Posada Amazonas

This program is for those looking to experience the rain forest on a more calmed pace. Walk the trails, visit the Ñape medicinal garden, the Tres Chimbadas oxbow lake, enjoy some hammock time and experience some days at this lodge in the middle of the Infierno Community private reserve.

Notes on Posada Amazonas Guiding Service
Guides are tourism professionals or local community members. Unless noted otherwise, our guides speak English. We assign guides at 10:1 ratio in Posada Amazonas. This means groups smaller than 10 people will be merged with other groups under one guide. If you would like a private guide for your group, please let us know in advance and we can provide a quote.

You can choose to participate in all of the suggested activities below or skip some if you prefer to relax at the lodge.

Day 1 - Overview

Transfer Airport to Puerto Maldonado Headquarters
Upon arrival to the airport, you will be welcomed at the airport and driven ten minutes to the Puerto Maldonado headquarters. While enjoying your first taste of the forest in the gardens, you will be able to pack only the necessary gear for your next few days. The rest of your luggage will stay safe in our safety deposit area in the head office. This helps us keep the boats and cargo light for the trip further into the jungle.

Transfer via land Puerto Maldonado Headquarters to Tambopata River Port
You will drive 20 kilometers through the city of Puerto Maldonado to the Tambopata River Port, entering the Native Community of Infierno. The port is a communal business.

You will be provided with a boxed lunch here.

Boat Transfer - Tambopata River Port to Posada Amazonas
You will board a boat for a forty five minute ride through the jungle from the Tambopata Port to Posada Amazonas. This ride will take you into the Community´s Primary Forest Private Reserve.

Arrival & Orientation
Upon arrival, the lodge manager will welcome you and brief on your stay. You will have time to settle into your rooms.

Canopy Tower
Only a twenty minute walk from Posada Amazonas, you will arrive at a 30 meter scaffolding canopy tower. A staircase with a banister running through the middle provides safe access to the platforms above. From atop, you will have spectacular views of the vast expanses of standing forest with the Tambopata River winding through the middle. If you are lucky, you will see toucans, parrots or macaws flying against the horizon while mixed species canopy flocks land in the treetop next to you.

Return to the lodge for dinner.

Ecotourism Lecture
A daily presentation on the Infierno ecotourism project is available every night from a staff member for those interested.

Within the pristine Amazon Rainforest, Posada Amazonas lodge connects you to the natural and cultural wonders of the Tambopata jungle. The lodge is conveniently located just two hours from Puerto Maldonado, yet it offers ample opportunities to observe wildlife and to discover ancient indigenous heritage.

While there's plenty of adventure as you explore the jungle, there is also plenty in store for your downtime. Relaxation is covered as you lounge in a locally-made hammock or get an Amazonian massage. When you're feeling more lively, check out our exclusive boutique filled with artisan goods, and the Ronsoco Bar, featuring rainforest-inspired cocktails alongside classics like the Pisco Sour.

Day 2 Overview

Breakfast at the lodge.

Tres Chimbadas Oxbow Lake
Tres Chimbadas is thirty minutes by boat and forty five minute hike from Posada Amazonas. Once there, you will paddle around the lake in a catamaran, searching for the resident family of nine giant river otters (seen by 60% of lake visitors) and other lakeside wildlife such as caiman, hoatzin and horned screamers. Otters are most active from dawn to eight or nine am.

Return to the lodge for lunch.

Ethnobotanical Tour
A twenty minute boat drive downriver leads you to a trail designed by the staff of the Centro Ñape. The Centro Ñape is a communal organisation that produces medicines out of forest plants and administers them to patients who use their clinic. They have developed a trail which explains the different medicinal (and other) uses of selected plants.

Return to the lodge for dinner.

Night walk
You have the option of hiking out at night, when most of the mammals are active but only rarely seen. Often seen however are the wide variety of frogs with shapes and sounds as bizarre as their natural histories.

Day 3 Overview

Breakfast at lodge.

Parrot Clay Lick
This clay lick is only a twenty minute walk from Posada Amazonas. From a blind (hidden lookout area) located about twenty meters away, you will see dozens of parrots and parakeets descend on most clear mornings to ingest the clay on a river bank. Species such as Mealy and Yellow- headed Amazon, Blue-headed Parrot and Dusky headed Parakeet descend at this clay lick. The clay lick is active at dawn, during the late mornings and mid-afternoons.

Ceiba Trail Hike
After the visit to the Clay Lick, embark on a two hour walk crowned by the largest tree in the vicinity: a giant ceiba tree. During the hike your guide will focus on the natural history of the rain forest and its principal taxonomic groups.

Return to the lodge for lunch.

Farm Visit
A thirty minute boat drive downriver takes us to the most complete farm in the community of Infierno. The owner grows a diverse variety of popular and unknown Amazon crops. In his garden, just about every plant and tree serves a purpose.

Return to the lodge for dinner.

Day 4 Overview 

Breakfast in the lodge.

Transfer via boat back to the Tambopata River Port. From here transfer via road the 20kms back to the Puerto Maldonado Headquarters. Here you will pick up the rest of your luggage before being transferred to the airport for you departure flight.