ALL IN ONE 4 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
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 stuff you need for the next few days. The main luggage will stay for storage at our office. Transportation is easier that way, and it will keep our boats and porter cargo light. We lend duffel bags if necessary.
we start the boat journey from our port.
We navigate up the Tambopata River for about 2 hours until Finca Sachavacayoc
On the way, if lucky, we can watch birds, caimans, capybaras, and monkeys.
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 Nature’s wonders, the spectacular Chuncho clay lick, the largest in the world. Here, the three major species of macaws get 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.
We depart early at 4 a.m. and spend 2 hours on our boat upstream of the Tambopata River; to enjoy the best of the parrots’ show, it 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 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, including monkeys, caimans, and Hoatzin. Many macaws fly by to roost, and we also have very good chances to see the elusive and shy Anaconda. This place gives us a unique Jungle experience, with only 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 for a night walk to look for wildlife or just enjoy the spooky, romantic, intense, silent, and loud jungle.
DAY 3
After breakfast, we will visit the spectacular Lake Sachavacayoc, which is in the heart of the Tambopata National Reserve, two hours away from the lodge (walking slowly watching things),
Sachavacayoc has very good wildlife, such as monkeys, caimans, options of tapirs, Anacondas, Hoatzin, and lots of blue and yellow macaws roosting and nesting all over; this place gives us a unique Jungle experience.
We get there mid-morning and right away we take a paddle canoe and leisurely enjoy the deepest and wildest jungle, watching monkeys and macaws being loud.
This activity is all day so that you can enjoy and explore the lake at your own pace. You will take a box lunch, which will give you plenty of time to look for anacondas and spider monkeys!
On the way back, we return to the lodge walking through the deepest jungle you can find
Dinner at the lodge
cayman search along the river bank
DAY 4
After breakfast, we take our boat 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, which is highly consumed by locals as a drink and ice cream.
Once onto the glass-like surface of the lake, we continue leisurely around the lake to the B&B
A briefing of the lodge at the reception area and accommodation
HEADS UP!!
The B&B at Sandoval Lake is functional/modest, with simple rooms with a modest private bathroom, limited electricity for 4 hours at night only, NO hot water, and NO WIFI this place is perfect for 1 night only
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 B&B.
DAY 5
An early wake call and meeting at the lodges ‘dining room to visit the lake for sunrise and a hopeful encounter with the 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 the office
and we will help you with your scheduled flight/bus or hotel.
hot shower available in our office in town
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
A hot water shower at the office is available before going back to the airport.
Ad: To maximize the experience and based on weather predictions, room
availability, and operational conditions we can modify the order of the
itinerary.
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 the several spots we have for it.
Important note:
JunglePro Tours always has a much higher standard of operational service. The price given is the maximum price our clients can pay and is full board: Entrances fees, food, transportation, guides, tours, transfers, all payment fees, and full 24 H support are included in this max price; you can get additional 4% discount if you pay cash in USD or the equivalent in Soles
“The flights between 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. are the best for arrival and departure; with those, there will be no waiting or “making time in the city.”
*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: 760 USD
PER PERSON IN A DOUBLE OR TWIN ROOM
Full board includes 3 entrance fees valued at 60 USD pp for the Tambopata National Reserve