A Jungle Safari
Host: Dr. Eric van den Berghe.When: Anytime Languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Dutch Length: 7 days, 6 nights Fee charged: US $1375 per person. Price includes domestic airfare (Managua-San Carlos), river transportation, guide services, three meals per day, all accommodations, airport transfers, etc. Price does not include international airfare or airport taxes. ITINERARY
This trip is the best overall birding experience we can offer. It
includes a ride down the Rio San Juan via motorized panga (river canoe) from
San Carlos to the Rio Bartola, three days in the Indio-Mais Biological
Preserve (a 160,000 hectare/392,000 acre lowland rainforest) a glimpse of which is shown at the right, a possible
visit to Boca de Sabados herpetology breeding station (depending on time),
and a possible visit to El Castillo, a Spanish colonial fort originally
built to protect the river from English pirates in the 18th century.
Highlights of the trip include: two under-canopy interpretive hikes, one
full-day paddle canoe trip up the Rio Bartola, a jungle stream where the
canopy meets over your head, large numbers of macaws, caiman, three species
of monkey, amazing orchids, etc. The trip is a breathtaking glimpse of true
"jungle". Accommodations are at the Hotel Bartola, a comfortable ecolodge on
the edge of the reserve.
Day 1: Arrival Day 2: Domestic air to San Carlos, river canoe to El Castillo or Rio Bartola hotel (depending on flight schedules). Day 3: Intro to tropical rainforest (double canopy). Day 4: paddle canoe trip. Day 5: rainforest ecology (triple canopy) Day 6: river canoe to Boca de Sabados herpetology station. Day 7: Return Managua Day 8. Outbriefing and departure.
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