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Madidi National Park

La Paz Department · Jungle and tropics

Madidi National Park, photo 1
Photo: DanielGuzmanDuchen, CC BY-SA 4.0

Madidi is one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. You go upriver by dugout canoe to a lodge run by local communities, then walk through primary forest by day and night, looking for monkeys, parrots and jaguar tracks. The Amazon at its most real.

300 maltitude
2 to 3 daysto spend there
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Things to do

  • Stay in a community eco-lodge (Chalalán, San Miguel del Bala…)
  • Day and night walks
  • Macaws, monkeys, peccaries

What to eat

  • River fishSurubí, pacú or dorado, grilled over a wood fire or fried, with rice, cassava and plantain. Delicious by the water, in the Llanos and the Amazon.
  • MasacoMashed plantain or cassava with charque or cheese. Rich and filling.
Tip. 3-day tour from Rurrenabaque, by dugout canoe on the Beni and Tuichi rivers.

How to get to Madidi

  • Rurrenabaque Boat · 3 to 5 h by canoe

    Included in the tour (agency or community lodge).

Photos of Madidi National Park

Madidi National Park, photo 2
Photo: Rodrigo Mariaca, CC BY-SA 4.0
Madidi National Park, photo 3
Photo: Rodrigo Mariaca, CC BY-SA 4.0
Madidi National Park, photo 4
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Madidi National Park, photo 5
Photo: Rodrigo Mariaca, CC BY-SA 4.0
Madidi National Park, photo 6
Photo: Karmelo777, CC BY-SA 4.0
Madidi National Park, photo 7
Photo: Rodrigo Mariaca, CC BY-SA 4.0

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