Guests Can Sleep Among the Trees in Peru’s Posada Amazonas Jungle Lodge

The gorgeous eco-retreat, <a href="http://www.perunature.com/posada-amazonas.html?utm_source=Widness+%26+Wiggins+PR&amp;utm_campaign=70d4714129-RFX_RA_Award5_24_2012&amp;utm_medium=email" target="_blank">Posada Amazonas</a>, in Peru is a beacon of sustainable tourism. Set amidst the lush forest of Madre de Dios, guests can spend their days in a lush natural setting that is filled with native plants and animals. The beautiful lodge has been named one of the ten <a href="http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/newsroom/news/gala-honorees12" target="_blank">2012 Sustainable Standard-Setter Award winners</a> by the Rainforest Alliance.

Guests begin their Amazonian adventure with a 45 minute boat ride from Puerto Maldonado to the lodge, getting the first taste of the rich wild life they will experience during their stay.

The 30 guest rooms of the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/madagascars-tranquil-tsara-komba-eco-lodge-embraces-life-in-the-slow-lane/" target="_blank">eco-lodg</a>e are divided into five wings, which are connected by raised wooden boardwalks that <a href="http://inhabitat.com/lofty-tree-pod-dining-at-the-soneva-kiri-resort-thailand/" target="_blank">suspend visitors above the forest floor</a>. Each room, made from local wood, palm fronds and clay, connect visitors to the forest at their door, through ample windows and openings covered with drapery.

The rustic lodge uses kerosene lamps and candles for light at night, creating a <a href="http://inhabitat.com/7-gorgeous-eco-resorts-for-a-green-escape/" target="_blank">truly magical experience</a>, and retreat from the modern world.

Guests sleep under a canopy of mosquito nets, falling asleep to the sounds of <a href="http://inhabitat.com/google-launches-incredible-street-view-map-of-the-amazon/" target="_blank">the rainforest</a>.

During the days, guests can take river tours on the Tambopata River, hike through the forest, or tae in views from the lodge’s Canopy Tower, which <a href="http://inhabitat.com/marks-barfield-proposes-a-soaring-bamboo-science-center-for-the-amazon-rainforest/" target="_blank">gives a birds eye view of the local monkeys, toucans, parrots</a>, macaws and hundreds of other birds indigenous to the area. Meals are provided by a local sustainable vegetable farm, Peruvian delights, and filtered water.

Guests of the Posada Amazonas are in for an <a href="http://inhabitat.com/blue-forests-thatched-cliffside-lodge-wraps-itself-around-a-tree/" target="_blank">unforgettable and breathtaking experience</a>, combined with tours by Rainforest Expeditions, for a truly escapist vacation.