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macaw - a must for serious birders. Prices start at Bs1190 ($170)/person for birdwatching
trips, falling to about half that price if you can round up eight people.
Turismo Moxos Av 6 de Agosto 114 03 4621141, [e-mail] . Various
one- to three-day trips into the rainforest by motorized canoe along the Río Ibare, a tributary
of the Mamoré, with plenty of opportunity for seeing wildlife (including pink dolphins) and
visiting indigenous communities. They also offer shorter, two-night blue-throated macaw
viewing trips, with prices starting at around Bs940 ($120)/person based on a group of four;
river trip prices start at around Bs280 ($40)/person per day.
ACCOMMODATION
Anexo Colonial Antonio Vaca Díez 344 03 4634045. Arguably the best value ac-
commodation in town, this is an annexe of the Hotel Colonial further up the street, run by
the dueña 's friendly and welcoming son and located right next door to Hostal Santa Anita .
Rooms come in two classes: one airy with impossibly lofty ceilings and walls painted in
café-crème neutrals, one more compact with beams: both have a lot of character. The breezy,
mosaic-tiled courtyard is spanned by overha nging eaves and lit by faux-colonial lamps, and
a bar and guests' kitchen are planned. Bs120
Carambar Av 6 de Agosto, between Santa Cruz and Villavicencio 03 4626097. This
French-run crèperie also rents a quartet of clean, spacious, white-washed rooms off lush
courtyard, itself overhung with beamed eaves, and all with privat e bath room, a/c and -
uniquely in Trinidad - an inclusive French breakfast. Wi-fi available. Bs180
Hostal Santa Anita Antonio Vaca Díez 354 03 4622257. Only a year old, this family-
run hostel still smells as strikingly fragrant as it doubtless did the day it was opened, an ol-
factory surprise if you've suffered one too many stinking Amazonian bathrooms. The bright,
capacious and spotlessly clean rooms come complete with private hammock, giving onto a
slender, leafy patio, while masks and painte d plant pots ad d som e pizzazz. Free wi-fi and
breakfast included. Rooms without a/c Bs160 ; rooms with a/c Bs200
Hostal Sirari Santa Cruz 538 03 4624472, [e-mail] . Though they could
do with a little sprucing up, the Sirari' s ageing, beamed-ceiling rooms complement what has
to be the most verdant courtyard in Trinidad, with a trio of gorgeous toucans pottering about
amidthefoliage.Thelowerroomsalsocomewithlovelywhite-painted,glass-panelleddoors,
while the upper rooms a re mo re modern. You'll pay double for a/c. Laundry service avail-
able. Rooms without a/c Bs160
Jacaranda Suites LaPazbetweenPedrodelaRochaand18deNoviembre 034622400,
[e-mail] . This place is unquestionably the most luxurious in Trinidad, and
by some margin. Rooms are painted in cool coffee and burnt umber, with carved doors and
bedsteads, original cornicing and cosy checked linen. Breakfast is inevitably included, and if