At Rainforest Expeditions’ Remote Tambopata Research Center / Eco-Lodge Guests Learn from Field Scientists
06-14-2012
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For Immediate Release
At Rainforest Expeditions’ Remote Tambopata Research Center / Eco-Lodge
Guests Learn from Field Scientists Engaged in High Tech Wildlife Study
All-inclusive Nature and Wildlife Holidays Start at Just $180 per Person per Night
LIMA, Peru, June 14, 2012– Peru’s visionary leader in sustainable tourism, Rainforest Expeditions http://www.perunature.com/, offers all-inclusive multiple-night learning opportunities starting at just $180 per person, double occupancy, per night at its Tambopata Research Center, an eco-lodge in the Peruvian Amazon about as far away from civilization as one can get in this part of the world.
Programs that involve lodge guests in various presentations and lectures by resident scientists and biologists begin at $1,080 for seven days and six nights and $795 for five days and four nights, per person based on double occupancy. Included are all meals, accommodations, guided jungle excursions, lodge services, all river transportation, and transfer from and to the airport of Puerto Maldonado. There is a four-night minimum to visit here because of travel time.
The Tambopata Research Center ( http://www.perunature.com/tambopata-research-center.html) focuses on one of the top wildlife spectacles of the world, the largest known  clay lick in the Amazon, frequented by hundreds of parrots, parakeets and macaws, located just 500 yards from the 18-room eco-lodge.
“Utilizing the latest techniques and high tech equipment we are constantly breaking new ground in the study of parrots, macaws and other creatures in the rainforest,” says Jeff Cremer, spokesperson for Rainforest Expeditions.
With continued research funding from Rainforest Expeditions, macaws are now being tracked by satellite as they fly over and forage in the rainforests of southeastern Peru and adjacent Bolivia. Other aspects of the macaw project include the development of techniques for salvaging DNA from feathers for use in population genetic studies, and clay lick management.
Scientific study has been conducted at the Tambopata Research Center for nearly 20 years and guests can get involved through lectures and Q&A opportunities over dinner.
The lodge offers a common area with dining room, bar, lounge and interpretation center. Nearby are hiking trails accessing pristine Amazonian rainforest inclusive of five habitats: bamboo, flood plain, terra firma, palm and riverine forest. A small jungle tower offers views of the palm swamp and blue and gold macaws that inhabit the area surrounding it.
Other surprises include excursions with naturalist guides who reveal herds of White-lipped peccary, troops of Brown Capuchin and Squirrel monkeys, an Amazonian tapir and a bewildering array of birds. Other lodge activities include stand up paddleboarding, kayaking and excursions into the uninhabited heart of the rainforest.
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