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Amazon Rainforest Workshop for Students:
Brief Itinerary
February
28 - March 7, 2005
DAY
1
Monday
FEBRUARY 28
Monday
FEBRUARY 28
Teacher and student group members depart together on their domestic/ international flights to Lima. Met upon arrival at Lima Airport.
DAY 2
Tuesday
MARCH 1
Tuesday
MARCH 1
Connect with flight to Iquitos, Peru.
Transfer via open-air bus to City Market.
Board boat for Explorama Lodge for first hike in the Amazon Rainforest.
Optional Night Walk or Boat Outing each night.
Overnight Explorama Lodge.
DAY
3
Wednesday
MARCH 2
Wednesday
MARCH 2
Optional Birding each morning - walking or by boat.
A.M. "Rainforest Cultures" - Local Guide. Trading with the Yagua.
Field Visits to Village, Local School, Library, & Clinic.
P.M. Culture & Craft Fair.
Overnight Explorama Lodge.
DAY
4
Thursday
MARCH 3
Thursday
MARCH 3
Board boat for trip to ExplorNapo Lodge.
A.M. Visit ReNuPeRu Ethnobotanical Garden with Shaman Mauro Rivero
P.M. By Boat to fish for Piranha.
Overnight ExplorNapo Lodge.
DAY
5
Friday
MARCH 4
Friday
MARCH 4
Transfer to ACTS for full day visit to Canopy Walkway.
Noon – Visit a Leaf Cutting Ant Colony.
Night hike to view the Bioluminescent Fungus patch.
Overnight Amazon Conservatory for Tropical Studies (ACTS).
DAY
6
Saturday
MARCH 5
Saturday
MARCH 5
Visit the Canopy Walkway at dawn and A.M. in the Rainforest.
Transfer by boat to Ceiba Tops.
Overnight Ceiba Tops Resort
DAY
7
Sunday
MARCH 6
Sunday
MARCH 6
Early morning birding option, AM. and P.M. field sessions.
Wrap-Up Activities & Closing Ceremony.
Overnight Ceiba Tops Resort.
DAY
8
Monday
MARCH 7
Monday
MARCH 7
Morning reflections. Depart Iquitos. Group will be met and assisted with
connection and check-in for flight back to the USA. Note: Most groups will return to the U.S. on an overnight flight and arrive home on DAY 9.