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Puerto Maldonado is a city in Peru.
It's located in south-east of Peru, 55km from the Bolivian border and it's the capital of the Madre de Dios region.
The population is around 50.000
The climate is tropical so be aware of that.
The chief industries in Puerto Maldonado are logging, gold dredging, Brazil nut collecting, boat building and eco-tourism. The area is virtually logged out; only one mill remains. Rubber collection is long gone. Recent legislation in the European Union has put hundreds of Brazil nut collectors out of work together with the associated local factory. Small amounts of gold are collected from the river, mostly by small teams of men with hand tools.
The most people will arrive in Puerto Maldonado and travel by boat on the Madre de Dios river to several eco-lodges in the area.
It's located in south-east of Peru, 55km from the Bolivian border and it's the capital of the Madre de Dios region.
The population is around 50.000
The climate is tropical so be aware of that.
The chief industries in Puerto Maldonado are logging, gold dredging, Brazil nut collecting, boat building and eco-tourism. The area is virtually logged out; only one mill remains. Rubber collection is long gone. Recent legislation in the European Union has put hundreds of Brazil nut collectors out of work together with the associated local factory. Small amounts of gold are collected from the river, mostly by small teams of men with hand tools.
The most people will arrive in Puerto Maldonado and travel by boat on the Madre de Dios river to several eco-lodges in the area.
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Nov 15, 2008 – Nov 28, 2008
Lima, Peru -› Cusco, Peru -› …
Breakfast at 7 included another round of howler monkeys followed by a boat ride back down the Tambopata River to Puerto Maldonado. There were a bunch of us leaving today but plenty of room in the long boat. We weren’t too far from the boat dock when we ran out of gas. One of the…
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Sep 19, 2009 – Oct 07, 2009
Lima, Peru -› Miraflores, Peru -› …
Early wake-up again, but went to bed early too (no electricity, only candle and flash lights).
By boat we went to a spot to watch parrots and macaws. After the boat trip we had to hike an hour to get to an observation hut. Coming close there was an tremendous noise, the parrots!
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Oct 29, 2007 – Jul 04, 2008
We did very little on New Year's Day as we were all too tired, hungover, and unmotivated. We played bilingual bingo and lay in hammocks most of that afternoon and evening.
That night, we went caiman (same family as alligators) spotting. It was absolutely wonderful to …
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