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Puerto Maldonado Tambopata Tour (4 Days)

Duration 3 days
Group size Max 10
Difficulty Moderate
Tour Overview

Puerto Maldonado Tambopata Tour, allows you to look in Sandoval Lake & its surrounding areas where you get to see a wealth of wildlife in the reserve centre and learn about the Amazonian rainforest flora and fauna.

Our Puerto Maldonado Tambopata Tour includes walks through the forest roads by day and through excursions around the margins of this beautiful lake.

Itinerary — 4 Days
Reception in the airport or bus terminal and transfer to the offices of our travel agency, PARADISE ECO-LODGE, for the corresponding records. The luggage that you do not need during your stay in the jungle, you can leave it to their security in our offices; to avoid inconvenience of transport. We headed to the port to embark on our typical boats of the Amazonian jungle, and go along the river Madre de Dios, for approximately 40 minutes, until our Paradise eco lodge. Already in our hostel in the middle of the virgin jungle, there will be a reception staff with a delicious cold drink, typical of our jungle. ACTIVITIES OF ECO-ADVENTURE CANOPY: Hike through the forest, until arriving at the base of the towers that hold the canopy. Already in the top and at a height of 40 meters, we started to walk along 180 meters: admiring their nests, sounds, colors and habits of animals that inhabit in the treetops. A gift of nature. ZIP-LINE After enjoying the canopy tour, the guide will give you the necessary equipment and after the instructions, can slip, along 190 meters of beautiful route full of life and adrenaline. At the other end will receive you the wizard. LUNCH After a refreshing lunch can relax or take a siesta in the hammocks. Then we will be ready for our next adventure IN KAYAK TOWARD THE ISLAND OF MONKEYS After putting the life jackets will cover the boat or kayak to go rowing toward the beautiful and mysterious island of monkeys. For security there will always be a boat that will continue to the group, until you reach after 30 minutes, to the Monkey Island. MONKEY ISLAND.- Near the Lodge, there is an island in which there are four or five varieties of monkeys, which cohabit among themselves. Are very affordable to the human presence; that is why it is possible to get closer to them and feed them. Wonderful experience. CAIMANEO.- Before dinner, we board a boat with powerful reflectors, to go by the shore of the river and observe the Grand Cayman white. It is also possible to see other animals such as night owls and capybaras, that is the biggest rodent in the world. Dinner and rest.
8:00 a.m. we embark on a boat to travel 30 min. approx., on the Madre de Dios River, until the entry of the Sandoval Lake. Here we will disembark and walk a few minutes, until you reach the checkpoint of the Sandoval Lake. Shall be recorded and we will present the entrance tickets, since this lake is located in the Tambopata National Reserve. Then we continue with our trip, performing a walk of 3 km, by the virgin jungle during 40 minutes, until you reach the beautiful Lake Sandoval. During this tour you will have the possibility of watching a great variety of flora and fauna: birds, monkeys, rodents, arachnids, insects, reptiles, amphibians,..... To reach the shores of the lake (if you want), you will enjoy a refreshing and relaxing bath in the waters of this majestic lake. You will savor a delicious and typical lunch for afterwards take a jungle rowing boat and exit walk through the most beautiful lake in South America. This time we will appreciate birds, cormorants, fish, small and large animals that overlook the shores of the lake to drink. Later in the afternoon we will leave the lake to arrive at the bank of the Madre de Dios River, where the boat will be expecting us to address it and return to Paradise Eco Lodge. Dinner and rest.
Visit these native families the only imagine reach this tangled jungle thousands of years ago, confronting dangers and numerous diseases. Afraid to what they faced, accepted to be part of the nature to survive. Had not arrived to the jungle to destroy it on behalf of the survival. NO. Joined to it. Are like a plant, as a mascot tool on the ecological balance of Mother Nature. Are hunters, fishermen and collectors. We will hear their language, their songs, learn their dance, as simple as the same nature. To nature that becomes complex when you try to understand it. People so pure of descent, that is felt in every movement, their millennial trajectory. This inner strength, is manifested in those bodies patiently carved by nature. Bodies with calculated movements to face thousand adversities and continue subsisting Stubbornly seek to be protected by the goddess nature. Race of warriors eternal. The freedom is valued, only when they see the birth of their heirs, going to them the difficult task of not extinguished. (ams) RUSTIC FISHING In the afternoon we will continue with our activities. We will take the boat to reach a gorge where we will make the rustic fishing of the large variety of fish that offers us the amazon jungle (catfish, maiden, Paco, sardine, piraña, etc...). Return to the lodge. Dinner and rest.
At 4:00 AM we will embark on a boat that will take us to our destination: "macaw parrots". Surcaremos the Madre de Dios River, during one hour. On the way we will be able to appreciate the variety of flora and fauna and beautiful moments admiring a sublime dawn. Upon arrival, we were placed in a strategic place and at a safe distance, awaiting the arrival of several species of parrots. You will have a great opportunity to see parrots of blue head, auroras, parakeets and some birds of other species. In this place, the great walls of clay mixed with mineral salts are called clay licks and parrots to consume it, purify its agencies of toxins ingested in your daily diet. This activity lasts approx. one hour. This is the time it will take to photograph and have the best views. Look at these beautiful and very organized flocks of birds, is a beautiful experience, which gives us the Mother Nature. Around 7:00 am in the morning, we will come back to our hostel to take the last succulent breakfast and say goodbye to the new friends you just know, in this beautiful corner of the world. We depart by boat to the city of Puerto Maldonado, to arrive at 8 a.m. Puerto Maldonado Tambopata Tour INCLUDES Transfers to the airport or bus terminal, Professional guides, The transport by boats, The entry to the Tambopata National Reserve, 03 breakfasts, 03 lunches and 03 dinners, The housing, Entry to the monkey island, Visit to the native families, Rubber boots to measure in the case rain. DOES NOT INCLUDE Alcoholic beverages or snacks Puerto Maldonado Tambopata Tour RECOMMENDATIONS Wear light clothes, Hat, Repellent and sunscreen, Rain poncho, Binoculars, Cameras, Socks for rubber boots, Sunglasses
Included

Includes

  • Reception, assistance and transfer from the airport in Puerto Maldonado city on the first day and back to the airport or bus station on the last day.
  • Overland & river transportation
  • Accommodations in the following lodges: 2 nights in Sandoval Lake and 1 night out of Tambopata reserve centre
Not included

Excludes

  • Air tickets
  • Personal expenses (beverages, telephone calls, tips, etc.)
  • Extras not mentioned in the itinerary
Packing List

Essential

Cash
Cash
Passaport
Passaport

Clothes

Jacket
Jacket

Recommended

Sun cream
Sun cream

Equipment

Sunglasses
Sunglasses

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