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Cabañas El Gran Moxos

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The place

Cabañas El Gran Moxos ("Great Moxos Cabins") in the department of Beni, San Ignacio de Moxos/Trinidad area (Bolivian Amazon, Llanos de Moxos, Bolivia), at 164 m elevation, flooded Amazonian savanna plain. New Bolivian cluster that appeared in batch 363. Traditional ecotourism camp on Moxo/Mojo territory (a pre-Columbian people numbering 100,000 before contact; from 1668 Jesuit Mojos Missions reduced this to 30,000 over 100 years through Christian conquest efforts + the 1810 uprising and Bolivian independence in 1825 under Simón Bolívar, for whom the country is named), located in the Llanos de Moxos (a 100,000 km² flooded savanna in the southern Amazon + pre-Hispanic raised-field canals (lomas), 400-1400 AD, from the Mojo culture, 20,000 archaeological sites identified, a hydraulic engineering system unique in the world + Beni Biosphere Reserve, UNESCO 1986, 135,000 ha) + Aymara heritage (a pre-Columbian people, 2 million strong, Aymara language + Quechua, 3 million, the Inca lingua franca + 36 official languages under Bolivia's constitution, Evo Morales 2006-2019, South America's first indigenous president + sacred coca leaf, chewed for 3000 years in the Andes as an identity symbol).

The setting

Beni, San Ignacio de Moxos/Trinidad, Bolivian Amazon, Llanos de Moxos, Bolivia, 164 m, flooded Amazonian savanna plain, new cluster batch 363, Moxo/Mojo ecotourism camp, pre-Columbian people, 100,000 before 1668, Jesuit Missions reduced to 30,000 over 100 years + 1810 uprising, independence 1825, Bolívar, Llanos de Moxos 100,000 km² southern Amazon + pre-Hispanic raised-field canals 400-1400 AD, Mojo culture, 20,000 archaeological sites, unique hydraulic system + Beni Biosphere Reserve UNESCO 1986, 135,000 ha, Aymara 2 million + Quechua 3 million, Inca lingua franca + 36 official languages, Evo Morales 2006-2019, South America's first indigenous president + sacred coca leaf, 3000 years, Andes.

What you'll find

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