Biobridges - Somerset and Peru

Research Stations

Explorer's Inn

Tambopata Research Center

Los Amigos Research Center

Posada Amazonas

Reserva Amazonica

Refugio Amazonas

Picaflor Research Centre

Las Piedras Biodiversity Station

Manu Wildlife Centre

Manu Learning Centre

Casa Machiguenga


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Tambopata Research Centre

Tambopata Research Center

Main features:

  1. Close to largest macaw clay-lick on Earth
  2. Ongoing macaw and parrot research.
  3. Excellent resources and equipment pool
  4. On border of national park - high biodiversity and fauna abundance

 Recently renovated, 25 kms of trails, 5 forest types, ongoing bird research. Good bird, mammal and plant species lists.

Size: 26 ecotourists
  4 Researchers
  2 Research Assistants

Journey time: 45 mins bus, 6 hrs boat = 6 hrs 45 mins total


Primates:    
  Black spider monkey (Ateles chamek)
  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:

Asociación para la Niñez y su Ambiente
Cayetano Heredia University
Central Connecticut State University
Duke University
Frankfurt Zoological Society
Manchester Metropolitan University
San Marcos University
San Antonio Abad University
Stanford University
University of East Anglia

 



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Biobridges - Somerset and Peru