Overview
Tambopata Reserve National Park was created in 1990, several biologists and conservationists began lobbying to protect the Tambopata area from development. They were passionate about the preservation of this area, because it was (and is) one of the last remaining and most extensive areas of the pristine jungle. Specifically, Tambopata is one of the few areas that contains lowland and foothill jungles, but also connects with cloud forests at higher elevations and wet savannas. Furthermore, very few people lived in the more remote areas of Tambopata.
Conservationists realized that the region could act as an important corridor between Manu National Park and the jungles of Bolivia. The area also harbored healthy populations of tapirs, jaguars and other felines, giant otters, harpy eagles, many types of macaws and other animals that had disappeared from other parts of the Amazon.
At the beginning, the area that includes the current Tambopata National Reserve and the nearby Bahuaja Sonene National Park was known as the “Tambopata-Candamo Reserved Zone”, as a previous form of protection. While the “reserved zone” status provided some protection to the area, it left the window open for changes in land use, so the area was still at risk.
To help give the area a more permanent state of protection, conservation organizations carried out more studies, which showed that the protection of the region was of vital importance to biodiversity and could work with local cultures. Those studies helped to build a solid case to change the status of Tambopata from “reserved zone” to “national reserve”, a more official and permanent protection. The Tambopata National Reserve was born!
Day 1
Day 01: Puerto Maldonado – Monkey Island – Night Activity
We will pick you up from the bus station or Airport at Puerto Maldonado and will transfer you to our office, we will then drive you in our transport to the boat pier, here we will take you by boat to travel down the Madre de Dios river to arrive at our lodge, then a refreshing fruit juice drink in our lodge.
We will set you up in your room, a quick rest, after we will start our tour going to walk in the jungle where we will get the lush vegetation (Some trees are 500 years old), birds such as parrots, toucans, macaws, monkeys, snakes, and a variety of insects like butterflies.
Return to the lodge for lunch.
After lunch, we visit the “Monkey Island”, here you will see a great diversity of monkeys such as Capuchin, Tamarins and Squirrel monkeys are frequent here, some of them comes closer to us and even you can feed them¡
In the night we go for caiman search, they are generally on the banks of Madre de Dios River this time will need to bring a flashlight. With luck we may see the capybara the world’s largest rodent that can weigh 60 kilos impressive family of the Peruvian Cuy; back to the lodge, dinner and night at the lodge.
Day 2
Day 02: Sandoval lake – Night Walk
After breakfast, we will do a short boat ride to the entrance of the Sandoval lake, after checking at the check point we will walk 3 kilometers (2 miles aprox.) to the Lake Sandoval (piranha habitat) one of the largest in the Tambopata National Reserve.
After the nice walk the guide will get a rowing boat where we will have our navigation on the lake to appreciate many different birds and monkeys Species (Hoatzin cormorant Jacanas, puma heron, eagles, howler monkey, squirrel monkey, black capuchin, tamarins and sloths)
Maybe we will meet with the family of giant river otters (almost two meters long) they are in danger of extinction and the largest alligator recorded over 4 meters long, return to the lodge to enjoy a typical lunch.
In the evening we will do a night walk where we can appreciate the diversity of insect, amphibians, reptiles and other nocturnal animals.
Dinner and rest.
Day 3
Day 03: Canopy Walk-Way – Kayaking – Fishing
Morning in the jungle. The canopy Walk-Way, will let us see the rainforest from a different perspective, at about 30 meters high, the bridges will allow us to appreciate nature from a high altitude, we will have a panoramic view of the Rio Madre de Dios. From platforms you can observe different species of birds such as toucans, macaws, tanagers, orioles and much more, this will be a wonderful experience. After breakfast we prepare for an activity full of adrenaline on the trees at more than 30 meters high. We will do the zip-line, for this activity will have an instructor guide, who will give as a talk about how to use the safety harness during the Zip-line activity, feeling the rush of gliding through the trees, the experience will be forever with you, there is two cables than support more than 3 tones, back to the Lodge.- Lunch and rest.
In the afternoon the challenge is to cross the Madre de Dios River kayaking, on the way we can appreciate the fascinating sunset. Then we can make an artisanal fishing in the Madre de Dios River, with a little patience we will see some fish species such as catfish.
Day 4
Day 04: Parrot Clay Lick – Visit to a local Native Family
Early in the morning we will take the boat to visit the parrot clay lick, a wall of earth (clay) on one side of the Madre de Dios River, where different species come down to the wall to eat this special e essential clay needed for the metabolism, there we can observe more than five species of parrots such as, blue headed parrot, dusky headed parakeet, mealy parrot and the elusive blue headed macaw, other macaw like the chestnut fronted can be observed too. Return the lodge and a bit late breakfast. After lunch we visit a family of Indians who make us partakers of his daily activities, learning their customs, traditions than have been maintained over time.
Dinner and rest.
Day 5
Day 05: Back to Puerto Maldonado
After our breakfast we will take a boat to the city of Puerto Maldonado.
Inclusions
It Includes:
- Pick up from the Airport or Bus Station in Cusco or Puerto Maldonado
- A professional naturalist tour guide in Amazon
- Motorboat transportation
- Meals: 4 Breakfast, 4 Lunch, 4 Dinner
- Accommodation: 4 Nights in jungle lodge
- First aid kit
- Rubber boots
- Entrance fee to Tambopata Park
It Not Includes:
- Bus ticket or flight tickets
- Day 1 / 1 Breakfast
- Day 5 / 1 Dinner
- Drinks
- Tips
Our Recommendations:
- Mosquito repellent (DEET 25 recommended as a MINIMUM!!)
- Original passport
- Small backpack
- Long sleeved cotton shirts (preferably green coloured)
- Long cotton trousers
- Cotton long socks (to be put into your trousers)
- Comfortable walking shoes
- Sandals or light shoes
- Rain gear (e.g. rain poncho)
- Sweater (for the beginning of the tour in Andes and the cloud forest only)
- Swimsuit
- Binoculars (we also rent it)
- Camera and its charger
- Plastic bags to be used for clothes and a camera
- A hat as a protection against the Sun or rain
- Toiletries
- Small towel
- Toilet paper
- Antibacterial gel
- Sun cream, Hat
- Sunglasses
- Flashlight (with spare bulb and batteries)
- A bottled water (1 litre as a minimum)
- Pocket money (Soles) to buy some beverages and souvenirs as well as to tip
Pricing
Tambopata National Park Group Service Cost:
Adult $ 450.00
(Group size minimum 2 / maximun 10)
Locations Visited: Tambopata and the Sandoval Lake.
Frequency: 6 Times of week
Physical Grading: 1-2-3-4-5
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