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Explorers Inn

Explorers Inn

Main features:

  1. Longest track record in ecotourism and support for field research (30 years)
  2. Enviable level of trail access and routes through the rainforest
  3. 6 x 1 ha permanent tree plots and other bespoke environmental monitoring areas
  4. New research building recently completed (2006)

Macaw, parrot and mammal clay licks, 9 forest types, 3 oxbow lakes, 6 x 1 ha permanent tree plots, ongoing botanic and mammal research, 35 kms of trail. Excellent accessibility. Excellent bird, mammal, plant and insect species lists.

Size: 60 ecotourists
  10 Researchers
  4 RNs
  4 Research assistants
  1 Assistant guides

Journey time: 45 mins bus, 1 hr 30 mins boat = 2 hrs 15 mins total


Primates:    
  Brown capuchin (Cebus apella)
  Dusky titi monkey (Callicebus brunneus)
  Night monkey (Aotus nigriceps)
  Red howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus)
  Saddleback tamarin (Saguinus fuscicollis)
  Squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis)
  White-fronted capuchin monkey (Cebus albifrons)

 

Research links:

Brigham Young University
Central Connecticut State University (CCSU)
Earthwatch
Frankfurt Zoological Society
Manchester Metropolitan University
Missouri Botanical Gardens
San Marcos University
San Antonio Abad University
Smithsonian Institute
Stanford University
University of East Anglia (UEA)
University of Leeds
University of York

 

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Biobridges - Somerset and Peru