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 Pacaya-Samiria Reserve
This is an unforgettable trip into virgin rainforest, little exertion is required but due to the isolation of area and extended periods traveling in dugout canoe we recommend limiting this trip to children over 12 years. For a detailed description on trips to the Pacaya Samiria Reserve see our Web Site it´s a jungle out there... in colaboration with the the Company of Tourist Services and Ecological Protection, Lagunas S.A.
Abiseo River National
Park, camping.
This trip is available between June and October, during the dry season in the jungle, and requires a minimum of 4. Total time 6 days and 5 nights - 3 nights camping within the Abiseo National Park.
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Rainforest
One of the best adventures
that Peru offers is a visit to the Amazon rainforest jungle and in the
Peruvian amazon one of the areas with the greatest diversification of
animals is the Pacaya-Samiria Nature Reserve. During the dry season
the area is full of wildlife and it is possible to see tapir, jaguar and
a great variety of monkeys and an uncountable variety of birds. During
the wet season the area is flooded forest and mammals are limited to those
that live in the water, or in trees such as birds, monkeys and sloths.
Our trip begins in Tarapoto from where we travel by land and riverboat
to the village of Lagunas on the southern edge of the Pacaya-Samiria Reserve.
From Lagunas we enter a small tributary of the Samiria river to begin
our expedition into the reserve traveling by dugout canoe and camping
at night on the beaches in dry periods and during the flooded periods
sleeping on temporary platforms. The normal length of this trip is 9 days
and the time spent in Reserve is 6 days and 5 nights. The last day in
Lagunas after leaving the Pacaya-Samiria reserve you can have the option
to travel down the Huallaga River to the Aipana River where pink freshwater
river dolphins are frequently seen.
Beginning in the high
jungle city of Tarapoto in N.E. Peru, you will travel by road 140 km.
to the jungle town of Juanjui where, after spending the night in a local
hotel, you will begin your trip up the Huayabamba and Abiseo Rivers by
motorized boat into the Abiseo River National Park. The park was
founded in 1983 and has been closed to visitors. Inside the park you will
be in a paradise of virgin jungle and cloud forests with crystal waters,
cascades and great diversity of wildlife such as: Howler monkeys, the
Tamarin monkeys, the nearly extinct Yellow-tailed Wooly monkey, river
otters, tapirs, the bispeckled bear, jaguar, a great variety of birds
including macaws, parrots, toucans and touncanets and official bird of
Peru the Cock-of-the-Rock.
You will set up base
camp in front of the spectacular Timon Waterfall, a natural shower. On
your first full day in the Park you will be transported up the Abiseo
River to a point near the junction with the Montecristo River where the
motorized boat will return to the base camp. Camping in the solitude of
the jungle will give you the opportunity to see some of the animals that
inhabit the park. On the following day you will begin the return by inflatable
river raft navigating the Class II and III rapids with time for exploring
the crystal waters of side streams that fall into the Abiseo.Your last
night in the park will be spent at the base camp and the following morning
you will raft to the mouth of the Abiseo from where the motorized boat
will meet the group for the return trip to Juanjui and Tarapoto.