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Bei Biwa: Grand Combined Jungle & Pampas · 6 Days / 5 Nights

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Why book with us?

  • The lodge is owned by the Tacana community of San Miguel
  • Personal support before and during your trip
  • Nature and culture, sustainably
  • One of the pioneering community tourism ventures in Bolivia
  • Tourism income is reinvested in the community

Important!

  • The tour start time can be adjusted to your flight arrival time in Rurrenabaque (we coordinate your airport pick-up and take you straight to the tour).
  • The program can be adjusted to your interests.
  • If you prefer, you can ask for a female guide for the whole tour.

Do you have any questions?

Feel free to call us or message us on WhatsApp. We will be happy to help. +(591) 71143532 – +(591) 68959906 Message us on WhatsApp ventas@delbala.com

Tour Details

Location

Rurrenabaque – Parque Nacional Madidi – Pampas of the Yacuma

Wildlife sightings are not guaranteed: they depend on the season and on animal behaviour.

Duration

6 days 5 nights

Price includes

  • Transfer to and from the airport
  • Full board: breakfast, lunch and dinner, plus a snack on full-day excursions (see gastronomy)
  • Bottled water
  • Local community guide (Spanish). English-speaking guide on request, subject to availability
  • Rooms (single, double or triple)
  • Land Transportation and River Transportation

Price does not include

  • Plane tickets
  • Extra drinks
  • Entrance fees: Pampas Bs. 150 (22 USD) and Madidi Bs. 200 (29 USD)
  • Hotels and food in Rurrenabaque
  • Health insurance
Itinerary

Day 1

9:00 We leave the offices of San Miguel del Bala by boat to the Caquiahuara lodge within the Madidi National Park, our trip lasts 3 hours initially navigating the Beni river and then the Tuichi river.

12:30 Reception of visitors and allocation of comfortable rooms, then go to enjoy the buffet lunch.

14:00 Walk and explore through the jungle where the guide will connect you with the incredible nature. You will also enjoy a walk along the “Mapajo” path in the jungle observing species of animals and knowing different species of plants, in which your guide will share your knowledge related to the flora and fauna of the area, where you will find ancestral trees of great height and with more than 300 years of life, in addition to different species of animals.

19:00 You will enjoy a dinner.

20:00 Night walk through the jungle to enjoy a natural spectacle in the moonlight, perceiving nature in a different way than during the day; in which we can enjoy a beautiful tour and appreciate the eyes of alligators and other species of animals and nocturnal insects such as herons and fireflies.

Day 2

6:00 (Before breakfast) We will observe beautiful macaws in their natural habitat. After a short boat trip you will walk 20 minutes through the jungle to reach the “parabal”, a rocky wall approximately 30 meters high where red-blue parabas nest. A climb to the top of the “parabal” offers a unique view over the Madidi National Park.

9:00 Return to the ecolodge to enjoy an breakfast.

10:00 Boat trip on the Tuichi river to practice sport fishing (pacú, catfish, painted, surubí among others). When you are successful in fishing you can taste a fish dish prepared in a typical Tacana way made in bamboo and leaves for your lunch.

12:30 Lunch at the ecolodge.

13:30 We will go by boat to the ecolodge San Miguel del Bala in a beautiful walk that will last approximately one hour, to accommodate in your private cabin.

15:00 Visit to the beautiful Tacana San Miguel indigenous community, to share experiences with its members who dedicate their lives to protect the jungles, rivers and forests, different activities will be carried out where you will learn from your daily life, its magnificent traditions and customs. In the community you can weave with palm leaves and squeeze a delicious cane juice using the “trapiche”, an ancient juicer.

18:30 Dinner at the ecolodge and later rest.

Day 3

7:00 The day begins with tropical bird songs and an breakfast typical of the region.

8:30 Walk and explore the “Traps” path through the jungle where the guide will connect you with the incredible nature and take you back in time showing you ancient methods of capturing wild animals used by the Tacana. You will also enjoy a walk through the jungle observing species of animals and knowing “Medicinal plants” trails, in which your guide will share your knowledge related to the cure of diseases based on natural medicine.

12:30 Return to the ecolodge San Miguel to taste an lunch and rest.

15:00 Visit to the magnificent canyon of the Bala of natural stones, which has more than 150 meters long, a place of particular natural beauty. To reach this incredible tourist attraction, you will navigate the Beni River for approximately 15 minutes and then walk for 10 minutes and reach the canyon.

18:30 When leaving the canyon a boat waits to transport us to the lodge and enjoy a dinner.

Day 4

7:30 A rich breakfast in our ecolodge.

8:00 Return to Rurrenabaque by boat to continue the journey to the Pampas del Yacuma.

8:40 Departure in comfortable and safe vehicles heading to the wide Pampas on the banks of the Yacuma River, while we travel through this impressive marshland for 3 hours we can appreciate the habitat of many exotic and wild species that inhabit this beautiful place as curious 3-toed sloths, the swamp deer, ostrich, the giant armadillo, adorable herons among other species of which you can observe and appreciate their incredible way of life.

12:30 We will arrive at the ecolodge and enjoy a lunch.

14:30 Departure by boat along the Yacuma river, in comfortable and safe boats during this walk we can enjoy the wonderful landscape that surrounds this place and its waters that are full of life allowing to find an incredible variety of unique species such as the feared piranhas, different species of anacondas, friendly howler monkeys, different and beautiful bird species, the bufeo, capybaras, beautiful toucans, hoazines that are birds of Paradise with their strange features and their unmistakable face painted blue among many more species.

18:30 We will enjoy dinner at the ecolodge.

Day 5

7:30 Breakfast with the beautiful view offered by our peaceful atmosphere in the lodge starting from a boat ride through the fantastic waters of the Yacuma River to swim with one of the most adorable and beautiful species that we can find in this magnificent place the Pink Dolphin (whenever river conditions allow and always keeping a respectful distance from the animals), You will also find species like the cute yellow monkeys, pretty squirrels, then you will go in search of the immense black alligator that is the largest species in the area.

12:30 A tasty typical lunch at the ecolodge.

2:00 p.m. Performing sport fishing of Piranhas that will allow to know different species that inhabit the Yacuma river, as well as other species of fish such as catfish, sardines, among others.

18:30 Enjoy a dinner at the ecolodge.

20:00 Boat trip to enjoy a natural spectacle in the moonlight in which we can enjoy a beautiful tour and appreciate the eyes of alligators and other species of animals and nocturnal insects such as herons and fireflies.

Day 6

7:30 We will wake up early to enjoy our breakfast.

8:30 Departure in search of Anaconda or Sicuri, for this we will travel by boat to strategic places to find it, observing on the way yellow monkeys, howlers, spider monkeys among other species, knowing the vegetation of the area and looking for lagoons where you live and the anaconda (largest and heaviest snake in the world) may be hidden.

12:30 We will have lunch at the ecolodge.

13:30 Return to Rurrenabaque in cars to be around 16:30.

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