Refugio Amazonas
Main features:
- New build, with student groups in mind
- Excellent access to Brazil-nut forest and oxbow lakes
- Ongoing bird, mammal and freshwater monitoring projects
- Excellent socializing and experienced local guides
Built in late 2005; 2 oxbow lakes; Brazil nut concessions close by; macaw,
parrot and mammal clay licks; 30-m high canopy tower, good bird and mammal
species lists.
| Size: |
30 ecotourists |
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6 Researchers |
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2 Research assistants |
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1 assistant guide |
Journey time: 45 mins bus, 2 hrs boat = 2.45 hours total
| Primates: |
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Brown capuchin |
(Cebus apella) |
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Dusky titi monkey |
(Callicebus brunneus) |
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Night monkey |
(Aotus nigriceps) |
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Red howler monkey |
(Alouatta seniculus) |
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Saddleback tamarin |
(Saguinus fuscicollis) |
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Squirrel monkey |
(Saimiri boliviensis) |
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White-fronted capuchin monkey |
(Cebus albifrons) |
Research links:
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