WHAT TO EXPECT: ​

Harpia Harpyja Expedition from 20 to 30 Days; This particular expedition will be specifically focused on those interested in an intense and strenuous exploration journey across sporadically explored and unexplored Amazonian territories, as many others, this is an extraordinary program, to a place rich in fauna and flora, where the most fearsome, strongest, and KING of the Amazon canopy THE HARPY EAGLE makes its appearance, and who's presence also gives us a sign of a healthy ecosystem.

This expedition will offer physical challenges in a very complex natural environment, where our well-prepared team of indigenous natives of different Amazonian origins, will show and deliver their unique and collective experience of jungle knowledge, guiding, instructing, and caring for each visitor in transit within their best capabilities.

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The Harpy Eagle (Harpia Harpyja); is the largest raptor in the Amazon rainforest and one of the biggest eagles in the world. Although there are healthy populations of this majestic bird in the Peruvian rainforests, they are very difficult to see. In the Amazon rainforest, Harpy Eagles share the top of the food chain with Jaguars and Anacondas. The Jaguar rules the forest floor, the Anacondas the swamps and lakes, and the Harpy Eagle dominates the canopy of the rainforest.

Harpy Eagles are commonly believed to solely prey upon sloths and monkeys. However, recent studies in Tambopata Peru discovered that they catch and eat a variety of animals. They also take large birds such as toucans, and kinkajous, and will even kill Brocket Deers!

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Harpy Eagles look especially intimidating due to their huge, Grizzly Bear sized claws and massive beaks. The legs of the Harpy Eagle can also be nearly as thick as the wrist of a person! A wide-ranging, rare bird: This big eagle historically occurred in rainforests from southern Mexico all the way south to the Atlantic coast of Brazil. However, they need large tracts of animal-filled rainforest to survive and have thus disappeared from many areas of their range.

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