Posada Amazonas

About this experience

Posada Amazonas sits in the Peruvian Amazon inside Ese'eja indigenous territory, accessible only by a two-hour boat journey from Puerto Maldonado. The lodge was built in partnership between Rainforest Expeditions and the Ese'eja community — and after 20 years, the Ese'eja now hold 60% ownership and manage all daily operations. Guides are community members who grew up on this land. The macaw clay lick, the medicinal plant trails, the nighttime jungle walks — all are led by people for whom this is not an interpretation. It is home.

"This is our home. You are welcome here because we choose to welcome you."

Conservation work

• Community-owned eco-lodge with indigenous Ese'eja management
• Macaw clay lick monitoring contributing to long-term population data
• Medicinal plant trail guided by community elders
• Active anti-poaching patrol partnership with Ese'eja territorial guards

Sustainability metrics

• forest protection — Posada sits within Ese'eja ancestral territory, actively monitored against logging and mining encroachment
• wildlife index — Annual macaw and mammal surveys show stable or increasing populations
• water — Lodge gravity-fed from protected upstream sources