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Tambopata National Reserve is a nature reserve in the Peruvian Amazon Basin. The forests adjacent to the rivers Heath and Tambopata have two important ecosystems and are noted for its biodiversity, representing native flora and fauna with 165 species and 41 families of trees, 103 species of mammals, 1300 species of butterflies and 90 species of amphibians.
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The Bahuaja-Sonene National Park contains the tropical forests and tropical foothills of Puno, dwarf forests, and the Heath Pampas.The park contains some 20,000 plant species, at least 600 bird species, and 174 species of mammals, 100 reptiles and amphibians, 232 fish and 1,300 butterfly. Rare species include the Giant Otter, Spectacled Bear, Black Caiman, Marsh Deer, and the Maned Wolf.
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There are different etnic groups in Tambopata, Manu as well as all Madre de Dios department. Almost all the communities preserve their wide knoweledge on the forest as well as their rich culture. The communities can be visited, tourist can participate in their parties, singing and dancing, rent canoas built by native people, even some of them work as guides.
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Canopy walk way in Tamboppata consists in a walk through hanging bridges on the treetop (43 mts of high). It’s considered one of the safest and sophisticated canopy walkways systems in the world, it has an observation tower of 35m, 7 bridges with special cables and lateral mesh, and 8 treetop observation platforms.
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The world's largest known mineral clay lick, where hundreds of parrots and macaws of up to 15 species congregate daily to ingest the detoxifying clay, is located less than 500 meters from Tambopata Research Center.
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Lago Sandoval is located in Tambopata. It has a circuit of canoeing which is considered one of the most exciting and beautiful circuit of Peru. Herons, egrets, kingfishers, and other waterfowl hunt along its edges; several species of monkeys forage in the lakeside foliage; and chestnut-fronted macaws fly squawking overhead. A family of elusive giant otters lives in Lake Sandoval
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The Pampas del Heath are located along both sides of the Heath River, in Bolivia and Peru. They are among the last well-conserved Amazonian savannas, home of the Maned Wolf.
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Isla de los Monos is Peru's "Monkey Island." It's home to eight monkey species, as well as sloths, parrots, macaws and other wildlife. The island is a private reserve where monkeys that were once held in captivity, or were confiscated from animal traffickers, now live in a natural environment. Since most of the animals are former pets, you can get very close to them.
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Warning:
Risk of yellow fever and other tropical diseases. Vaccination required
How to get there
By plane from Lima to Puerto Maldonado (PEM) airport