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Contact:
Martin Schmidt
Marketing and Sales
Rainforest Expeditions
Av. Aramburu 166, 2b
Miraflores, Lima 18, Perú
Tel: +511/421-8347
Fax: +511/421-8183
mschmidt@rainforest.com.pe
www.perunature.com
Recommended by:
Conservation International, Peru
www.conservation.org.pe
www.conservation.org/xp/CIWEB/
regions/neotropics/andes.xml
n.pardo@conservation.org
Type of accommodation:
Bed & breakfast, lodge, inn
Features:
Conference Rooms
Hot water
Laundry facilities
Private bathroom
Restaurant
Telephone
Number of rooms: 18.
Year founded: 2005.
Number of employees: 8; in addition, we employ 35-40 guides between the lodges
Percent of employees who are local residents: 88%.
Type of destination:
Farm, ranch (rural)
Historic site
Indigenous community
Mountain
Able to accommodate:
Families
Gay/lesbian
Seniors
Singles
Singles with children
Description of the area:
Konchukos Tambo is located near Huascarán National Park, declared a World Heritage Site in 1985 by UNESCO. It is northeast of Lima, the capital of Peru.
The lodge is in the Valle de Conchucos, 10 minutes from the impressive archeological site Chavín de Huántar, which has also been included on UNESCO’s list since 1985. The main street of Conchucos is one of the most beautiful in Peru. From Konchukos Tambo you can make different excursions to see lakes, traditional weavers, waterfalls, trout fish farms, archeological sites, and more.
Available activities:
Adventure, sports
Horseback riding
Biking
Bird watching
Eco/nature/wildlife
Educational, research, volunteering
Mountain climbing
Tours
Walking/hiking
How to get there:
Konchukos can be reached over land from Lima (7-8 hours) or by air and land (3 – 4 hours)
Making a difference:
Rainforest Expeditions administers four initiatives: Amazonas Inn, the Tambopata Research Center and the Amazonas Refuge in the Amazon in southeastern Peru, and Konchukos Tambo in the Peruvian Central Andes near the highest tropical mountains of the world.
Konchukos Tambo was leased by the Asociacion Ancash to Rainforest Expeditions and Explorandes in 2005 with two purposes – developing a variety of trekking and off-the-beaten path programs that would spearhead tourism to this little visited region and hosting courses and workshops on tourism and handicrafts for the valley’s inhabitants. Hopefully, in the future, our efforts will bear these fruits, but it is too soon to tell. Meanwhile we have concentrated on a few key actions to get started off in the right direction.
First and foremost we have listened. We have started to understand the worries and dreams of the people who run the small tourism businesses in Chavin and San Marcos (hotels, restaurants, mountain auxiliary associations, small tour operators) and are beginning to work in those directions.
General rates:
$$ (26-50) -- Full room and board per person, activities not included. Activities are offered directly at the lodge.
Click here for more information about Rainforest Expeditions’ rates.
Date this information was provided: May 2007.
