Pampas de Rurrenabaque 3 days 2 nights
Overview
Pampas is located in the municipality of Santa Rosa del Yacuma, in the Department of Beni, 516 km from the city of La Paz, and is home to 9 communities and 172 cattle ranches, with a population of approximately 7,000 inhabitants.
It comprises a complex mosaic of plant formations: flooded savannahs, wetlands, forest islands, gallery forests, with a predominance of grasses and sedges, aquatic plants, bromeliads, palm groves and emergent trees (bibosi, ambaibo, cedar, tajibo). It is also home to a great diversity of wild animals, with three endemic and highly endangered species standing out, namely, the ashy (Callicebus modestus) and reddish (Callicebus olallae) lucachis monkeys and the blue-bearded paraba (Ara glaucogularis). Other relevant species are the marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus), the urine (Mazama gouazoubira), the huaso (Mazama americana), the jaguar (Panthera onca), the borochi (Crysocyon brachyurus), the river dolphin (Inia boliviensis), the river dolphin (Podocnemis unifilis), the black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) and the lizard (Caiman yacare).
One of the objectives of the area is to achieve compatibility between biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. Ecotourism is one of the fundamental economic activities of the municipality of Santa Rosa.
Highlights
- spectacular panoramic views of the pampas surrounding the Yacuma River and in the large lagoons of the savannah.
- the existing biodiversity of the site
- different walks along the Pampas