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Puerto Maldonado
Madre de Dios, Peru · South America
About Puerto Maldonado
Puerto Maldonado sits on the route: 20 minutes from Tambopata.
Puerto Maldonado is in Madre de Dios, Peru, with about 85,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Tambopata, about 19 km away.
Puerto Maldonado (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpweɾto maldoˈnaðo] ) is a city in southeastern Peru in the Amazon rainforest 55 kilometres (34 mi) west of the Bolivian border, located at the confluence of the Tambopata and Madre de Dios rivers. The latter river joins the Madeira River as a tributary of the Amazon. ThisRead more
city is the capital of the Department of Madre de Dios.
Nearby are the Manu National Park, Tambopata National Reserve, and Bahuaja-Sonene National Park, which have been established to protect natural resources. These are some of the most pristine primary rain forests in the world. They include several oxbow lakes and clay licks, where hundreds of birds, including macaws, feed on clay. Among the indigenous peoples in this area are the Machiguenga.
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Puerto Maldonado is in Madre de Dios, Peru, about 19 km from Tambopata.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 85,024
- Continent
- South America
- Country
- Peru
- Region
- Madre de Dios
- Timezone
- America/Lima
- Coordinates
- -12.5895, -69.1995
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Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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