Inkaterra Hacienda Concepcion

(4 days / 3 nights)

Tambopata Vacation Package - The tour package includes:

	Transfers airport / lodge / airport in Puerto Maldonado
	3 nights accommodation at the lodge Inkaterra Hacienda Concepción, with welcome drink, welcome gift, tea time and cocktail hour.
	Breakfast, lunch and dinner at the lodge.
	Excursions mentioned in the program (Shared services - In group).
	Basic equipment for each excursion
	Entrance fee to Lake Sandoval (SERNAMP)
	English speaking guide and entrance fees.
	Optional flight tickets from Lima or from Cusco

Itinerary

Day 1: ... ( Lima or Cusco) / Puerto Maldonado (L-D)

• Start your journey arriving to Puerto Maldonado and checking-in at the Inkaterra Lounge, where our staff will welcome you and provide the necessary information for your stay.

• Navigate by outboard motorized canoe along the Madre de Dios River to Inkaterra Hacienda Concepción for approximately 25 minutes.

• Enjoy lunch with organic ingredients and native flavors.

• After lunch, take a walk through Concepcion Trails, inside property nature trails, where you will discover and learn about primary and secondary rainforest, its components, uses, transformations by the human being, and its relevance for the world.

• At dusk navigate by outboard motorized canoe, at the Twilight River excursion. By sailing on the Madre de Dios River, you will learn about its ecosystem, Amazonian creeks, nocturnal animals' behavior, and the southern constellations.

• In the evening enjoy a nice dinner in the Casa Grande's dining room.

• Overnight.

Day 2: (B-L-D)

• Buffet breakfast.

• New experiences are ahead and after taking the nutritious buffet breakfast, get ready for a long trek through terra firma into the Tambopata National Reserve towards Sandoval Lake. Here you will understand why Madre de Dios is called the biodiversity capital of Peru, while learning about the Reserve’s conservation efforts and the lake’s formation. Navigate by dugout canoe across this mirror-like oxbow lake that is home to the endangered giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis), Blue and Yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), Red howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus), Black caiman (Melanosuchus niger), and one of the world’s biggest fresh water scaled fish, the paiche (Arapaima gigas).

• Back to the lodge for lunch, and later the Inkaterra Canopy Walkway and Anaconda Walk await for you. Take a 20-minute ride by outboard motorized canoe to the Inkaterra Canopy Walkway Interpretation Center where you will learn about its construction and the conservation projects of ITA-Inkaterra Asociación (NGO). Ascend one of the two 98-foot towers (30 m.) and cross the 7 hanging bridges that connect the treetops at 91 ft. high (28 m.).

• Enjoy the breathtaking vistas and get the chance to watch white-throated toucans (Ramphastos tucanus), woodpeckers, trogons, squirrel monkeys (Saimiri boliviensis) and the three-toed sloth (Choleopus hoffmani). After descending keep on feeling the incredible primary rainforest energy going along the 200-meter wooden bridge over the swamps (aguajales). You will learn about the fauna and flora of this flooded ecosystem.

• At night get ready for an adventure at the Hidden Rainforest excursion, where you will explore the Amazon rainforest that gives way to nocturnal animals who display intriguing behavior patterns, and enhanced senses as adaptation mechanisms. Listen to nocturnal living nature sounds, and penetrate this hidden world.

• Return to the lodge and enjoy a nice dinner.

• Overnight.

Day 3: (B-L-D)

• Breakfast.

• The sun rises once again and after an early breakfast you will take our Native Farm excursion where you will be able to learn local techniques of cultivation and taste some of the products during the visit.

• Then visit the Botanical Garden, discover the immense variety of medicinal plants considered part of the “natural pharmacy” used by the habitants at the amazon region. Compare the medicinal uses of local medicine with traditional remedies.

• Getting back to Inkaterra Hacienda Concepción you will have lunch.

• Take a rest and get ready for the Cocha water excursion. Enjoy a dugout canoe ride on the Inkaterra Hacienda Concepción natural pond (cocha). Try native fishing applying the “catch and release” techniques, as you enjoy the scenery observing hoatzins (Opisthocomus hoazin), a diversity of fly catchers, and gray-necked woodrails. (Aramides cajanea)

• Disembark at the remains of Fitzcarrald steam boat; learn about its history and how it inspired Inkaterra to ask Werner Herzog to film the award-winning “Fitzcarraldo”, best director at Cannes, 1982. You will be able to participate in the Inland Collpa during the evening, where you will see different species and their night routines by observing through our “blinds”.

• End up your day with a pleasant dinner.

• Overnight.
  

Day 4: Fundo Concepción / Puerto Maldonado / .... (Lima o Cusco) (B)

• Buffet breakfast.

• After buffet breakfast, take a ride back to Puerto Maldonado by outboard motorized canoe for your flight to Lima or Cusco.

Recommendations

Baggage: Due to the difficulty of transporting large pieces of baggage by boat, we strongly recommend that you take only a backpack or small suitcase – just the essential items for your stay in the rainforest. Extra luggage can be stored in our office in Puerto Maldonado or in your hotel before departure to the Inkaterra Hacienda Concepción.

What to take: We recommend that you bring light clothes, long sleeve shirts, long pants, a jacket, bathing clothes, walking shoes, sunglasses, insect repellent, binoculars, and a flashlight.

 

Note: Check out time is at 11:00, you could choose to stay at the lodge or go earlier to Puerto Maldonado. Although lunch is not included on the last day, you can choose to have lunch at the lodge (pay directly at the hotel). For further assistance, please contact our reception team.

The program does not include:

• Flight ticket Lima / Puerto Maldonado / Lima ask for our promotional airfares.

• Alcoholic drinks and soft drinks.

• Personal expenses.

• Tips for guides and staff members.

• Any other service not mentioned in the program.

Inkaterra Hacienda Concepcion Rates 2016

Terms and Conditions:

• Rates apply to foreign tourists, not residents in Peru and there are expressed in U.S. Dollars. Our fares include all taxes.

• The system must only process reserves received at least 7 days before the date of trip.

• Unused services are not refundable

• Rates subject to change and / or availability

• Does not apply to dates of Easter, Independence Day (25 to 31 July), National Holidays, Christmas, New Year and Special Events

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