Hacienda Concepción

Cocktail hour around a bonfire with pisco chilcanos and local snacks. An optional add-on or package inclusion depending on rate booked.

Pisco chilcanos and snacks served onboard a canoe at sunset on the Madre de Dios River. Included in select packages.

Walk to the medicinal botanical garden within the lodge grounds. Features some 200 indigenous vascular plant species. Compare Amazonian plant medicines with traditional remedies.

Guided walk through primary and secondary rainforest inside the lodge grounds. Learn about forest ecology, cacao plantation, bread fruit and rubber trees, medicinal plants, and native skills.

Explore a 30-hectare permanent-plot area for rainforest restoration. Inkaterra Asociación has registered up to 19 native palm species here. Learn about natural seed dispersal, the walking palm, and the yarina (vegetable ivory palm).

Visit the on-property cacao plantation and participate in the full chocolate-making process: selecting fresh cacao fruits, fermenting seeds, sun-drying, toasting, peeling, and grinding into paste. Ends with a tasting of organic chocolates. Highly recommended for families with children.

Rowing canoe on the on-property oxbow shaped lake. Spot hoatzins, flycatchers, and grey-necked wood rails. Also features the remains of the famous Fitzcarrald steamboat, whose history inspired Werner Herzog's Cannes-winning film 'Fitzcarraldo' (1982).

Preparation of local Amazonian recipes with wine pairing and final tasting. Includes an Inkaterra apron. Available as part of the Family Adventure package.

Canoe to Gamitana Creek and walk through the Inkaterra Association's model farm. Learn about sustainable community agriculture projects, and taste seasonal fruits and crops on site or later at meals.

Guided night walk through the Amazon rainforest to encounter nocturnal animals, frogs, insects, and experience the forest after dark — a completely different environment from daytime walks.

Walk 15–20 minutes to one of four clay licks on property. Observe wildlife from specially designed blinds — agoutis, monkeys, peccaries. Learn about mineral-licking behaviour and track animal footprints.

Motorized canoe to the Canopy Walkway Interpretation Center, then ascend to 29 meters above the forest floor and walk among the treetops for about 90 minutes across suspension bridges linking 8 observation platforms. Afterwards, the Anaconda Walk follows a 200-meter wooden bridge over a seasonal flooded marshland rich in amphibians and birds. Note: Anaconda Walk was temporarily unavailable — confirm status at booking.

Walk into the Tambopata National Reserve to reach the famous oxbow lake, then paddle by rowing canoe across the mirror-calm water. Spot endangered giant river otters (Pteronura brasiliensis), blue-and-yellow macaws, red howler monkeys, black caimans, and the giant paiche fish. Entrance fees included in all packages. Not recommended December–March (rainy season).

A trail of clues and challenges through the lodge grounds with prizes for the most skilled young explorers. Includes an Explorer Kit. Included in family packages.

Dusk canoe ride on the Madre de Dios River. Expert guides explain river ecosystems, Amazonian creeks, nocturnal animal behaviour, and identify southern constellations.

Located on the ground floor of Casa Grande. Open 12:00pm–10:00pm. Serves national and international wines, liquors, and pisco-based cocktails.

All meals included: buffet breakfast, à la carte lunch and dinner. Complimentary Tea Time (3–5:30pm) with award-winning organic black tea also provided.

National Reserve entrance fee to Lake Sandoval included in all standard packages.

On-property natural lake ideal for rowing canoe excursions. Home to hoatzins, flycatchers, and featuring the historic Fitzcarrald steamboat remains.

Private dock on the Madre de Dios River used for all canoe arrivals, departures, and river excursions.

On-property botanical garden with approximately 200 indigenous vascular plant species, maintained by the Inkaterra Association NGO.

Provided between 6pm and 8pm daily.

All rooms operate on limited/managed electricity — reading lights and ceiling ventilators are standard. No air conditioning; this is intentional as part of the eco-lodge experience.

The main lodge and Cabaña-category rooms do not have a shared swimming pool. Only the Suite Concepción and Villa Concepción have private plunge pools.

All excursions led by certified local naturalist guides. Guides are trained in local biodiversity, wildlife tracking, and forest ecology.

Free shuttle pickup from Padre Aldamiz International Airport in Puerto Maldonado, plus land and river transport to the lodge. Included in all packages.