| Duration
5 days and 4 nights
Departures Daily departures
Activities The experience to spend a night
camping in the Bahuaja Sonene National Park
Airfares Not included, available upon request
(LP 073 and LP 076)
Meals Included as specified below
Customizable YES, feel free to ask for extra
services
Not Included Entrance to the Protected Area
of Tambopata (USD $36.00 per person).
DAY 1 ARRIVAL PUERTO MALDONADO
Arrive in the jungle town of Puerto Maldonado. You will be met
at the airport and transferred to the Wasai MALDONADO Ecolodge.
After a refreshing drink you will make the 4 hour journey up
the Tambopata River into the primary rainforest of the Tambopata
Reserve Zone with the opportunity to see local communities and
wildlife along the banks of the river. You will arrive at the
Wasai TAMBOPATA Lodge in the late afternoon. After refreshments
you will go on a short introductory night walk into the forest
to look for some of the nocturnal creatures. Overnight at Wasai
TAMBOPATA Lodge. (L, D)
DAY 2 BAHUAJA SONENE NATIONAL PARK
You will wake before dawn and cross the Tambopata River to walk
to the parrot clay lick on the banks of the River Gato. You
will watch parrots and parakeets gather and feed on the clay.
On the walk you may see animals such as monkeys and other interesting
plants and insects. After breakfast you can relax in the beautiful
surroundings of the lodge, go fishing or swim in a nearby waterfall.
After lunch you will make the 1 hour journey
further up the River Tambopata into the Bahuaja-Sonene National
Park. This journey is an excellent opportunity to see birds
and animals such as capybara, jaguar and large cayman. You will
arrive at the site of the Chuncho Collpa in the late afternoon
and establish camp on the river beach. You will watch the sun
set and can swim in the river or have a go at catching some
of the abundant fish. In the night you will attempt to see animals
visiting the clay river banks to eat clay - and the animals
that hunt them such as jaguar and cayman. Night at the camp
site in the National Park. (B, L, D)
DAY 3 MACAW CLAY LICK
You will wake at dawn to the sound of Howler Monkeys and hundreds
of parakeets wheeling through the red morning sky. You will
watch several species of macaw and many species of parrots and
parakeets gather to eat clay in the first few hours after sunrise.
You will have a simple breakfast on the beach followed by a
short walk through the forest to look for birds and animals.
you will travel back down the river to the Wasai TAMBOPATA Lodge
for a late breakfast. Ethno botanical trekking leaning about
medicinal plants. Lunch. In the afternoon guided trekking through
one of the trails or if you prefer you can relax, go fishing
or swimming or visit a local community. After an evening meal
you will go out onto the river to get a close view of cayman
(Alligators). Overnight at Wasai TAMBOPATA Lodge. (B, L, D)
DAY 4 LAKE SANDOVAL
You will have breakfast and then make the journey back down
the Tambopata River to Puerto Maldonado. You will arrive at
Wasai MALDONADO Ecolodge for lunch. In the afternoon you will
Travel Down the Madre de Dios River and from there walk through
the forest to the tranquil and beautiful Lake Sandoval. At the
lake your guide will paddle you in a wooden canoe to look for
Giant River Otters and birds such as Hoatzin and Aningha. You
will walk back through the forest to look for some of the nocturnal
creatures of the forest and then travel back to the lodge for
a final evening meal. Overnight at Wasai MALDONADO Lodge. (B,
L, D)
DAY 5 TRANSFER OUT
After breakfast we will return by boat to Puerto Maldonado to
take our flight to Lima or Cuzco.(B)Please note that the program
may vary slightly so as to maximize your wildlife sightings,
depending on the reports of our researchers and experienced
naturalist guides based at the lodge.
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