Amazon Peru Trips

Amazon Trails Peru 3days

• Length: 3 Days/2 Nights ;
• Type of service: Private or Group ;
• Location: Southern Peru, Madre de Dios Department, Puerto Maldonado, Sandoval Lake Reserve ;
• Activities: ,Palm clay-lick , Monkey Island, Sandoval Lake Gian River Otters;
• Altitude: 139 – 400 m.a.s.l. ;
• Best time to visit: March – October ;
• Departure: Every day ;
• Minimum of participants: 2 ;
• Maximum of participants: 10 ;
• Price per person:  220 USD ;

Amazon Trails Peru 3days

Amazon Trails Peru Day 01: Puerto Maldonado – Refuge Sandoval  Lake Lodge .

You are welcomed and pick-up from the airport/coach terminal of Puerto Maldonado by our Representative to take you to our office where you can leave your baggage not necessary for the trip, but you need to bring a backpack for your personal items and more.  Then, we transfer you to a local port where you board a motorboat and navigate down the Madre de Dios River. On the way, we observe various mammal species such as turtles, birds, lizards, monkeys, turtles, caimans, etc., until we reach a checkpoint of the Sandoval Lake Reserve and after passing a check, we start walking for 5 km (1 and half an hour) to reach Sandoval Lake where we take a canoe bringing us to the  Lodge. There, we accommodate ourselves and after lunch, we return sailing the lake in a canoe to see its typical inhabitants – giant river otters, black caimans, a prehistoric bird shansho, herons, cormorants, kingfisher, etc. Then, we return to the lodge for dinner to later get back to the lake again, this time to undertake an evening caiman observation, as caimans are nocturnal animals. Our professional naturalist Tour Guide shows and explains us about these animals. We overnight in the  lodge.

Amazon Trails Peru Day 02: Exploring  Flora – Fauna   Macaw Palm Tree – Giant River Otters:

Today, we wake up very early to go to the surroundings of the Sandoval Lake where huge number of various palms grow in its water creating an area of marsh.

This place is called .Palm Tree Clay Lick (Collpa de Palmeras) and it attracts various macaw species and other parrots to eat sawdust of its palms as it contains sodium, calcium, potassium and other minerals helping them to digest. Then, we go back to the lodge to be given breakfast. Later, we take a next trip going to observe stunning flora and fauna of the Sandoval Lake Reserve. We can appreciate monkeys, deer, wild boars, tapirs or spectacled bears, just to name a few. For lunch, we get back to the lodge. Afterwards, we have given some time off to rest or enjoy a bath in the Sandoval Lake (no worries, there are no piranhas or other danger animals during the day). Then, we board a canoe to cross the lake to a place where we can better appreciate a beautiful sunset above the lake! At 7 pm, we return to the lodge for dinner while waiting for the moonlight, a suitable time to go watching caimans again! You will have an overnight stay at the lodge.

Amazon Trails Peru Day 03: Sandoval Lake Reserve –  back to Puerto Maldonado to Airport :

After breakfast, we first board a canoe to sail over the Sandoval Lake to later walk back to the checkpoint and from there, we continue sailing the Madre de Dios River by a motorboat towards Puerto Maldonado. We pick our baggage up in our office and then, you are transferred either to the airport or the coach terminal.

Included in Amazon Trails Peru :

• A professional naturalist Tour Guide;
• Motorboat transportation;
• Private vehicle land transportation;
• Meals: 3 Breakfast, 2 Lunch, 2 Dinner and drinking water (Please note: vegetarian option upon request for no extra cost!);
• Accommodation: 2 nights in  lodge;
• First aid kit, including a poison extractor, mosquito bite treatment and an antidote for a snake bite;
• Radio communications;
• Rubber boots ;
• Entrance fee to the Sandoval Lake Reserve;

Not included in Amazon Trails Peru :

• Any flight nor airport departure taxes;
• Travel insurance;
• Vaccination;
• Breakfast on the first day and dinner on the last day;
• Drinks;
• Tips to local staff ;

What to take with you to the Amazon Trails Peru :

• Mosquito repellent (DEET 35 recommended as a MINIMUM!!) ;
• Original passport ;
• Small backpack ;
• Long sleeved cotton shirts (preferably green coloured) ;
• Long cotton trousers ;
• Cotton long socks (to be put into your trousers) ;
• Comfortable walking shoes ;
• Sandals or light shoes ;
• Rain gear (rain poncho) ;
• Swimsuit;
• Binoculars (we also rent it) ;
• Camera and its charger ;
• Plastic bags to be used for clothes and a camera ;
• A hat as a protection against the Sun or rain ;
• Toiletries ;
• Small towel ;
•  Toilet paper ;
• Sun cream ;
• Sunglasses ;
• Flashlight (with spare bulb and batteries) ;
• A bottled water (1 litre as a minimum) ;
• Pocket money (Soles) to buy some beverages and souvenirs as well as to tip ;