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ALL IN ONE 4 DAYS 3 NIGHTS
PROGRAM ITINERARY
DAY 1
Arrival and reception by our guide or transfer at the airport or bus station.
Our guides are highly experienced professionals with deep knowledge of the area and rainforest, we provide 1 guide for a group of max 8 people.
Transfer from the airport to our main office in town.
Upon arrival to Pto. Maldonado City, our Transfer or guide will welcome you and drive you for a few minutes to our office in town
In our office you must pack only the necessary stuff you need for the next few days, the main luggage will stay for storage at our office. Transportation’s easier that way and will keep our boats and porter cargo light, we lend duffel bags if necessary.
we start the boat journey from our own port.
We navigate up the Tambopata River for about 2 hours until Finca Sachavacayoc
On the way, we have chances to watch birds, caimans, capybaras, and monkeys if lucky.
Box lunch in the boat. We can customize your box lunch with a vegetarian option
arrival to Finca Sachavacayoc
Accommodation and a Little rest.
After a little rest, we will go for a jungle walk, as an introduction to nature and get familiarized with the forest interior, wait until it gets dark to do a night walk looking for the elusive nocturnal creatures and critters, like the impressive ground bird eating Tarantula (as big as your hand)
Dinner at the lodge
DAY 2
We will visit One of the Nature world’s wonders, the spectacular Chuncho clay lick, the largest in the world, with the three major species of macaws getting together at the same time, and many varieties of parrots, hundreds of parrots come together to eat clay, a special and unique behavior that is only found in this part of the planet.
Early departure at 4 am, then 2 hours on our boat upstream of the Tambopata River; in order to enjoy the best of the parrot’s show is important to arrive early before the birds!
Breakfast buffet,
Along the journey to the clay lick, we have great chances of seeing Capybaras, Caymans, and maybe if lucky Jaguar or Tapirs (the two most special terrestrial mammals of the
We stay in the clay lick area until we get to see the macaws eating clay
Return to the lodge for lunch.
Lunch at the lodge.
After a good rest, we get packed and ready for the pristine Condenado Lake Condenado (condemned) Lake is 1 hour away from the lodge (walking slowly)
Condenado Lake has very good wildlife such as monkeys, caimans, Hoatzin, and lots of macaws fly by to roost, we also have very good chances to see the elusive and shy Anaconda, this place gives us a unique Jungle experience, with no other people rather than us in this pristine lake.
We get there by evening and right away we take a paddle canoe and leisurely enjoy the deepest and wildest jungle, watching monkeys and macaws being loud.
On the way back, we return to Finca as a night walk looking for wildlife or just enjoy the spooky- romantic- intense, silent, and loud jungle.
BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE NATURALIST GUIDE THE LAKE TO VISIT CAN BE CHANGED TO SACHAVACAYOC OR TRES CHIMBADAS LAKE, ANY PLACE WHERE THE ACTIVITY OF WILDLIFE IS BEST ACCORDING TO SEASON AND WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Dinner at the lodge
DAY 3
After breakfast, we take our boat back to
Sandoval Lake, we navigate the Tambopata River (we pass by the city of Pto. Maldonado for 2 hours until the entrance trail to Sandoval Lake. The trail
takes you on a 1.6-mile walk (2.5 kilometers) through a successional forest, a former Giant natural bamboo forest, a habitat for monkeys, sloths and
macaws, until we reach a small canal where we board our paddle canoes, we paddle for 100 meters (nearly the same in yards) through a palm-forest swamp,
with an abundance of “aguajes” (mauritia Palms) those palms provide the most popular fruit of the Peruvian Rainforest, highly consumed by local drinks and ice creams.
Once onto the glass-like surface of the lake, we continue leisurely around the lake to the B&B
HEADS UP!!
