MADIDI

The National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area Madidi is a destination of unmatched natural beauty is located in the northern department of La Paz, at the foot of the Andes. Their heights vary from 5600 meters. and the 180 m.s.n.m. It has an area of 18,957 km2 constituting an ideal place for nature lovers and adventure for its variety of eco-regions like the area high Andean mountain rain forests, the lowland rain forests, dry valleys mesothermic, savannas, mountains and lowlands. It was declared by prestigious magazines including National Geographic, one of the most biodiverse regions of the planet and one of the main sightseeing spots on a global twenty-first century.

Madidi is home to 30 Quechua peasant communities of origin, and Tsim-Moseteén Tacana, who live in that region since time immemorial.

Madidi is home to 1,000 species of birds, 156 species of mammals, 84 species of amphibians, 71 species of reptiles and 192 fish species, nearly 2,000 species of higher plants, 31 species of vascular plants.

Studies conducted by Wildlife Conservation Society, recently discovered a new species of monkey marmosets, known as Lucachi.

Rurrenabaque, is the point of entry into the Madidi National Park, where you

can access the ecological Chalalán hostel located in the heart of Madidi National Park, which is reached by navigating the rivers Beni and Tuichi in a tour that lasts six hours. You can carry out observation and monitoring of birds and mammals, canoe rides and walks at night.

San Miguel del Bala, is located 45 minutes travel by boat from Rurrenabaque, located in the province Abel Iturralde of the Municipality of San Buenaventura, is a hostel Tacana community that provides its visitors the opportunity to experience the tropical rainforest, as well as trails that show the different ecosystems.

Mapajo, shelter community located in the Biosphere Reserve and Communal Lands Source Pilón Lajas, offers visitors the opportunity to enjoy one of the areas with greatest natural diversity and learn about the traditions of ancient communities and Mosetenes Tsimanes River Quiquibey part of his philosophy of tourism, which is based on respect for nature and culture inherited. It is located three hours navigating from Rurrenabaque and ten minutes of the indigenous community Asuncion.

"The Mapajo is a tree that big hugs to small and protects them. Represents living together in harmony and brings luck for the spirit that inhabits it. (Community members to take charge of Quiquibey)."

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