Among them, adventurers such as Yossi Ghinsberg, who in 1981 participated in a failed expedition with Karl Ruprechter, Marcus Stamm and Kevin Gale, who were lost and separated.

The friendship between Ghinsberg and the Josesanos led them to generate an ecotourism project aimed at improving the quality of life of these indigenous people and conserving biodiversity.

The lodge has been built based on traditional tacana techniques, with overgrown wooden floors, chonta palm tree (Iriartea deltoidea) walls and jatata (Geonoma deversa) roofing.

Chalalán represents and conserves a segment of the ecosystems of the Madidi National Park, corresponding to the foot of mount, the forest of low mountains of the Tropical Andes.

The lodge is owned by the Indigenous People of San José de Uchupiamonas, which designates a directory to which management responsibilities are delegated.

The enterprise has been self-sustaining and independent since 2000, since then it has operated uninterruptedly[4] The 2013 documentary film, Gringo Trails, features an interview with Chalalán Ecolodge's, Guido Mamani, promoting the project as a main solution towards sustainable tourism.