Peru Packages

Itineraries: Tahuayo Lodge

Amazon Wildlife Safari 4 Night Itinerary
(Itinerary can be changed to passengers request and interest)

Day 1 Arrival In Iquitos
After clearing baggage security in Iquitos Airport look for our staff, wearing tee shirts with our logo. Introduction to your private guide. By boat to lodge. First we travel up the Amazon River. Here we can see many marsh birds as well as small native villages that dot the river banks. then we go up a smaller tributary, the Tahuayo river, which leads to the Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo reserve. We arrive at the jungle lodge by mid afternoon. Orientation to the lodge, includes assigning cabin bungalows, research laboratory and library, dining hall and other facilities. Our lodge was rated as one of the "ten best wilderness lodges in the world" by Outside Magazine.Evening excursion by boat to see caiman crocodiles and tree boas.

Day 2 Tahuayo Lodge
Before breakfast birdwatching along riverbank environments. After breakfast hike through forest to see manakin lek and pygmy marmoset habitat. Then ascend into canopy onto platforms and use ziplines to travel to various canopy platforms. Afternoon continue exploration of surrounding forest ecosystems. Evening educational presentation of different ecosystem types found near the lodge.

Day 3 Tahuayo Lodge
Morning visit blackwater lake to investigate this watery ecosystem. Hydrophonic technology will be used to amplify the underwater noises made by aquatic animals. In the afternoon we will circle the lake to see a variety of nesting birds, then when the temperature becomes humid, swim with pink dolphins. It was here that Sy Montgomery studied the pink dolphins to write her two books about these fascinating freshwater mammals.
After supper evening excursion to see nocturnal birds such as boat-billed herons, night herons, paraques, nighthawks, potoos, nightjars and owls.

Day 4 Tahuayo Lodge
Before breakfast birdwatching in varzea ecology. After breakfast hike through forest where you native guide will identify medicinal plants. After lunch canoe into a blackwater lake to observe monkeys, nesting hoatzin birds and horned screamers. Evening farewell fiesta

Day 5 Tahuayo Lodge / Iquitos / Lima
Before breakfast birdwatching in a cocha (lake formed by a river meander). Morning hike to see giant kapok trees. Monkeys may be seen along the way.
After lunch transfer to Iquitos for your return flight.

Stay Extra Days
A great variety of activities are offered from our lodge in and around the Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve. Examples are swimming with pink dolphins, flying through the treetops on a canopy zipline, visiting native villages or having a session with a native shaman, visiting manakin lek, hiking to pygmy marmoset trees, canoeing into hoatzin rookery, etc. Every day your guide will post a variety of day and half day trips you can choose from. A private guide will be assigned for you to do any activity you select. No extra charge for a private guide or for an itinerary customized according to your pace and interests. Camping trips in the interior of the reserve, with all gear provided or jungle survival training are also offered for the adventurous traveler, at no extra charge.

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