
A dusty little town, Puerto Maldonado is the last stop for travelers heading into the infinitely more interesting Amazon jungle. Like many jungle towns, Puerto Maldonado has survived a series of boom and bust cycles, the first being a prosperous rubber industry in 1902. Gold mining and lumber soon followed suit and continue today, though to a large extent tourism and Brazil nut production are on the rise.
Characterized by wide avenues that narrow into mud lanes lined with unremarkable wooden buildings, the town offers little more to see than three-wheeled motocarros (motorcycle rickshaws) and scooters. For the most part, travelers use Puerto Maldonado as a jumping-off point to nearby attractions like Lake Sandoval, the Tambopata National Reserve and Bahuaja-Sonene National Park. Vastly more relaxed than its larger jungle town relative Iquitos, Puerto Maldonado is a popular stop for Tambopata package tours.

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Heath River Wildlife Center is the only eco-lodge located on the Heath River, which lies within the Tambopata-Madidi Reserve on the border between Peru and Bolivia. Its unique location, only 10
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Tropical Nature Tours & Travel SAC can help travelers take advantage of all that Puerto Maldonado has to offer, from excursions along the various tributaries and rivers that cross through it to
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The Wasai Lodge offers as comprehensive a tour and expedition program as you will find in Puerto Maldonado, focused on bird-watching, Ayahuasca sessions, fishing trips and eco-tours. One trip
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Ceiba Tours is the authorized owner of the MejÃa Lodge in Lake Sandoval, which attracts tourists from all over the world. It will take you by boat, and its excursions include hikes along natural
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Sergeturs Colpa Travel offers combined tours. On one-day excursions to a turtle reserve, you can observe turtles hatch their offspring. Other tours include visits to monkey islands; parakeet
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