QUARTER DAY EXCURSIONS:

RAINFOREST GARDEN
Walk along the lodge trails to the Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica Rainforest Garden just around the cabanas. This interesting native garden was started by the locals more than ten years ago showcasing native plants, trees and orchids. Learn to identify orchids, its flower parts, pollinators and different habitats. Know the fascinating history and legends, the practical and beneficial use of indigenous plants, as well as other remarkable rainforest flora. An in-depth explanation familiarizes you with the process, traditional use and highly interesting benefits of the plants and trees used for construction including those that were used for building the lodge, some of its fixtures, as well as native clothing accessories.
Duration: 1/4 day.
Difficulty Level: I
Schedules: Morning and afternoon
Frequency: Daily
Attractions: Birds / Medicinal plants / Photos
RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN

NATIVE EXPERIENCE
Visit an indigenous Southeastern Amazon family, part of Inkaterra culture conservation & support project for the native community, help preserve their age-old customs while adapting to modern life. A twenty minute boat ride will take you to this local household, where you will see prototypes of their ancestral dwellings. You will be introduced to the family members who, along with the Inkaterra interpreter’s simultaneous translation, will show you their customs, traditional daily living, basic hunting skills, farming and food preparation. You will also see a cemetery replica to see their traditions about their deceased; however the fun part begins when you play their native games, such as their spinning top, among other ingenious diversions.
Duration: 1/4 day.
Difficulty Level: I
Schedules: Morning and afternoon
Frequency: Daily
Attractions: Native Community / Medicinal plants / Native food / Native skills / Photo
RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN

TWILIGHT RIVER
On this guided afternoon boat ride, you will witness the enchanting transformation from a diurnal to a nocturnal environment, as animals and birds of the daytime are replaced by species specially adapted to the night. As you enjoy their paradise, you will learn about their habits while searching for nightjars, owls, capybaras and caimans. In addition, on a clear night the southern hemisphere stars can be appreciated.
Duration: 1/4 day.
Difficulty Level: I
Schedules: afternoon
Frequency: Daily
Attractions: Photos & Astronomy
RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN

RAINFOREST BY NIGHT
Walk through the Inkaterra Ecological Reserve at night for an approximately 2-hour excursion. Biological activity differs greatly between night and day in the Amazonian ecosystem. Venture into the forest and experience the mystery of the animal activity that awakens in the rainforest after dark, enhancing animal resources to create new adaptation mechanisms. Listen to nocturnal forest sounds and spot species that only emerge at night.
Duration: 1/4 day.
Difficulty Level: I
Schedules: afternoon
Frequency: Daily
Attractions: Footprints / Astronomy
RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN

HALF DAY EXCURSIONS

CANOPY WALKWAY
Take a 15-minute walk along the trail towards the Inkaterra Canopy Interpretation Center. A short briefing will be given about the project history, structure and the highlights in this unforgettable adventure at the Canopy Walkway. You will ascend the first tower and walk through the treetops of the giant Amazon Basin, across hanging bridges. Views unimaginable from below and possible only from the air, are revealed on this network of towers, bridges and platforms. Be on the lookout for different birds of the jungle, such as toucans, woodpeckers, trogons, among many others, or try to identify them through their songs, from the observation decks. Learn about the interrelationship of the flora and fauna at the various levels of the forest and its integration into the jungle ecosystem.
Duration: 1/2 day
Difficulty Level: II
Schedules: Morning and afternoon
Frequency: Daily
Attractions: Birds / Frogs /Ants / Footprints / Photos
RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN

CANOPY AND ANACONDA WALK
A five-minute boat ride takes you to the Canopy Inkaterra Interpretation Center. After ascending the first tower, at 30 meters above the forest floor, you will literally walk through the treetops for one and a half hours along suspension bridges that link eight observation platforms. Enjoy landscapes and vistas that would be unimaginable from below, while on the look-out for giant strangler fig trees, orchids, toucans, woodpeckers, trogons and –with luck- monkeys or sloths. After your descent from the Canopy, experience the Anaconda Walk for about 30 minutes along the 200-meter wooden bridge over the Aguajales swamps. In this lush eco system, you may observe the various species of amphibians, serpents, birds, mammals and abundant flora and trees of this flooded marshland. The walk finishes by returning to the lodge.
Duration: 1/2 day.
Difficulty Level: II.
Scheduled: Morning and Afternoon.
Frequency: Daily.
Included: Canopy kit.
Attractions: Birds / Photography / Astronomy.
RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN

LAKE SANDOVAL
A 30-minute boat ride takes you to the Tambopata National Reserve, where wildlife surrounds you as you enjoy the one and a half hour walk along three kilometers of trails to reach Lake Sandoval. Glide in a wooden canoe, across a beautiful, mirror-like oxbow lake that is home to the endangered giant river otter, as well as red howler monkeys, macaws, prehistoric hoatzins, also called “shanshos”, anacondas, point-tailed palm creepers and side-neck turtles. You will spend two hours on the lake, looking at all is has to offer.
Duration: 1/2 day
Difficulty Level: II
Scheduled: Morning and Afternoon.
Frequency: Daily.
Attractions: Birds / Photos / Ants & Canoe
RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN
   except during the months of rain, between December and March

HACIENDA CONCEPCION
A 35-minute ride upriver takes you to Hacienda Concepcion, home to a remarkable Botanical Garden with over 200 different species of rainforest plants. An in-depth explanation familiarizes you with the processing, uses and benefits of these traditional indigenous plants, including fascinating native medicinal uses. Next, take a 30-minute canoe trip on a small lake and watch for wildlife – turtles, giant river otters, sun grebes, nightjars and herons. The activity ends at Concepcion Educational Research Facility where exhibits, designed by the National Geographic Society, tell the story of the remarkable Madre de Dios region.
Duration: 1/2 day
Difficulty Level: II
Scheduled: Morning and Afternoon.
Frequency: Daily.
Attractions: Footprints / Birds / Native skills / Medicinal plants / Ants / Canoe & Native food
RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN

GAMITANA CREEK
Long walk following the Gamitana creek. 1 ½-hour walk through a narrow trail towards “Sanipanga”. 1-hour canoe ride down stream to the Gamitana Model Farm. Interpretation of creek ecosystems. Walk through the Model Farm. Return to the lodge by boat.
Duration: 1/2 day
Difficulty Level: III
Scheduled: Morning
Frequency: Daily
Meal: Large Snack
Attractions: Birds / Fishing / Native skills / Native food / Canoe

FULL DAY EXCURSIONS

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BIRDWATCHING
Bird watching experience in the rainforest. Travel by boat or walk through the forest accompanied by an Inkaterra experienced guide searching for your preferred bird species. Return to the lodge by sunset. (The interpretation level will vary according to preferences).
Duration: 1 day
Difficulty Level: II
Scheduled: Morning
Meal: Picnic
Attractions: Birds / Canoe

BUTTERFLY HOUSE, SPECIALIZED VISIT
This one-hour-long excursion provides you with an introduction to the amazing world of butterflies at the Inkaterra Butterfly House in Puerto Maldonado, near the airport. The Tambopata National Reserve and Peru hold various records in butterflies’ species numbers. Enjoy a personalized excursion accompanied by Inkaterra interpreter who will explain the diverse characteristics of this wonderful species. There are 3,800 species in Peru, and many of these can be found at the Butterfly House, which showcases the varied beauty and adaptability of these colorful insects.
Duration: 1/4 day
Difficulty Level: II
Scheduled: Morning
Frequency: Daily
Attractions: Butterflies
RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN