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14 DAY MADIDI RIVER TREK AND FLOAT Includes: All services as per the itinerary, including: Indigenous guides, most meals, all transfers, La Paz - Rurrenabaque roundtrip flight, 10 Day Madidi River trip and all park entrance fees. Not included: International flight, airport taxes ($30 total), meals and accomodations in Rurre and La Paz. DAY 1 / FLIGHT TO LA PAZ Flight to La Paz. Transfer to hotel in La Paz. Lunch and dinner on your own. Overnight in La Paz. DAY 2 / RURRENEBAQUE Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to TAM airport and flight from La Paz (800A) to Rurrenabaque (900A). Transfer to your hotel and afternoon free to explore town and make preparations for the journey. Overnight in Rurrenabaque. DAY 3 / RURRENABAQUE / SAN JOSE Leaving early in the morning, we travel eight (8) hours from Rurre by motorized dugout up the Beni River, first through the Bala Canyon and then up the Tuichi River into Madidi National Park. We arrive to a camp on the beach and have lunch. We then continue by dugout up the Tuichi River to the village of San Jose de Uchupiamonas, one of the few inside the Madidi National Park.We'll have a formal introduction to the community, purchase supplies and take some time to finish preparations for the trek. After a traditional dinner and cultural night, rest and overnight in basic accomodations in San Jose. DAY 4 / SAN JOSE / CAPYWARA / TREK DAY 1 An early departure by boat four (4) hours upriver and we arrive to Capywara, our starting point for the trek. There we load our gear and begin the trek. The jungle trail takes us north over the final range of foothills into the headwaters of the Madidi River. We cross creeks and small hills along the way. Camping. DAY 5 / TREK DAY 2 Trekking and Camping. DAY 6 / TREK DAY 3 We continue the trek through the jungle. We arrive at our equipment stash in the afternoon sometime. Once at the banks of the Madidi River we will begin to prepare our equipment to float the river tomorrow. Camping. DAY 7 / FLOAT DAY 1 Descend the Madidi River from it's headwaters as it winds its way through the final Andean foothills and drops into the flat Amazon Basin. This relatively calm class I-II jungle river, in some of the most pristine foothill rainforest in South America, affords spectacular camping and superb wildlife viewing as you paddle inflatable or folding kayaks - this mode of travel allows us to stealthily sneak up on many unwary species as we are relatively quiet while traveling. We will spend the next to last night at Alto Madidi, where the river finally makes it's way out of the Andes. Camping every night. DAY 8 / FLOAT DAY 2 Floating and camping. DAY 9 / FLOAT DAY 3 Floating and camping. DAY 10 / FLOAT DAY 4 Floating and camping. DAY 11 / FLOAT DAY 5 / TAKE-OUT We arrive to the take-out point late in the day. Camp at the take-out. DAY 12 / TAKE-OUT / IXIAMAS / RURRENABAQUE After breakfast we load our gear onto 4wd vehicles and head south-east to Rurrenabaque. We expect a long day and likely arrive in the early evening. Upon arrival to RBQ we will check into Hotel Safari. Dinner together and overnight in Rurrenabaque. DAY 13 / RURRENABAQUE / LA PAZ Tranfer to Rurrenabaque airport; flight from Rurre (10:30 am) to La Paz (11:30 am); transfer to hotel. Overnight in La Paz. DAY 14 / LA PAZ / FLIGHT Transfer to La Paz airport for flight. top of page Home | Trips | EcoLodges | Reserves | Links | Wildlife | About Us | Bookstore | Photos | Expanded Menu (208) 450-9010 | info@madidi.com P.O. Box 431 Hailey Idaho 83333