Amazon Peru Trips

Peruvian Amazon Full  Day :

• Length: 1 Days ;
• Type of service: Private or Group ;
• Location: Southern Peru, Madre de Dios Department, Puerto Maldonado, Lake Sandoval ;
• Activities: Peruvian Amazon , Full Day Sandoval Lake, palm Tree Macaw clay-lick ;
• 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: USD ;

Peruvian Amazon – Full Day:

After breakfast, we get on the boat to sail for 10 minutes and then change for land transportation riding for two hours until the Capitania Port in Puerto Maldonado. There, we board a motorboat again and navigate down the Madre de Dios River watching animals such as turtles, caimans, lizards and others around its shores. After about half an hour, we get to a checkpoint of the Sandoval Lake Reserve.

We pass a check and start walking for 5 km to reach Sandoval Lake where we take a canoe bringing us to the Sandoval Lake , There, we accommodate ourselves and after lunch we return sailing the lake to see its typical inhabitants – giant river otters, black caimans, a prehistoric bird shansho, herons, cormorants, kingfisher, etc. For dinner, we return to the lodge to later get back to the lake again, this time to undertake an evening caiman observation because caimans are nocturnal animals.

Our professional naturalist Tour Guide shows and explains us about these animals.Afterwards, we get ready for a return way boarding a canoe again to sail over the Sandoval Lake followed by a walk to the checkpoint and from there sailing the Madre de Dios River by a motorboat towards Puerto Maldonado. We pick our baggage up in our office and then, we are transferred either to the airport or the coach terminal.

Included in the Peruvian Amazon:

• A professional naturalist Tour Guide;
• Motorboat transportation;
• Private vehicle land transportation;
• Entrance fee to the Sandoval Lake Reserve;
• Meals:  1x Lunch and drinking water (Please note: vegetarian option upon request for no extra cost!);
• First aid kit, including a poison extractor, mosquito bite treatment and an antidote for a snake bite;
• Radio communications;
• Rubber boots.

Not included in the Peruvian Amazon ;

• Any flight nor airport departure taxes;
• Travel insurance;
• Vaccination;
• Drinks;
• Tips to local staff.

What to take with you to the Peruvian  Amazon :

• 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 (e.g. 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 ;