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HOW TO GET TO THE RESERVA
NATURAL PALMARI FROM LETICIA AND/OR TABATINGA |
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The easy but expensive way
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Go to the floating quays on the Amazon river at Leticia and/or Tabatinga and hire an aluminium (faster) / wooden (slower) boat with a 40 HP (prefereably 60 HP) outboard engine and be at the Reserva Natural Palmari after aprox. 2 and ½ hours by an aluminium boat, or aprox. 5 hours by a wooden boat, both also depending on the water level. Do not forget to contract your return pick-up for the date you require it and pay less than the total amount of the first leg in order to make sure the boat picks you up on the departure date, if you should be interested in being picked-up. Here a "hint" concerning the maximum costs involved: Boat per day aprox. COP 150.000.- / RBR 150.- / USD 90.- / EUR 55.-; fuel for one leg aprox. COP 250.000.- / RBR 250.- / USD 150.- / EUR 90.-. Also, our local main administrator, FRANCISCO HIPOLITO AVILA BARBOSA (speaking only spanish & portuguese) in Leticia at the Carrera 10A # 3-50 (Suburb El Porvenir) or phone 00-57-8592-4156 at home or celular phone 00-57-3-310-5690203, can arrange this private service or help you getting it arranged for you, any time.
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Go to the floating quay at Tabatinga and take a "taxi do río - catraya" boat (leaving every time the passenger carrying capacity is reached) for approx. RBR 15.- from there to the city of Benjamin Constant taking aprox. 30 minutes. From there - some days, not every day and lately very seldomly - at aprox. 09:00 a.m. hours leaves the "recreo" ship (only one per day, if any) for aprox. RBR 15.-, or a "moto-taxi" leaving any time you need it for approx. RBR 25.-, or a small van-like VW-bus (leaving every time the passenger carrying capacity is reached) for approx. RBR 15.- to the village of Atalaia do Norte; the ship taking aprox. 4hours, the moto-taxi about 30 minutes and the VW-bus about 45 minutes. There you have to negotiate with local boatsmen, which will take you to the Reserva Natural Palmari for anything between RBR 25.- and 80.-, taking between 4 hours by the slowest long-canoes or 45 minutes by the faster boats available. Or you can arrange from Leticia prior to leaving from there (at least 36 hours prior to your leaving!) through our local main administrator, FRANCISCO HIPOLITO AVILA BARBOSA (speaking only spanish & portuguese) in Leticia at the Carrera 10A # 3-50 (Suburb El Porvenir) or phone 00-57-8592-4156 at home or celular phone 00-57-3-310-5690203 that he calls by cel-phone (or e-mails) our visitors centre at the Reserva Natural Palmari and have you picked-up at Atalaia do Norte at a pre-arranged date and hour by one of our own boats for COP 45.000.- / RBR 45.- / USD 25.- / EUR 20.-. It is not necessary to contract your pick-up from the Reserva Natural Palmari, since we can coordinate/organize your return to Atalaia do Norte any time/any day for COP 45.000.- / RBR 45.- / USD 25.- / EUR 20.-
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The lucky way
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Ask in Leticia at the Carrera 10A # 3-50 (Suburb El Porvenir), home phone 00-57-8592-4156 or cel-phone 00-57-3-310-5690203 for Mr. FRANCISCO HIPOLITO AVILA B. (Speaking only spanish & portuguese!) for our main local administrator of the Reserva Natural Palmari. You could get lucky and find out, that a private, pre-arranged boat is leaving this day or the next, straight to the Reserva Natural Palmari, charging you COP 85.000.- / RBR 85.- / USD 50.- / EUR 30.- for the non-stop trip, taking aprox. 2 and ½ hours by means of a fibreglass boat or 5 hours by wooden boat, depending also on the water level.
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