Things to do in The Amazon Basin
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Camila’s
Camila’s gets more popular by the year with the best-value breakfasts in town. The walls are plastered with photos of happy punters and jungle murals, and oropendola-nest lampshades complete the effect. There is a nightly bottled beer happy hour.
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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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Restaurant Un Gusto a Más
Get Brazilian-style grub at Bolivian prices at this bright, popular eatery, run by a hard-working Bolivian-Brazilian family. The self-serve spread is modest but tasty, with dishes from both sides of the border, and the dining area is spacious and colorful.
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Snack Antonella
Serves simple meals in an eclectic dining area carved out of the family’s home, and at wood tables set up on the sidewalk facing the plaza. It’s mostly tortas, salgados, and other light fare but it also has fish and chicken dishes, served with rice, beans and salad.
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Indigena Tours
A frequently recommended agency.
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Heladería Pato Roca
Renowned for its mountainous fruit and ice cream creations.
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Snack Bar Antonella
Pleasant place for a beer and a snack as you watch the world go round the plaza.
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Bala Tours
Has its own jungle camp, Caracoles, and a comfortable pampas lodge on Río Yacumo.
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Artesanías la Cambita
Artesanías La Cambita has a good selection of local handicrafts.
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Churrasquería Sujal
This out-of-town steakhouse is a nice, quiet place, most readily accessible by moto-taxi (B$15).
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Club Social El Progreso
This place serves inexpensive almuerzos, good filtered coffee, drinks and fine desserts.
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La Fonda Mojeña
Typical food is the order of the day at this little restaurant famous for its local specialities.
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Churrasquería Patujú
This place serves up tasty, good-value steak-oriented meals. The best place for a decent feed in the town center.
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Riverside Pool
Cool down in the Club Náutico’s sparkling riverside pool, a favorite local activity.
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Cherrie’s Ice Cream Shop
Sometimes you just need one, don’t you? This little kiosk has a variety of flavors, plus inventive sundaes and milkshakes to whet your appetite.
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Mini Mercado
For groceries, try the tiendas (small shops) along Comercio or the Mini Mercado, where you'll find a selection of canned rations, snacks and alcohol.
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La Choza del Pescador
There’s not much on the menu here, just fish cooked in about five different ways, but if you are feeling fishy then this is a good place to drop anchor.
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Banana Club
If you want to try salsa dancing or Bolivian-style grooving, this slightly sleazy club has Cuban doctors shaking their booties, locals getting drunk and gringos joining in.
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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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Club Social
With an atmospheric, open-air riverfront setting, Club Social is a good place to enjoy a cocktail. It serves up meat, chicken and à la carte international dishes for dinner.
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Horno Camba
The best of the restaurants on the plaza serving fish, chicken and Beni beef. What’s more, the sidewalk seating provides a front-row view of the nightly Kawasaki derby.
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El Tabano
With cool beers and cocktails served in the courtyard, this bar-pub is a popular place with Trinidad’s young crowd on account of its lively atmosphere and excellent food.
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Club Social
Right on the plaza, in a shady, breezy courtyard, the lovely social club is a local family favorite. The generous two-course menus include soup, meat, rice and veg, plus a drink.
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Mary’s Tours
Mary’s Tours conducts five hour city tours of Guayaramerín and Guajará-Mirim, as well as La Ruta de la Goma (The Rubber Trail) to Cachuela Esperanza.
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La Casona
Trinidad’s most famous restaurant unfortunately doesn’t live up to the hype. Give the overpriced à la carte meals a miss and stick to the lunchtime almuerzo.
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