UJ #9 - Adventure in Peru
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PUERTO ENTREVISTA MALDONADO-<br />
RAINFOREST<br />
PROGRAMME<br />
4D/3N<br />
DAY 1 PUERTO MALDONADO-REFUGIO<br />
AMAZONAS<br />
- Arrival and reception by your guide.<br />
- Transport from the airport to the office <strong>in</strong> Puerto<br />
Maldonado.<br />
- Transport from the Puerto Maldonado office to the<br />
port of Tambopata.<br />
- Transport by boat from Tambopata to Refugio Amazonas.<br />
- Lunch (box lunch).<br />
- D<strong>in</strong>ner.<br />
- Expedition <strong>in</strong> search of alligators.<br />
- Overnight stay at Refugio Amazonas<br />
DAY 2 REFUGIO AMAZONAS-TAMBOPATA<br />
NATURE RESERVE<br />
- Breakfast.<br />
- Visit to the lake.<br />
- Lunch.<br />
- Visit to a local farm.<br />
- Ethnobotany tour<br />
- D<strong>in</strong>ner.<br />
- Presentation about the Tambopata Nature Reserve.<br />
- Overnight stay at Refugio Amazonas.<br />
You also have your own land <strong>in</strong> Qu<strong>in</strong>cemil. Are you th<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g of us<strong>in</strong>g<br />
it for tourism <strong>in</strong> any way?<br />
Yes, I’m work<strong>in</strong>g on a tended camp project, that is, a campsite for those who<br />
want to experience camp<strong>in</strong>g and nature without hav<strong>in</strong>g to carry a tent or sleep<strong>in</strong>g<br />
bag. I will have ten tents, a cook<strong>in</strong>g and eat<strong>in</strong>g area and fully equipped<br />
bathrooms. Apart from that, I’m mak<strong>in</strong>g a kitchen garden to produce organic<br />
vegetables, fruit and mushrooms. Everyth<strong>in</strong>g grows here! My idea is to concentrate<br />
on grow<strong>in</strong>g native mushrooms.<br />
“The biodiversity of this area is impressive. On my land you can see mammals<br />
such as tapirs, anteaters, saj<strong>in</strong>os, martas and armadillos; they all use it, the<br />
important th<strong>in</strong>g is not to them”.<br />
How do you see <strong>Peru</strong> as an adventure tourism dest<strong>in</strong>ation?<br />
I see it as a once-<strong>in</strong>-a-lifetime opportunity for travellers, wherever they go.<br />
There are <strong>in</strong>numerable options for all tastes; from cross<strong>in</strong>g the desert on a<br />
pre-Hispanic road, to climb<strong>in</strong>g the most spectacular mounta<strong>in</strong>s <strong>in</strong> the world.<br />
After the Himalayas, the world’s highest peaks are here, <strong>in</strong> the Andes. Furthermore,<br />
<strong>Peru</strong> has an <strong>in</strong>comparable comb<strong>in</strong>ation of nature and culture; that is<br />
difficult to f<strong>in</strong>d anywhere else.<br />
Which activity attracts most adventure tourists to <strong>Peru</strong> and which has<br />
the greatest potential for growth?<br />
In first place is trekk<strong>in</strong>g, then mounta<strong>in</strong> bik<strong>in</strong>g; there is much more to be done<br />
<strong>in</strong> this sector. Cyclists are impressed by the variety of routes we have.<br />
“Thanks to roads such as the Southern Inter-Ocean Highway, new adventurers<br />
are emerg<strong>in</strong>g: bikers. Groups come to <strong>Peru</strong> from Brazil, go on to Chile<br />
and end up <strong>in</strong> Patagonia or cross Argent<strong>in</strong>a to Uruguay and Paraguay. This<br />
is a new segment and we have to take advantage of it. In the high season<br />
twenty or thirty motorbikes traverse the highway every day”.<br />
DAY 3 REFUGIO AMAZONAS<br />
- Breakfast.<br />
- Visit to a salt lick to see parrots and other birds.<br />
- Lunch.<br />
- Visit to chestnut wood and chestnut gatherers.<br />
- Visit to a salt lick used by mammals.<br />
- D<strong>in</strong>ner.<br />
- Night-time ramble.<br />
- Overnight stay at Refugio Amazonas.<br />
DAY 4 REFUGIO AMAZONAS-TAMBOPATA-<br />
PUERTO MALDONADOO<br />
- Breakfast.<br />
- Transport by boat from Refugio Amazonas to the<br />
port of Tambopata.<br />
- Transport from Tambopata to the office <strong>in</strong> Puerto<br />
Maldonado.<br />
- Transport from the Puerto Maldonado office to the<br />
airport.