The southern Amazon region of Puerto Maldonado, with the Tambopata and Madre de Dios rivers and adjacent national reserves, remains one of the wildest areas in the world, but with an amazing infrastructure for ecotourism, allowing travelers to have one of the most direct and personal experiences with the rich surrounding nature.
Peru’s southern Amazon region offers comfort, but above all, genuine and close contact with the rainforest, the freedom to explore and slow down, taking time to appreciate the beauty of life firsthand.
From consciously connecting with an indigenous community and their living ancestral traditions, to enjoying yoga and gourmet nutrition at one of the region’s wellness centers, the southern Amazon invites you to connect with something deep and powerful, while the external environment, the vastness and raw power of the jungle, moves you to the core.
From your lodge, among biologists and researchers, dine on fresh, exotic fruits and feel life at its finest, creeping around you and your definition of reality. Take day and night hikes, as well as boat rides, to observe nature up close and personal, spotting the daring monkeys, the beautiful macaws feeding on clay licks in one of nature’s most celebrated spectacles, the stealthy caimans and, if you’re lucky and blessed by the forest spirits, the elusive and graceful jaguar.
At night, in the comfort of your mosquito net tightly wrapped around your mattress, enjoy the symphony of the jungle after dark – there’s nothing like it. Dare to let your imagination take you away as you wonder which creature is making each unique sound, from the subtle to the wild.
The magic of the Amazon is not just in the larger animals and immense trees; There is so much richness of life in every square metre: the termites, the spiders and the butterflies all part of a mind-blowing ecosystem. A giant leap from the modern world, revel in the profound sense of peace and perspective offered by the lodges in this region, where you can be slow and still while everything around you moves and breathes, in a surprising symbiosis that reminds us of the power and magic of nature.
