Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Money
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Brazilian reais and Bolivian bolivianos have become much easier
to exchange here since the opening of the Transoceanic Highway: ask where is currently
giving the best exchange rate.
and has a Visa ATM.
Post
Post office
(Velarde)
Southwest of the Plaza de Armas.
Tourist Information
Sernanp
( 57-3278;
www.sernanp.gob.pe/sernanp
;
Av 28 de Julio 875)
The national
park office gives information and collects entrance fees (in nearly all cases, guides sort
this out); standard entrance to the Tambopata reserve zone is S30 but increases to S65 for
visiting areas away from the riverside lodges. The website is in Spanish only.
Tourist Booth
(airport) Run by the
Ministerio de Industria y Turismo; provides limited
information on tours and jungle lodges.
Getting There & Away
Most travelers fly here from Lima or Cuzco, but bus is now a viable option too. The long
river trips from Manu or Bolivia are (when possible) only for hardened, adventurous trav-
elers.
BORDER CROSSING: BRAZIL VIA PUERTO
MALDONADO
A good paved road, part of the Transoceanic Highway, goes from Puerto Maldonado to Iberia and on to Iñapari,
233km from Puerto Maldonado, on the Brazilian border. Along the road are small settlements of people involved
in the Brazil nut farming, cattle ranching and logging industries. After about 170km you reach
Iberia
, which has
very basic hotels. The village of
Iñapari
is another 70km beyond Iberia.
