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For a true rainforest adventure, you don't just explore the jungle, you sleep there too. On our sultry Costa Rica rainforest tours and Amazon rainforest tours of Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia, you stay in unique low-impact ecolodges. These supremely comfortable accommodations are set in the heart of the jungle surrounded by lush tropical vegetation. Here the night sounds are as astounding as the days of exhilarating zip-lines, rafting and wildlife.
Choose from four different Costa Rica rainforest tours. Amazing sights, national parks and wildlife reserves await, with exciting rivers to raft, tree tops to visit and jungle animals to photograph. Since for some travelers, no Costa Rica trip is complete without relaxing on a Costa Rica beach we can get you there too.
Costa Rica Adventure - 8 days - $1875/Person
Travel Highlights:
San José
Pacuare River Rafting
Pacuare Lodge
Selva Bananito Program
Snorkeling in Cahuita NP
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Rainforests and Beaches - 8 days - $2025/Person
Travel Highlights:
San José
Corcovado National Park
Corcovado Lodge Tent Camp
Rafting Naranjo River
Manuel Antonio National Park
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Rainforests and Volcanoes - 8 days - $2350/Person
Travel Highlights:
San José, Volcano Arenal
Corcovado National Park
Corcovado Lodge Tent Camp
Trapp Family Lodge
Monteverde Sky Trek
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Classic Costa Rica - 10 days - $2245/Person
Travel Highlights:
San José, Arenal
Monteverde Sky Trek
Trapp Family Lodge
Manuel Antonio National Park
Naranjo Rafting
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Choose Amazon travel along one of three different tributaries staying at the ecolodges of Manu, Sandoval Lake or Posadas Amazonas. These are three magical places where you'll see more birds and animals than you'd expect to see in a lifetime. For those unfortunate travelers who will only get the opportunity to visit this fascinating country once, we offer two combination itineraries that include a Machu Picchu tour.
Sandoval Lake Lodge - 2-4 days - From $525/Person
Located deep in Peru's Tambopata National Reserve, Sandoval Lake lodge overlooks sparkling, palm-rimmed Sandoval Lake, the most beautiful and wildlife-rich of all lakes in Tambopata-Madidi.
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Posadas Amazonas - 3 or 4 days - From $525/Person
Located on the Ese'eja Native Community's territory, directly adjacent to Tambopata National Reserve, attractions include an oxbow lake, giant river otters, monkeys and 100s of bird species
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Manu Wildlife Center - 4 or 5 days - From $1090/Person
Located east of the Manu National Park, on the northern bank of the Madre de Dios River, accessed by plane, Manu is one of the best places to view the diverse variety of Amazonian wildlife.
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Reserva Amazonica - 3 - 5 days - From $625 /Person
This tranquil lodge is nestled in the rainforests adjacent to the Tambopata National Reserve of the Amazon, home to nearly two thirds of all living ecological diversity in the world.
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Amazon & Machu Picchu - 9 days - $2175/Person
Travel Highlights:
Lima, Cusco
Amazon Jungle
Sacred Valley
Machu Picchu
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Amazon & Inca Trail - 12 days - From $2535/Person
Travel Highlights:
Inca Trail Trek
Machu Picchu
Sacred Valley
Amazon Jungle Lodge
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Luxury Peru & Amazon - 10 days - $4075/Person
Travel Highlights:
Lima, Cusco
Amazon Rainforest
Reserva Amazonica Lodge
Sacred Valley
Machu Picchu
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Amazon River Expedition - 4 - 8 days - From $1950 /Person
Journey deep into the heart of the majestic Amazon rainforest aboard the M/V Aqua. . . the 24-passenger Aqua offers its travelers unique access to remote areas of the Peruvian rainforest. . .
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Our three Ecuador Amazon trips feature exquisite ecolodges, each with unique amenities in an unforgettable setting-remote, picturesque, brimming with wildlife-everything you could ever want in an Amazon rainforest tour. Two of our Amazon tours acquaint you with the indigenous peoples living in the jungle, making the trip not only a splendid rainforest adventure but a cultural exploration as well.
Sacha Lodge - 4/5 days - From $850/Person (SS +$155)
A typical day at Sacha begins at sunrise or earlier, in order to take advantage of the cool morning hours when the rainforest's animals are most active. Each group may decide on its own wake-up . . .
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Kapawi Lodge - 4/5 days - From $825/Person (SS +$245)
Located in the S.Ecuadorian Amazon Basin on the Pastaza River, a major tributary of the Amazon, Kapawi is one of the most pristine and isolated points in the Amazon Basin accessed only by air
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Napo Wildlife Center - 4/5 days - From $760/Person
The Napo Wildlife Center is located in northeast Ecuador's Yasuni National Park, the country's largest tract of protected tropical rainforest and a UNESCO-designated Biosphere Reserve.
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Amazon & Galapagos - 10 Days
Prices Starting at $2090
Travel Highlights:
Quito
Amazon Rainforest
Sacha Lodge
Galapagos Island Cruise
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