Currently, we have five live projects:
- Discovering New Species: where guests can assist resident biologists in discovering new insect species in the Amazon rainforest. On average, we discover one new species per month! This project is only available to tourists staying at Refugio Amazonas.
- AmazonCam Tambopata: Across the Tambopata National Reserve, Rainforest Expeditions, and Dr. Mark Bowler from the University of Suffolk, and Mathias Tobler from San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has laid down a non-invasive grid of cameras traps equipped with motion sensors. The cameras are triggered when movement is detected, therefore helping us capture footage of wildlife deep in the heart of the Amazon jungle.
You too can participate by setting your own camera traps along the trails near Refugio Amazonas lodge.
- Aerobotany: One of Wired Amazon's three cornerstone projects, Aerobotany is geared towards harnessing the enormous potential of new technology to answer age-old questions on rainforest ecology. Aerobotany combines the innovative use of mini-drones and online citizen science to remotely monitor the rainforest canopy and develop a deeper understanding of the life cycles of Amazonian flora.
- HarpyCam: The Wired Amazon researchers have carefully placed a remote camera, near a harpy eagle nest where a pair and its chick are being monitored in the rainforest to study the behavior of this near-threatened species (IUCN), an apex predator in the Peruvian Amazon. For this reason, the HarpyCam, located about 90 feet high on a neighboring tree from the nest, transmits live footage down to a screen located in a protected blind, where researchers can follow and record their movements.
- 8 Primates: In 8 primates project we use behavioral follows and bioacoustics to look at the ranging patterns and communication of all eight monkey species at Tambopata. We are developing extensive libraries of calls for all monkey species, and are using these to detect monkeys in the wider forests of Peru.
To register with Wired Amazon, please click here.
Please note you need to register once with us (that’s how we track your travel credits), and once with The Zooniverse, where you’ll help collect data. Be sure to include your Zooniverse username when you register with Wired Amazon, because that is how we track your Zooniverse activity and your Travel Credits.
Yes! your child can participante, we welcome the participation of budding scientists! Travel credits are transferable, so in the case that your child wants to participate but does not have an email address, just use your own email address. There is a maximum of 300 credits per user, so if you go over that, the credits can be applied to a second person. If you have questions, just email us at wiredamazon@rainforest.com.pe
Sure! We can even help you create a gift certificate. Email us and let us know who you wish to give the gift to, and we’ll work with you to inform the recipient and help them redeem their gift.
If you earn less than $300 travel credits, you can redeem any credits you earn. So, if you earn $1 you can still take that off the cost of your stay.
If you eran more than $300 travel credits, you can transfer them to a friend or family member – or save them for the following year.
All our lodges are full of sustainable, science and conservation projects.
Experience the local Amazon culture with the Native Community of Infierno at Posada Amazonas
Become a Citizen Scientist at Refugio Amazonas with the Wired Amazon Projects
Meet the Tambopata Macaw Project and its conservation efforts for saving the Scarlet Macaws at Tambopata Research Center.
Yes, credits are transferable. Email us and we’ll help transfer them to a friend or family member.
