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Added by Jopie, at 14 December 2013
Opening Hours
- Monday 7:45 AM – 5:00 PM
- Tuesday 7:45 AM – 5:00 PM
- Wednesday 7:45 AM – 5:00 PM
- Thursday 7:45 AM – 5:00 PM
- Friday 7:45 AM – 5:00 PM
- Saturday 7:45 AM – 5:00 PM
- Sunday Closed
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13 Reviews
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01 May 2018
Se puede realizar una buena caminata en poco tiempo y desde lo alto del mirador tener una muy buena vista de la zona, puedes observar los rÃos y la vegetación del lugar, además de observar monos que habitan en el lugar y están en proceso de recuperación para luego poder devolverlos a su habitad, además de los monos hay otros animales en recuperación pero no son accesibles para los visitantes. Una buena opción para pasar un rato agradable.
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27 February 2018
The park is quite small,and reasonably priced. Unfortunately the day we visited we didn't see any monkeys at all,so there's no guarantee that you'll see any wildlife. The views from the viewpoint are very good,with extensive views of Villa Tunari and the surround area. Apart from the viewpoint and the monkeys (if you see any),there isn't a lot more to do
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17 January 2018
La entrada es barata pero el lugar está mal mantenido. Muy sucio. Se puede tener contacto con los monos pero siempre hay mucha gente y todo se siente muy poco natural.
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16 December 2017
Hermoso!! Esta un poco descuidadeo. Antes habia un guia. Se podian pasar a las jaulas. Pero es una experiencia digna de ser vivida. Los monitos pocos pero para los niños una alegria
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08 December 2017
¡Me encanto! Es un lugar muy tranquilo que me lleno de paz y tranquilidad.
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13 October 2017
El silencio es vision en este lugar para ver a los animales muy lindo, te adentras en una experiencia magnifica :) recomiendo!
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28 August 2017
Great work is being done here to rehabilitate injured animals from the region.
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03 August 2017
Precioso lugar, reserva natural, caminata de 90 minutos ida y vuelta, animales salvaje y en reintegración, cajas para dejar equipaje, solo se puede ingresar agua, camara y celular.
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27 April 2017
Parque muy linda
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10 March 2017
Come and helps us its great
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07 January 2017
Lindo lugar te da te acercas más a la naturaleza miras animalitos en especial monos en la sima de la montaña osea El Mirador y la vista es hermosa
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21 October 2016
Un excelente lugar donde se recupera animales que han estado en cautiverio y se los reintegra a la selva. Tiene un paseo de ir subiendo por la selva hasta llegar a un mirador donde se puede apreciar la ciudad, y lo mejor de todo, allì hay monos que se acercan y juegan con las personas, los monos araña. ¡Es muy lindo! Tienen que pasar por aquà si están en la zona.
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21 December 2013
I was looking for an orgnisation to volunteer with, that fights against the extinction of species as that's a very, very sad fact.
So I found IntiWaraYassi, that says:"To defend the environment and conserve biodiversity." and I thought,I´m right here.
It turned out, that this was just to attract paying volunteers. They do not the least attempt to Conserve Biodiversity. They have for example 65 capuchin monkeys, they are not endangered at all. Same as about 97% of the animals at Parque Machia are not endangered.
So their info"work with endangered species" is not totally wrong, but is same for attracting attention. Also their quote: "La extinction es por siempre haga su soporte " being placed at the entrance is of course truth, but they are not doing anything against it. The few endangered animals they have, are not attempted to be brought back to the wild. So there are some wild cats or a bear and a lot of birds, that will spend their whole life(decades) in this parks.
With this effort of work and money there could be soo much more done for the species than giving one individual a (maybe) better life(e.g. reforestation, education)
The administrator just easily said "they don't have the facilities to reintroduce the animals to the wild". As there are always about 15 paying volunteers(400$ per month), it seems obvious, that they don't do any try to bring some of the animals back to the wild.
I personally worked with birds and read for example:"Many species of birds can be seen, their once cropped feathers slowly growing back." I thought that´s a good developpment from birds, that should be pets would be back in the nature soon - knowing that there are critically endangered species in Bolivia. The CareTaker of the birds(a very nice bolivian woman, that unfortunately will receive an ear damage soon with this work) explained me, that the feathers needs to be cut every now and then, otherwise the birds could escape (WTF?!).
.maybe I just should have drank the cheapest rum same as most of the other volunteers(not all) and see the sense in putting nice animal - pictures on facebook. And just follow the instructions in the folder that explains, to sing and dance with the birds, as they would be pets just being saved from being someone elses pets.
Knowing that, the extinctions silently takes place out there, makes me sad. Can´t beleive, that they confuse fight extinction with entertainment, the priority should be totally obvious.
From all the volunteering I did in all the countries it was the first time I paid for it and it was the first time, that I didn´t see a big sense in it - I got the impression, that this organisation was set up for making profit, I quit after 3 days so at least I don´t spend time with this.
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