Chalalan Ecolodge

... the River Beni and then the River Tuichi) to the Chalalan Ecolodge which would be the base for our Jungle tour.  Chalalan Ecolodge (in the Madidi National Park) is a community based ecotourism project, fronting a wildlife rich lake.  Since 1995 ...

... Beni and Tuichi and a 30 minute walk (where they wheelbarrowed our luggage - what service!), we found ourselves at Chalalan Ecolodge, on Chalalan Lake in the middle of Parque Nacional Madidi in the Bolivian Amazon.  We were welcomed with cool ...

So we left San Miguel and hopped into a more luxurious 12-person motorized canoe to head toward our next destination, Chalalan Ecolodge. This ride was one of the highlights of the Amazon trip - 5 hours of beautiful skies, completely untouched rain ...

... weather and finances permit. We arrived at the lodge landing and started our 2 km walk through the jungle to the lodge. The Chalalan Ecolodge is owned and run by and supports the people of the San José de Uchupiamonas Community which is really good. As ...

... week of mosquito squatting, those little bugger's are everywhere! We decided to splurge (must stop doing that) and booked ourselves into Chalalan Eco lodge, 6hrs into up the Rio Tuichi River, for three days. We were lucky enough to have our very own ...

So, we are off to Rurrenabaque for a 5 day/4 night tour of the jungle. We will be staying at the Chalalan ecolodge and look forward to all that we will see. We have had the chance to meet a few people who have been on this tour and it sounds fantastic! ...

... We arrived at the river entrance to Chalalan at about 2-2.30.  It was about a 2 km walk from the river through to the Chalalan Ecolodge which is beside Lago Chalalan.  On the walk to the lodge we saw army ants, leaf cutter ants, a troop of ...

... ; Once in Rurre we learned that another American couple on our flight would be paired with us for our hikes at the Chalalan Ecolodge in Madidi National Park.  Having met our tour guide and determined our departure time for the following morning we ...