The B&B at Sandoval lake is functional/modest, simple rooms with a modest private bathroom, limited electricity for 4 hours at night only, NO hot water, NO WIFI this place is perfect for 1 night only
A briefing of the lodge at the reception area, and accommodation
Accommodation and a Little rest, at rooms or hummocks
Before dinner depending on arrival time, we set off to explore part of the lake, looking for monkeys or black Cayman (black caimans are the biggest of the Cayman and alligator family, the biggest one seen at the lake 6 meters long/20 feet s) in the flooded palm forest we can see hundreds of Red-bellied
macaws as they return to roost. One of the few species of macaws that lives in flocks and mauritia palm swamps such as the one at
Sandoval Lake.
We also have the option of a night walk into the forest behind the B&B
Dinner at the lodge.
DAY 4
An early wake call and meeting at the lodges ‘dining room to visit the lake for sunrise and a hopeful encounter with the
a friendly family of Giant Otters who are highly active at this time of the lake, Giant otters must eat an average of 8 pounds of fish a day (4 kilos)Sandoval Lake offers abundant wildlife including 6 species of
monkeys, black caimans, over 40 species of birds resident on the lakes’ shore, all 5 species of kingfisher of Peru, and the most abundant group of Hoatzin, all the animals here are easy to photograph from the boats.
Return to the B&B for breakfast.
Optional hiking in the jungle or an early visit to the lake before breakfast and transfer back to our office
and we will provide full assistance or transfer for your scheduled flight/bus or hotel.
End of our services.
PD: For those who want to experience piranha fishing, you can coordinate with your guide to do it in the few spots where we have for fishing them.
WHAT TO BRING
FLASHLIGHT OR TORCH (HEADLAMP IS BEST)
MOSQUITO REPELLENT, SPRAY TYPE WITH NOT LESS THAN 15% DEET (NATURAL FORMULAS AND CREAM TYPE DO NOT ALWAYS WORK WELL)
PLASTIC PONCHO FOR RAIN (BE AWARE THAT RAIN JACKETS DO NOT WORK FOR THE AMAZON RAIN)
A BOTTLE TO REFILL WATER
LONG CLOTHES
SHORT CLOTHES
FLIP-FLOP OR SANDALS
HIKING BOOTS
LONG SOCKS FOR RAIN (WE PROVIDE RUBBER/WELLINGTON BOOTS IN RAINY SEASON)
SUNCREAM
AD: THE ALL-IN-ONE TOUR CAN EITHER START AT SANDOVAL LAKE OR FINCA SACHAVACAYOC DEPENDING ON ROOM AVAILABILITY
for those interested in piranha fishing, you can coordinate with your guide to do it in one of the several spots.
important note:
the names of the days of the tour (5 days 4 nights/4 days 3 nights, etc.) do not have a literal meaning it is just the name of the tour all tours start when flights arrive, and on the last day our shuttle is scheduled after breakfast for the first flight of the day, in case you have a later flight we give you full assistance in town until your flight/bus time
“The flights between 11 am and 1:30 pm are the best for arrival and departure, with those there is no waiting or “making time in the city”
unlike most companies in all our tours, we include the Tambopata National Reserve Entrance fee (60 USD pp)
JunglePro tours always have a maximum of 8 people per group*, the standard is 4-6 people to maximize the experience, which means a much higher standard of operational service. the price given is the maximum price our clients can pay and it is the full board: Entrances fees, food, transportation, guides, tours, transfers, all payment fees, and full 24-hour support are included in this max price, you can get additional 4% discount if you pay cash in USD or the equivalent in Soles
*8 people put together at the beginning of a tour, for groups traveling together or family groups, the number is unlimited.
Inquire about this destination mentioning the nights, number of people, and dates to reservas@toursjunglepro.com
PRICE: 560 USD
PER PERSON IN A DOUBLE OR TWIN ROOM
700 USD for a Solo Traveler
solo traveler gets a Cabaña for itself
Full board, includes 3 entrance fees valued at 60 USD pp for the Tambopata National Reserve