Eco Jungla – Lake Sandoval (02 Days – 01 Nights)
Lake Sandoval is hailed as the most beautiful lake in the Peruvian Amazon, and certainly boasts its reputation. Despite being close to Puerto Maldonado, it is within the Tambopata National Reserve and adjacent to the Bahuaja Sonene Park. It offers an excellent experience of the Amazon and wildlife. If you travel to Puerto Maldonado you must visit it since the Lake is one of the main tourist attractions.
Itinerary
Day 01: Tropical Forest – Tambopata Reserve – Monos Island
Reception at the airport or bus station and transfer to the office of Monte Amazonico Lodge for relevant information about the tour.
Transfer to the port where we will get the boat for an hour to our lodge. Welcome meeting with a refreshing fruit juice of our region. Installation in our respective rooms, after a short rest you will have an introduction hike for two hours in the dense tropical forest, guided by an expert local guide who will take you through our trails to see a variety of trees that can have more than five hundred years, at same time you may observe some species of wild animals such as toucans, orioles, parrots, monkeys, snakes, butterflies, etc. You will have the opportunity to experience the magic of our Amazon Rainforest within the Tambopata National Reserve (278,000 thousand hectares protected under Peruvian laws).
After lunch, we will visit the “Monkey Island”, located in front of our lodge across the Madre de Dios River, at this place there are different species of monkeys such as brown capuchin, squirrel monkey, saddle back tamarin, and white capuchin, all of them in the island after the activity we will return to the lodge, 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 02: Lake Sandoval
After early breakfast will do a short boat ride to the entrance of the lake Sandoval, 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. Then return to the city.
Included / Not Included
Includes:
- Hosting
- Guided
- Transportation, Airport -Lodge -Airport
- Food (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
- Pool
Not Included:
- Bar consumption (alcoholic beverages)
- Entrance to the Tambopata National Reserve US $ 15.00.
Important
- Carry only what is necessary
- The price shown at the top of the itinerary is in shared service or Pull (Group of 8 to 14 people). Prices in private service according to the number of passengers, check rates at reservas@peruplanetexp.com
recommendations
YOU NEED TO CARRY:
- Repellent
- Flashlight
- Binoculars
- personal utensils
- sun cream
- hiking shoes
- shirts and long pants.
