Overview
Tambopata National Reserve, is a natural area of Peru, located in the department of Madre de Dios. It protects numerous habitats, from the Andean highlands that surround the headwaters of the rivers, through some of the last cloud forests to the rainforests of the lowlands of the Amazon basin.
More than 1300 species of birds (including 32 species of parrots, 10% of the world total), 200 varieties of mammals, 90 species of frogs, 1200 types of butterflies, 94 species of fish, 135 types of ants and 10 000 varieties of Ferns are protected within this reserve, and scientists continue to discover new species at every moment.
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 (Full Exploring) – 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, After exploring the lake we will have lunch on the lake shore or at our lodge, optionally you can take a refreshing dip in the lake because the weather is very hot.
In the afternoon we will visit a native family where we will have the opportunity to learn hunting skills, basket weaving with jungle leaves and more.
In the evening after dinner, we will take a night walk where we will be able to appreciate the diversity of insects, amphibians, reptiles and other nocturnal animals.
Day 3
Day 03: Parakeets Clay Lick – Puerto Maldonado
On our last day of our Tambopata Tour we will start early in the morning at 04:00 a.m. where you will embark on a one and a half hour boat trip to see the parakeet clay lick, and during this trip you will observe some animals and birds on the river bank, and once you get here, we will appreciate a spectacular demonstration of dozens of them.
Once finished this experience you will return to our lodge for breakfast around 08:00 a.m.
After, we will check out of the lodge and take the boat back to Puerto Maldonado, and our staff will pick us up at the boat dock and take us to the airport or bus terminal with a stop at our office.
Inclusions
Tambopata Eco Jungle Includes:
- Transfer from the Airport or Bus Station
- Professional English Guide
- Motorizet boat
- All meals (Optional vegan or vegetarian food)
- 2 nights at our private amazon lodge
- Private bathroom with hot water
- Entrance fee to the Monkey Island and the Sandoval Lake
- Canopy + Suspension bridge activities
- Equipment in adventure activities
- Water and typical beverages
- First aid kit
- Rubber boots
Tambopata Eco Jungle Not Includes:
- Breakfast Day 1
- Dinner Day 3
- Flight or bus tickets
- Airport taxes
- Travel insurance
- Extra drinks (Beers, sodas)
- Tips
Tambopata Eco Jungle Recommends:
- Camera with extra battery
- Mosquito repellent
- Lantern
- Binocular
- Sunscreen
- Sun Hat
- Walking shoes, sandals
- Mosquito repellent
- Original passport
- Small backpack
- Long sleeved cotton shirts (preferably green coloured)
- Long cotton trousers
- Cotton long socks (to be put into your trousers)
- Raincoat
- Toiletries
- Small towel
- Toilet paper
Pricing
Tambopata Eco Jungle Group Service Cost:
Adult Price US$ 380.00
(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
