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Main pages: About us - Our
location - The
Eco-Lodge - The
Madidi National Park - Tacana
Community - Volunteer - FAQ - Programmes - Contact Menu,
Additional pages: Introduction -
Testimonials, page
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teaching - Equator Prize |
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San Miguel del Bala, Bolivia. Community Eco-Lodge &
Eco-Tourism Rain forest hikes in and around the Madidi National Park. Comfortable lodging in cabins with electricity and private bathroom. |
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Welcome to our page with links for
San Miguel del Bala - Community Eco-Lodge - Community Eco-Tourism, Bolivia
Links in English: 
The official site for our Community Eco-Lodge
is: www.sanmigueldelbala.com
Printer friendly version. Not using Flash, and without pictures: www.sanmigueldelbala.com/indexPrint_NoFlash.html
Our page with introduction: www.sanmigueldelbala.com/quienesi.html
Our pictures from San Miguel del
Bala: http://picasaweb.google.com/SanMiguelDelBala
Our location on the map in
WikiMapia: Location of San Miguel del Bala Eco-Lodge
Direct
links to text: The village, the
community: www.wikimapia.org/1743716
The
Eco-Lodge: www.wikimapia.org/1743717
Wildlife Conservation Society, About the Madidi National Park: www.wcs.org/.../madidi_summary
National Geographic Society, About the Madidi National Park: www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0003/madidi/
Visit Bolivia, La Paz - Beni tourism and travel
website: www.visitbolivia.org/index2.php
San Miguel in Wikipedia (The Free Encyclopedia): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Miguel_del_Bala
San Miguel in Wikitravel (The free world-wide travel guide): http://wikitravel.org/en/San_Miguel_del_Bala
San Miguel is mentioned in the Lonely Planet Thorn Tree online travel
community. Go to the Thorn Tree and search for San
Miguel del Bala. Direct link to this search: search.lonelyplanet.com/ttsearch.do?Ntt=%22San+Miguel+del+Bala%22
Same search in Google: "San
Miguel del Bala" site:http://lonelyplanet.com - Google Search
About San
Miguel (Contact Address etc.) on www.AboutUs.org (a website about
websites): www.aboutus.org/SanMiguelDelBala.com
Flights to Rurrenabaque: Línea Aérea Amaszonas: www.amaszonas.com
San Miguel del Bala is supported by ‘Conservación Internacional Bolivia’ and ‘United Nations Development Programme’, UNDP (In Spanish PNUD, ‘Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo’).
www.conservation.org.bo www.conservation.org
www.undp.org/latinamerica www.pnud.bo
San Miguel del Bala was nominated to the UNDP
Equator Prize in 2006/2007.
Read more at our separate page about the
nomination: www.sanmigueldelbala.com/EquatorPrizeNom06.html
About birds and birdwatching: ‘BirdLife International’ and ‘Asociacion Armonia’:
www.birdlife.org/worldwide/national/bolivia/index.html
www.armonia-bo.org/English/home.htm
(English version)
Bolivia Guide Books / Travel Guides: www.sanmigueldelbala.com/GuideBooksBolivia.html
Links to guidebooks from 4 publishers are
mentioned: Lonely Planet, Bradt Travel
Guides, Footprint books, Rough Guides.
A background book of current interest: “Whispering in the Giant's Ear. A Frontline
Chronicle from Bolivia's War on Globalization”. William Powers. May 2006. Publisher:
Bloomsbury USA. www.bloomsburyusa.com/....isbn=9781596911031....
Testimonials:
Reviews/journals/diaries written by our visitors:
1. The Suijker family from the Netherlands visited San Miguel del Bala for 5 days in July, 2005
Read translations of their travel blog: From Dutch into English: www.sanmigueldelbala.com/SuijkerEn.html
From Dutch into Danish: www.sanmigueldelbala.com/SuijkerDa.html
2. Michelle from South Africa / United Kingdom visited San Miguel del Bala for 3 days in January 2007:
Read Michelle’s testimonial: www.sanmigueldelbala.com/Michelle.html (Diary entry “Out of this World...”)
3. Nancy from Brooklyn, New York
City, USA, visited Rurrenabaque and San Miguel del Bala in mid-September 2006. She
has written several comprehensive journals with many useful details: www.nancychuang.com/journals/rurrenabaque_jungle_fever
Tour Operator:
San Miguel del Bala Community Eco-Tourism: This homepage: www.sanmigueldelbala.com
Our office address and contact information is
at the bottom of this page.
Travel Agencies:
Madidi Amazon Travel, a Bolivian and Canadian
tourism enterprise promoting mostly indigenous socio-cultural tourism in
Bolivia. With office located in Rurrenabaque:
www.madidi-amazon.com
Description and pictures from San Miguel del
Bala: www.madidi-amazon.com/jungletime “San Miguel del Bala is by far our favourite
choice. ..”
Links in Spanish: 
Servicio Nacional de Áreas Protegidas (SERNAP):
www.sernap.gov.bo
El Parque Nacional Madidi: www.sernap.gov.bo/madidi
Rurrenabaque:
www.visitbolivia.org/espanol/rurenabaque.htm
For more information please send us an e-mail or fax, or phone us:
E-mail: info at sanmigueldelbala dot com (Please insert the proper signs instead of ‘at’ and ‘dot’,
and of course no spaces)
Phone / Fax:
(+591-3) 892-2394
Or use our Contact form
Our office’s address:
Oficina San Miguel del Bala
Calle Comercio (between Calle Vaca Diez and Santa Cruz),
Rurrenabaque, Beni, Bolivia.
Please note:
All visits to and stays in San Miguel del Bala must be arranged with the
our office in Rurrenabaque.
The Beni River is the boundary between the La
Paz Department and the Beni Department of Bolivia.
San Miguel del Bala is on the west bank of the
Beni River, in the La Paz Department.
The town Rurrenabaque is on the east bank of
the Beni River, in the Beni Department of Bolivia.
Revised 2007-09-14
Note about
navigation on our homepage:
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English and Spanish): Page with
introduction (in English): Pages with
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of 3 parts:
Part 1: The greater part: Comprehensive and detailed information. These pages uses Flash (Macromedia Flash Player).
Part 2: Additional pages (like this one). Using ‘normal’ HTML technique (Hyper text
mark-up language).
Part 3: Printer friendly version: Index:
http://www.sanmigueldelbala.com/indexPrint_NoFlash.html