As part of our Madidi National Park tour, we had the option to go visit the village that the founder of Berraco del Madidi (Pedro) came from. The community of San Jose de Uchupiamonas is located an additional 3 hours up-river (by boat) plus a 30 minute hike from the shore. It was founded about 400 years ago when some Franciscans came to South America to covert the indigenous people to Catholicism.
The community village was really nice. Their biggest problem (and probably their biggest advantage) is that they are so far from any other cities/villages that it's hard for them to sell anything they grow. The community is fairly self-sustaining and they educate and work hard to keep their village clean and very well maintained. Their main source of revenue is from their 2 amazon tour projects that are located on the land they own: Chalalan and the new Berraco del Madidi.
There is also no prison here, but beware - if you conduct yourself badly you may spend the night in this contraption
They even have a tractor but unfortunately, they have not been using it for a while now because they do not have the money/resources to change the tire that went flat.
