut collectors and the challenge it represents for its inhabitants.
www.conservation.org /xp/CIWEB/library/videos/tambopata.xml   (223 words)

  
 Luxury Amazon Rainforest Tours & Lodges: Tambopata Research Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The lowland rain forests of Tambopata lie far enough south of the Equator to provide a cooler, drier winter season between May and October, which also happens to be the major season for international travel.
In Tambopata the average daytime high temperature is between 82° and 93° F (25° and 31° C) and the average nighttime low is between 62° and 73° F (16° and 22 °C).
Posada Amazonas is located on the banks of the Tambopata River in the grounds of the community, adjacent to the Tambopata National Reserve.
www.inkas.com /tours/amazon/tambopata_predeparture.html   (3112 words)

  
 UNODC - Alternative Development in the valleys of Tambopata and
The Tambopata and Inambari riversheds are located in the subtropical forest in the south of Peru, near the border with Bolivia.
The envisaged project area of 900,000 hectares is populated by some 24,000 inhabitants or 4800 families in the rural areas, mainly migrants from the highlands of Puno.
Following a drop in the coffee price and the introduction of the market economy, which led to the elimination of any kind of subsidies for agricultural crops, farmers started to engage in the production of coca leaf, which up to then had been cultivated mainly for traditional use.
www.unodc.org /unodc/ru/alternative_development_database_08.html   (436 words)

  
 PERU Tambopata ,short jungle expedition II(6 Days) by Tropical American Adventure.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
We will arrive at Tambopata Research Center in the late morning, being greeted by the Chicos, our flock of semi-wild, rescued macaws.
It begins with a description of the daily spectacle at the clay lick:" When the morning sun clears the Amazon tree line in southeastern Peru and strikes a gray-pink clay bank on the upper Tambopata River, one of the world's most dazzling wildlife gatherings is nearing its riotous peak.
The teep bank has become a pulsing, 130-foot-high palette of red, blue, yellow and green as more than a thousand parrots squabble over choice perches to grab a beak full of clay, a vital but mysterious part of their diet.
www.peru-eureka.com /tambopata1.htm   (1222 words)

  
 Tambopata National Reserve Bahuaja — Sonene National Park
The Tambopata region of the southwestern Amazon Basin and nearby Andes comprises the lowlands south of the Madre de Dios River along the border of Peru and Bolivia.
Bahuaja-Sonene is located within the Vilcabamba-Amboró biodiversity corridor and adjacent to Madidi National Park, part of a contiguous region of 7.4 million acres of rich tropical habitat that is among the most biologically diverse on Earth.
Of interest two of the most important ecological areas of Tambopata are Sandoval Lake, located within the Bahuaja-Sonene National Park, a short distance from the Madre de Dios River, and the Esa Eja Heath area, home of the Esa Eja Sonene Indians located on the Peruvian side of the Heath River.
peruperu.com /tambopata.htm   (892 words)

  
 Journeys - Ecotours and Travel - Amazon Wildlife Odyssey
Situated at the confluence of the mighty Madre de Dios and Tambopata Rivers it is a bustling, booming tropical frontier town.
Thanks to its location in the Tambopata National Reserve buffer zone, Refugio Amazonas is an excellent option for introductory nature tours and the ideal stepping stone for longer explorations to the Tambopata Research Center.
The Tambopata Research Center is a basic yet comfortable 13 bedroom lodge built with the object of lodging tourists and researchers alike and of protecting the adjacent macaw clay lick.
www.journeys-intl.com /destinations/americas/peru/137   (2403 words)

  
 Tambopata Reserve
The Tambopata Candamo Reserved Zone (TCRZ) is a 3.7 million acre reserve in southeastern Amazonian Peru created in 1990 by the national government working in partnership with local grassroots and international conservation organizations.
The rest of the reserve remains protected as a transitional conservation unit until further studies are undertaken determining the area's gas, agriculture, timber and tourism resources and potentials.
Fortunately, Tambopata Research Center and the macaw clay lick were included in the area directly across the river from the National Park, and Posada Amazonas is well within the lands owned and managed by the Ese'eja native community.
www.amazonadventures.com /tambopata.htm   (603 words)

  
 ...::: Panorama viajes | turismo :::...
Started back in 1991 the Libertador Tambopata Lodge is one of the most established eco-tourism lodges along the Tambopata River, reinforcing the status of the area as one of the major rainforest eco-tourism destinations in South America.
The TCRZ is an immense area (6000 square kilometres) protected by the Peruvian state and located in the southeastern region of Madre de Dios.
On the other side of the Tambopata River from the lodge are two ox-bow lake systems, Condenado and Sachavacayoc, which are frequently visited by us and which allow for a relaxing view of the forest and marshland from dugout canoes.
www.panorama-peru.com /eng/pem404.asp   (1015 words)

  
 Tambopata   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Tambopata English Centre started as a night school and now runs classes in the day.
The volunteers have a varied week, some of it is spent up the Tambopata river teaching English at the lodges.
The Tambopata area is in the Amazon basin and stretches to the foothills of the Andes.
www.projecttrust.org.uk /projects/peru/tambopata.htm   (269 words)

  
 Río Tambopata
Colonel P.H Fawcett was the first to run Tambopata River in 1911.
The logistics of arriving to and leaving from the Tambopata are challenging.
Later we found out that these birds had fallen out of their nests as hatchlings and had been raised in a jungle orphanage.
www.peruwhitewater.com /Tambopata.htm   (772 words)

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