Pampas and Madidi National Park tours in Bolivia
This holiday is operated by a company based in the holiday destination and they will be able to provide expert local knowledge. They will be able to tailor make your holiday to suit your requirements not only concerning the dates of travel but also typically the standard of accommodation, and thus price. It is rare for local operators to be able to help with the booking of your flights.
How this holiday makes a difference
Environment
All trips and lodges in our tours in Bolivia and Peru are located in remote locations in the high Andes or hidden rainforest or savannahs, where the value of biodiversity conservation, efforts in saving water and energy are highly precious. Trip routines will explore amazing places respecting wildlife and local people and environmental policies. Lodges were built using local materials, based on traditional architecture that resulted low-impact or non-invasive with spectacular pristine ecosystems or biodiversity rich environments, both home of many threatened charismatic wild flora and fauna. Operations run by trained locals are using alternative energy sources and have implemented garbage, solid, and water waste management to greatly reduce and mitigate undesirable pollution effects. We are committed not to sell tours that represent a threat to nature preserves, historical and cultural destinations we invite travellers to visit.
Community
All lodges have been built using traditional style and are equiped with share or private showers, dinning rooms, and plenty of space for your comfort. Extensive and safe trail networks are used by guides to find animals, economic and medicinal plants, and let you know about natural history. Since 1998, we have participated in training lodge staff, cooks, and guides, to assure these locals could support tours for enthusiastic nature travelers arriving to the Bolivian Amazon.
This tour is carried out by local operators who offer well-organized and reliable tours. Operations in the Pampas employ locals and support efforts towards the preservation of a large tract of savannah and wetlands of the Yacuma River that host spectacular species such as the Pink River Dolphin, Anaconda, Black Caiman, and other species. On the other second part of the tour, Chalalán Ecolodge, involves a fully-owned and fully-operated lodge by indigenous Quechua-Tacana that reside inside Madidi National Park.
My husband David G. Ricalde and I, are tourism and conservation consultants with more than 20 yrs of experience in selling eco-tours, and have been involved in building local capacities and the making of tourism projects neighboring nature preserves or buffer zones. In Bolivia, our small company have been the most important factor for the success of the famed and awarded Chalalan Ecolodge, property of Quechua-Tacana people, also known as a model in rainforest tourism in South America. Since this lodge started in 1998, we have been responsible for selling 80-65% of the arrivals to this rainforest lodge nested in Madidi National Park. Profits are helping the development of 500 families dedicated to low-yielding agriculture and subsistence. Presently, we continue our work as consultants and instructors for conservation projects implementing nature tourism as an alternative to save fine ecosystems and local cultures in Bolivia and Peru.
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