Our Private Conservation Area
We are a responsible ecotourism destination in the Amazon rainforest of Peru officially classed as an eco-lodge by the Peruvian government, located in the Buffer Zone of Tambopata National Reserve, around 68 kilometers from the jungle town of Puerto Maldonado. Our beautiful and isolated location is surrounded by unspoiled primary forest and flanked by the Tambopata River. Our jungle lodge can be reached quickly and easily via a short journey by plane and boat, or by road and river, from the cities of Cusco or Lima.
Since 1991, we have been working to ensure the conservation of our corner of the rainforests of Peru, and to support the local economy and the people who live in the jungle areas of southeastern Peru. We are proud to be recognized by the Peruvian state as the guardians of the Tambopata Ecolodge Private Conservation Area, the largest protected natural area in its category in Peru, and of the other Conservation Concessions that we have been granted.
In addition to the jungle trips we offer within Tambopata National Reserve, as part of our work to conserve the biological diversity of the Amazon basin, we have acquired and set aside land for conservation. In 2009, this process was consolidated through the georeferencing of surrounding lands, in order to determine the precise coordinates of the area of tropical forest we work to protect. Following a long process, on October 20th 2016 Peru’s Ministry of the Environment officially recognized Tambopata Ecolodge as a Private Conservation Area. Covering 1065 hectares, it is the country’s largest protected natural area in its category.
“Ecolodge” certification
At Tambopata Ecolodge, the term “eco-” is not a marketing slogan to attract visitors. We are officially certified as an Ecolodge by the Peruvian government and acknowledged as a genuinely responsible ecotourism company fully committed to the conservation of tropical rainforests that exist because we exist.
Visitors who come to stay with us at Tambopata Ecolodge are contributing to the conservation of endangered species and threatened ecosystems (see our video).
