Amboro National Park Tour

REFUGIO LOS VOLCANES LODGE
AMBORO NATIONAL PARK

 

 

Ideally situated in the southern side of Amboro National Park is the spectacular Refugio Los Volcanes. Just two hours’ drive from the city of Santa Cruz this paradise is a place that has to be seen to be believed. The lodge is surrounded by giant sandstone cliffs, waterfalls and tropical jungles of Amboro National Park and it’s truly a world class destination.

3 DAYS / 2 NIGHTS

DAY 1: SANTA CRUZ / REFUGIO LOS VOLCANES

08:30 AM Approx. Hotel pick up and drive towards the lodge, this trip takes around 2 hours, before we stop at the Mirador of Refugio, here we stop for 15 minutes or so to take pictures of the incredible views before we swap vehicles to a small 4WD and drive 20 minutes down the valley to reach the lodge.

Here we will check into the rooms and visit a beautiful waterfall, where we can spend an hour or so swimming and taking photos of the surroundings

12:30 PM Lunch

Rest time to swim in waterfalls.

15:00 PM we will go on a 2 or 3 hour trek on one of the areas many trails, along the way will be learning about the plant life, surroundings, the park and observing birds /wildlife

17:30 PM Return to the lodge

19:00 PM Dinner

Optional Night walk

DAY 2: REFUGIO LOS VOLCANES

07:00 AM Breakfast

08:00 AM Depart for the trek into the Amboro National Park, this trek can take up to 7 hours and we trek through a range of rivers and the views are incredible, we will visit a few waterfalls along the way, check and set up the camera traps in the area and observe areas for birds and wildlife.

Lunch will either be at the lodge or a picnic at a secluded waterfall.

If time permits a small walk in the evening then dinner and optional night walk.

DAY 3: REFUGIO LOS VOLCANES / SANTA CRUZ

07:00 AM Breakfast

08:00 AM trek into one of the areas trails; here we will be looking for orchids, birds, which include Military Macaws and Condors, plus hopefully get sightings of Monkeys or even larger mammals, which are in the area.

12:30 PM Lunch

14:30 PM visit the spectacular waterfalls

16:00 PM we check out of the room and depart the lodge; we will meet the main vehicle at the top of the Mirador of Refugio before returning to Santa Cruz.

18:30 PM Drop off in Hotel in Santa Cruz.

End of service.

Please note this is just an example tour plan, this itinerary completely depends on the tourists physical limitations, climate conditions and the tourist themselves, for example if you want to focus the tour on just bird watching this can be arranged.