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Amazon Jungle Tours
Macaw clay lick Tours
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Macaw Clay Lick Express ( 3 days and 2 nights )
Price per person $314
This short trip is full of
adventure: The amazing macaw clay lick "collpa"
in the Bahuaja-Sonene National Park and the wonderful Sandoval lake in
the
Tambopata-Candamo Reserved Zone.
Daily departures.

Area Map, click to enlarge
Day 1:
EXPLORING THE JUNGLE
Reception at the airport and transportation to the WASAÍ
Maldonado Lodge, where you will receive a welcoming
tropical fruit beverage. You will embark for a 3 to 4
hour motorboat trip up the Tambopata river to WASAI
Tambopata Lodge & Research Center (box lunch on board).
During the trip into the heart of the rain forest we
will be able to observe clouds of butterflies, typical
Amazon communities , while groups of birds pass over the
boat and animals such as capybaras turtles and caiman.
Reception and accommodation at Wasaí lodge. Introductory
walk to understand rainforest ecosystems and see some of
the amazing trees. Return to the lodge for dinner. After
dinner we will return to the river to search for caimans
( type of alligator) . We will enjoy diverse sounds of
the jungle which will accompany our first night in the
amazon. Sleep in the lodge. (L, D)
Day 2: MACAW CLAY LICK "COLLPA" AND SANDOVAL
Wake up early (4 am) and travel up the Tambopata River
for an our and half to the Bahuaja- Sonene National Park.
You will see a magical sunrise and it is a great
opportunity to see animals such as capybaras, tapir,
Jaguar, and deer in the surrounding virgin forest. We
will observe ( from a save distance) one of the greatest
spectacle of the rainforest: Hundreds of parrots,
parakeets and macaws of various species, enjoying their
diet of mineral salts on a river bank. We will have a
hot drink and a snack whilst watching birds and go for a
short walk to look for animals such as monkeys. We will
return to the lodge to have a late breakfast and
afterwards we will make the return trip in boat to Wasaí
Maldonado Lodge, in Puerto Maldonado. and enjoy a tasty
lunch. After we will leave and travel for twenty minutes
to down the Madre de Dios River, them walk for a an our
in the forest to the Lake Sandoval, a beautiful oxbow
lake. There we will boarda wooden canoe to paddle around
the lake to see wildlife such as kingfishers, herons,
hoatzins ( unique prehistoric looking birds), monkeys,
etc, If we are lucky we could see the family of giant
river otters, which live at the lake. You will have the
opportunity to fish piranhas and swim in the lake.
Prepare yourself for a spectacular sunset. We return at
night looking for nocturnal wildlife along the trail and
them in boat back to Puerto Maldonado. There we will
stay in the luxurious Wasaí Maldonado Lodge and enjoy
dinner. (B, L, D)
Day 3: TRANSFER OUT
Breakfast and transportation to the airport. (B) |
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River transportation

Accommodations
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Macaw lick |

Sandoval lake's black Cayman |

Spectacular views |
INCLUDES: All hotel and lodge
accommodations based on double occupancy. All scheduled land, lake
and river
transportation. All transfers. All scheduled excursions with English-speaking guide
services. All entrance fees. Meals as specified in the itinerary. B=Breakfast;L=Lunch;D=Dinner.
NOT INCLUDED IN THE FEE
Entrance to the protected area of
Tambopata (INRENA TAX)is USD 12 per person.
International or domestic airfares, airport departure taxes or visa fees, excess baggage
charges, additional nights during the trip due to flight cancellations, alcoholic
and non-alcoholic
beverages or bottled water, snacks, insurance of any kind, laundry, phone calls, radio
calls or messages, reconfirmation of flights and items of personal nature.
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Reservations
- Ask
for the availability by sending an e-mail to orquidea@orquidea.net
,we will answer within 48 hours.
- Once we have confirmed
the availability , we need the payment in advance. We accept Visa
and MasterCard on-line, please fill out our SECURE SERVER RESERVATION FORM
. Please note that all the transactions are managed by the
Internetsecure banking service ( Canadian company ) , for your total
security. All the information is encrypted, we will not know your card
number. More information about our reliability are available here

- We'll send you a receipt of the deposit
and the confirmation of your reservation
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