Activities
Days in the forest, at the pace of your group
Every group has four or five travelers and its own guide from San José de Uchupiamonas, who reads tracks and calls and knows what each plant is used for.
Guided walks
More than 40 km of trails around the lodge
The trails are named after the animals and plants of the area, and most are easy walks of one to four hours. Your guide stops for medicinal plants, giant trees and the ecological cycles of the forest, and finds animals by their call or their footprints.
Trails are walked only with a guide, and routes and distances adapt to each group.
Night walks
The forest after dark
With a flashlight and your guide, one of the trails becomes a different place: frogs, insects, tarantulas and the sounds the forest only makes at night. The walk lasts one to two hours.
More to do
Birds, wildlife and the river
Birdwatching and macaws
Madidi National Park has recorded more than a thousand bird species: macaws, parrots, toucans, harpy eagles, king vultures and kingfishers. A macaw clay cliff on the Aguapolo river is one hour on foot from the lodge, and the nesting wall at Caquiahuara is on the boat route (most activity from May to December).
Salt licks
There are five salt licks around the lodge: clearings where animals come for mineral salts and mud baths. Waiting quietly at one is the best chance to see peccaries, tapirs and monkeys up close.
Piranha fishing
All year round, with line, hook and meat as bait in streams and lagoons near the lodge. You may catch piranha, catfish, golden salmon or pacu. Every fish goes back into the water. No extra cost.
Santa Rosa lake
For longer stays: two hours by boat and a 15-minute walk to a lake for canoeing, fishing and swimming in marked areas, with caimans, capybaras, turtles and birds around. USD 30 per person extra, minimum two travelers.
Tubing on the Tuichi
From April to October, when the river is low, you float down the Tuichi in an inner tube, through fast stretches and calm water, with a life jacket. About one hour, no extra cost.
Seed jewelry
Your guide shows you how to make rings, necklaces, bracelets and earrings from palm and plant seeds found in the forest. Optional.
Wildlife
What you may see
Nothing in the forest is guaranteed, and that is part of it. These are the animals our guides find most often around the lodge:
- Monkeys: black spider, red howler, brown capuchin, saddleback tamarin, yellow squirrel and owl monkeys
- Mammals: tapir, red deer, white-lipped peccary, capybara and giant anteater
- Reptiles and amphibians: caimans, turtles, frogs and lizards
- Birds: macaws, parrots, toucans, guans, woodpeckers, hummingbirds, kingfishers, herons and the hoatzin
- Jaguar, puma and ocelot live here too, but they are the hardest to see
Choose the program with the activities you want
Tell us what matters most to you, birds, monkeys or the longest hikes, and how many days you have. We suggest the program that fits.
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Madidi Jungle Ecolodge is a low-impact rainforest eco-venture created and run by indigenous people who live in the heart of Madidi National Park. We opened to visitors in 2011 on community lands of San José de Uchupiamonas.
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