08:30    Departure from Mashaquipe office in Rurrenabaque – 3 hour boat trip with spectacular view of Beni and Tuichi rivers to enter Madidi National Park – view of impressive
landscape of Bala Canyon – visit to Villa Alcira, originarian comunity to learn about their way of life and experience sugarcane pressing

11:30    Arrival at “Mashaquipe” Ecolodge – welcome drink of natural local fruit juice – accommodation in lodges

12:30    Lunch – local foods and traditional dishes – short rest

14:30    Walk along “Dry Creek” Trail – view of a variety of plants to learn about their many uses for medicines, crafts and construction materials – view of some species of monkeys, peccaries, birds and many insects (all subject to season availability)

19:30    Dinner – rest for the night

07:30    Breakfast – with typical local beverages, fruits and pastries

08:30    Walk along “Dry Creek” Trail – view of a variety of plants to learn about their many uses for medicines, crafts and construction materials – probability of seeing some species of monkeys, peccaries, birds and many insects (all subject to season availability)

12:30    Lunch – local foods and traditional dishes – short rest

14:30    Departure on Trail to “Arenalito” refuge for a night campout in the jungle – All camping equipment will be provided at lodge. Aproximate 3 hour walk.

On arrival at refuge, walk to high lookout to see impressive sunset landscape of Amazon jungle and rivers

19:00    Dinner at refuge – cooked on wood-fire

20:00    Night walk with great possibilities of sighting nocturnal animals like armadillos, snakes, tapir, monkeys and birds. Great chance to hear the roar of the jaguar.

22:00    Return to refuge for night rest

05:00    Early rise to appreciate impressive sunrise and the sound of howler monkeys and birds greeting the new day

07:30    Breakfast on the trail

08:00    Walk to “Caquiahuara macaw Cliff” – view of parabas in natural nesting habitat from a high lookout, aswell as large native trees and plants to learn about their many uses for medicines, crafts and construction materials

12:30    Lunch at “Arenalito” Refuge

15:00    Walk to Tuichi River to experience building a log raft “Callapo”: rustic transportation of the indigenous people of the Amazon, and travel downriver on raft back to “Mashaquipe” Lodge.

Camping equipment will be transported on motorboat which will be available for tourists that may not wish to travel on log-raft

19:30    Dinner at “Mashaquipe” Lodge – rest for the night

06:30    Breakfast – with typical local beverages, fruits and pastries

07:00    1 ½ hour boat trip return to Rurrenabaque

09:00    Car trip to Santa Rosa – great probability of seeing sloths, anteaters, birds, and other local animals

11:30    15 minute boat trip to “Las Tortugas” Ecolodge – accomodation in lodges

12:30    Lunch – local foods and traditional dishes – short rest

14:30    Boat trip along Yacuma river for sport fishing, with great chance of catching piranhas and other native river fish – view of caiman, capybara, turtles and many bird species.

19:30    Dinner at lodge – rest for the night

05:30    Early rise to appreciate impressive sunrise and listen to howler monkeys and birds herald the awakening of the pampas

07:30    Breakfast – with typical local beverages, fruits and pastries

08:30    Boat trip along Yacuma river – great chance for swimming with pink river dolphin (season availability) – view of caiman, capybaras, turtles and local bird species

12:30    Lunch – local foods and traditional dishes

13:30    Return to Rurrenabaque – 3 hour car drive