[A]s excited as I am to share the wildlife we saw in the Peruvian Amazon, including jaguars and monkeys, I also want to show you what it was like to stay in the eco-lodges.
Refugio Amazonas is the largest of the three lodges operated by Rainforest Expeditions, and it's where I spent the first and last night of the trip.
Here, you can book extra activities like mountain biking, kayaking, or massages. I opted to conclude my adventure with a 40-minute jungle massage (highly recommended).
The Tambopata Research Center (TRC) is nestled deeper in the Tambopata National Reserve. The design is very similar, and the bedrooms are equally comfortable, though guests have shared bathrooms as opposed to the private ones at Refugio Amazonas.
Refugio Amazonas
Tambopata Research Center
The Food
The food on this trip was way beyond my expectations. I routinely went up for seconds, and there was always enough for many others to do the same.
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Disclosure: This tour is in partnership with Rainforest Expeditions. As always, any opinions expressed are entirely my own.
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The Eco lodges look pretty cool and the food looks good too! Btw what exactly is a jungle massage? I am intrigued!
Looking at the massage description, aside from the fact that the setting is IN the jungle, they use certain herbs in the massage oil. It also says leaves and river stones are used, but I don’t recall either.
I have just come back from Peru and so regret not visiting this place, it really looks incredible. I guess its a good reason to go back to Peru!
Hey dave, ALL Peruvian travelers should go to the Amazon! Hope that my adventures I just wrote about add to the discussion and interest of the Tombopato reserve … huge trees of the Tombopato Reserve and the macaw clay-lick on the Tombopato River of Peru hope it might adds!