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- Amazonia Lodge
- The lodge is located in the tropical
lowland rainforest of Manu Biosphere Reserve. The Yábar family, from Cusco,
established the lodge in 1980 which used to be a tea plantation in the 1970’s.
The book Birds of South America by Robert S. Ridgely refers to the lodge as
Hacienda Amazonia.
"One of
Peru's top birding sites." Paul Coopman
- During 1983 Dr. John W. Fitzpatrick
and his team were doing studies in Amazonia. He suggested to the Yábar family about
the possibility of them working in tourism because of the potential he and his team had
observed specifically for birdwatchers. In 1984 the Yábars converted the property
into a lodge creating one of the pioneer lodges in the Manu Biosphere Reserve.
Working in Ecotourism, the lodge is now considered one of the best birding places in
Peru. The lodge's bird list contains 570 species and keeps going up, fast becoming
one of the largest lists in the world. There are 8 species of monkeys including the
rare Night Monkey. Also found are many butterflies, amphibians, reptiles, orchids, and
bromelians.
You can also find references about
Amazonia Lodge in the book Where to Watch Birds in South America by Nigel Wheatley.
- Climate
- The temperature fluctuations are from
18şC. during the night to 34şC. during the day. Sometimes a phenomenon call
"FRIAGE" occurs when the south winds come up from Patagonia. This
causes the temperature to descend during a 3 to 4 day period to 12ş C. The rainfall per
year is 5 meters.
We offer full board and also
excursions into other habitats.
- For further information please
contact.
Yábar-Calderón & Family
Telf/Fax:51-84-231370
- E-mail: Amazonia
Lodge
- amazonia1@terra.com.pe
Last Updated November 6, 2001
Webmaster: Steve Urban
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