Explore Tambopata

Explore Tambopata, one of the most biologically diverse rainforest regions on Earth, in the safe and experienced hands of our Untamed Peru: Amazon to Andes wildlife photography workshop crew which includes (per tour) two wildlife photography leaders, a team of conservation scientists, and our not-for-profit logistics partner who has more than a decade of expeditions experience in the region.

Tambopata has the richest diversity of butterfly species in the World. (Photo: Terry Radov, Workshop Participant 2011)

Take photographs

Take photographs with the advantage of seeing a number of Amazonian creatures within arm’s reach during participation in wildlife conservation research and monitoring with our rainforest-based teams of biologists and volunteers. Help capture and ‘process’ a selection of charismatic neo-tropical birds and arrays of colourful snake, frog and lizard species before releasing them safely back into the wild.

Many species are brought back to camp for scientific

Camp on a river bank

Camp on a river bank for one night in the middle of the national reserve to experience one of Mother Nature’s greatest sight and sound extravaganzas; the longest macaw and parrot clay-lick in the World which is situated on the banks of the Tambopata River and visited by up to 13 different macaw and parrot species in a single day, sometimes totalling thousands of individual birds at any one moment.

A very small portion of the very active Chuncho clay-lick (Photo: Michael Luque, Workshop Participant 2011)

Follow a local cloud forest expert

Follow a local cloud forest expert as we ascend from the Amazon Basin (300 m) by bus to the vastly greater altitudes of Cusco (3,400 m), to discover ‘secret’ cock of the rock leks tucked away in the lush cloud forest widely recognised for its vast abundance of bird life, orchids, bromeliads and crystal-clear streams and waterfalls.

Peru's National Bird - Cock of the Rock

Finally, trek

Finally, trek past blue glacial lakes and camp a night at an altitude of 4,300 metres along the way (The highest mountain in Europe is 1,900 metres.).

Or take the train

Or take the train through the Andes Mountains and along the epic Urubamba River.

End off the tour with a grand finale

End off the tour with a grand finale – sunrise over the breath-taking 600 year old Incan ruins of Machu Picchu.

600 year-old Machu Picchu (Photo: David Johnston, Fauna Forever)

Want more detail? Take a look at the tour itinerary