Amazon Explorama Lodges

Amazon Explorama Lodges offers rustic and modern #rainforest lodging among spectacular scenery and fascinating wildlife along the Peruvian Amazon River.

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At Explorama Lodges, Shaman Guillermo demonstrated for how barkcloth is made from the first layer of bark from the “Oje”tree. For centuries, barkcloth garments & products have been used by shaman in traditional native religious observances, some of which our guests experience!

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For 50+ years, Explorama Lodges has contributed to the sustainability of the Amazon Rainforest. Here, our staff and volunteers have created nests for the Taricaya turtle eggs. The illegal poaching of Taricaya turtle eggs has placed the turtles on the endangered species list

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When you set up camera traps in the Amazon you’ll never know what you’ll find! Thanks to @amazonworkshops and teachers of their Educator Academy for helping us launch this important (and fun) work!

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If you've ever been on one of Explorama Lodge's trips, you know the tour guides are what make these trips so incredible. Check out the video to hear more!

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Check out this awesome video of our Canopy Walkway, one of Explorama Lodge's most popular attractions:

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The video that you are about to view captures only a tiny fragment of the tropical rainforest surrounding Explorama Lodges in Iquitos, Peru and the video can accomplish just so much in 60 seconds that millions of years of rainforest growth:

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When the Squirrel Monkeys at the Napo Lodge heard that the staff had challenged the guests to a banana pie making contest, they had other thoughts 🐒🍌

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Looking for your next adventure? Check out the Canopy Walkway Bridge with Explorama Lodges! Full of magical views, your trip won't be complete without walking across this bridge

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As members of ExplorU wrapped up their rainforest visit, they were honored by village residents with a traditional cultural themed Humisha ceremony, aka The Walking Palm. Check out more here: https://t.co/0n1I30wYRa

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The best time to see a sloth is in the morning. Most times they don't move at all and are just hanging in the tree. ExplorU's guide Cesar, made a sound of a sloth predator and it moved its head just a bit which was enough for all of us to get a great picture of it.

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Not to sleep through daybreak activities, Willow & ExplorU group members were up at the crack of dawn for a boat ride from the NapoLodge to the fog covered Canopy Walkway where 'bridges' reach 120 feet off the forest floor to see this breathtaking sunrise:

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ExplorU activities included amazing nighttime boat rides. The activities are peaceful, slow moving, and educational, and here you see a tree boa stretching curiously to challenge the curiosity and excitement of group members.

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During ExplorU Groups' recent visit, members were thrilled to be in the vanguard of Explorama's new fun mode of waterway transportation: Kayaks. Visitors paddled from the ACTS Lounge to the Napo Lodge for an exciting afternoon activity #kayaking

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This month #ExploramaLodges will feature highlights of a visit by ExplorU, whose founding members include Lucy & Willow, shown here with some friends. They'll take us on their daily adventures exploring the lives, scenery, culture & environment of the Yagua river people

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During your Explorama Lodge visit as you travel the waterways between lodges, you'll see the 'pink river dolphins' (aka the 'boto') which is the largest of the world's four freshwater dolphin species.

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This completely harmless mother Pipe Snake could have chosen a more appropriate birthing location of her snakelets, but when the time arrived, it's right then and there! Fortunately, our staff guide, Percy, was close by and gently ushered the gamily off to the rainforest floor!

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When on excursion to Explorama's Medicinal Garden, you'll spend time with a shaman (pictured here). During your visit, he'll describe the plants he grows and how they can be mixed together to heal those in physical and psychological need #healing #natural

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Raul is holding up a locally caught Arapaima which species is one the largest freshwater fish in the world. Known in Peru as paiche, its meat is considered a delicacy and while living in the same waters as piranhas, . its outer skin has evolved a piranha- proof body.

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#Sloths do everything upside down, eat, sleep, mate, give birth and even their fur grows in opposite directions. and it can take 30 days for them to digest a single leaf. Check one out in their natural habitat during your trip with Explorama Lodges!

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During a visit from students at Pittsburg State, Explorama's guide, Celso, talks about the edible white-pulp seeds from the pods of the "Shimbillo" tree. The seeds, also known locally as the #icecream bean, are ripe when soaked in its pod to a natural fruit powder consistency.