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A Short Description of "Mataracu" & Amboro Park North side

"Mataracu" is what the park rangers’ camp is called. It is located a few meters within the Red Line.

It is also the name of a community and one of the many rivers that run through the park.

This official entrance is located about 150 Kms. from the city of Santa Cruz. 120 of these 150 Kms. are paved and the rest is a dirt road. There are two main entrances to Mataracu, either crossing the Surutu River or the Yapacani River.

To enter Amboro National Park and pass over the red line, as with all official entry points, we first enter the ANMI (Integrally Managed Natural Area).

Once inside the ANMI, we go through several communities that are almost entirely populated by inhabitants from the Bolivian highlands. These people appear to be very impoverished; however, in reality almost each family owns a minimum of 50 hectares of land within the ANMI, 50 or more head of cattle, a home or hut within the ANMI, and one or two brick homes in either a small town, in a larger city that is a few kilometers from the park, or in Santa Cruz.

The access road for vehicles ends a few meters from the Red Line and here we begin hiking with a guide. You’ll be able to enjoy the paths through the virgin forest of the park.

Nearby are some natural pools and at about two hours distance there is a 15-meter high  waterfall.

In Mataracu, along the shores of the red line, there is lodge-type infrastructure with wooden and plastic cabins. This lodge has basic services and is known as the “Tent Camp”. Prices for the use of services at the tent camp vary depending on various factors.

When it rains enough the rivers and/or streams may become dangerous for visitors, especially for those who are not familiar with the area.

Amboro National park North Side

It is an area that despite its proximity to the city of Santa Cruz is very little visited. Almost all tourism in north of the Amboro is just 3 kms within the Red Line.

This Red  line separates the Integrated Management Area of the Park (ANMI) with the heart of the park. This comprises about 400,000 hectares.

The Northern part of Amboro is Tropical and consists of Rainforests, Amazon basin and many eco-systems.

It contains the lower part of what is the beginning of the first hills in the park.

The places are not difficult to hike  because is possible to do it parallel to a streams.

To get  into small valleys within the park, the walks are  along the edges of these hills.

The North Side of this park   is full of unvisited zones.

Comparing the most representative vegetation of this place with the jungles of Madidi Park or Noel Kempff park in Bolivia.

And especially with the south side of the same Amboro park, the difference is noticeable.

After a tour of one day inside the red line, you will notice the existence of a large number of streams, natural pools, rivers and others peculiarities, due to the topography of this area.

And the existence of water sources within the park. Which empties its water on the North side due to the difference in altitude.

Because the average heigh in the South side is 800 meters above sea level. And the Nothern part is on an average heigh of 350 meters above sea level

But what it calls more the attention overall is the quality of the Amazon forest, which seems to be more dense and higher than  in other National paks.

About birds, Amboro park contains more species than the whole country of Costa Rica. The birds in Amboro   are easy to listen, but difficult to see because the dense forest.

In mammals the North part  of Amboro is rich because it has most of the species of Amazon  living in this park.

All this tends to give the visitor a higher satisfaction.