Sights in The Amazon Basin
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Plaza Gral José Ballivián
Trinidad's loveliest feature is its central plaza, with tall tropical trees, lush gardens and a community atmosphere. You can spend an evening eating ice cream and watching hundreds of family-laden motorbikes circling the square. In the past, traffic was refereed by a police officer in a big wooden chair, zapping red, yellow and green traffic lights by touching an electric wire against one of three nails. Today, it's boring old automatic lights.
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Santuario Chuchini
The Santuario Chuchini (Jaguar's Lair) is one of the few easily accessible Paitití sites - mounds belonging to an ancient civilization. This wildlife sanctuary and camp sits on an 8ha loma (artificial mound). From the camp, you can take short walks in the rainforest to lagoons with caimans, other larger animals and profuse bird life.
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San Buenaventura
Sleepy San Buenaventura sits across Beni River watching all the busy goings-on in Rurre. It's worth taking the ferry across for a stroll. If you're looking for fine Beni leather goods, visit the well-known shop of leather artisan Manuel Pinto. The Centro Cultural Tacana has a handicrafts shop and celebrates the Tacana people's unique cosmovision.
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Trinidad Cathedral
On the south side of Plaza Gral José Ballivián, Trinidad's cathedral was built between 1916 and 1931 on the site of a Jesuit church. It's not a particularly impressive building and doesn't even have its own bells - the on-the-hour bell ringing is played off a cassette and tends to sound like a cockerel on fire.
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Ethno-Archaeological Museum
The Spanish-funded ethno-archaeological museum at the university, 1.5km north of town, exhibits artifacts from the Trinidad region, including traditional instruments and tribal costumes.
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Butterfly Pool El Mirador
The Butterfly Pool El Mirador, is a fabulous spot where you can swim and sigh over the beautiful views of the Beni lowlands. Reservations can be made at the Butterfly Pub.
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El Chorro
A few kilometers upstream from the town, El Chorro is an idyllic beauty spot with a waterfall and pool. You can reach it by boat only; enquire at the harbor. On a rock roughly opposite El Chorro is an ancient serpentine engraving, which was intended as a warning to travelers: whenever the water reached serpent level, the Beni was considered unnavigable.
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