Chuncho Macaw Clay Lick – Sandoval lake tour 4-Days
Domestic and internacional flights are not included in tour packages. Amazon jungle tour includes, Chuncho macaw clay lick day tour, hotel, English speaking guide, transportation, tikets for Tamopata National Reserve, and all meals, tours in other languages are available upon request.
TOUR ITINERARY:
Day 1. Puerto Maldonado – Tambopata River – Guacamayo INN.
Your jungle adventure bigins when your oficial tour guide greets you at the airport, bus station, or hotel in Puerto Maldonado. Your guide will lead you on all activities for the duration of your trip. We will take you to Puerto Maldonado city center, to do some last minute shopping for things we might have forgotten such as batteries, rain poncho, flashlight for night activities, etc.
Then journey for 90-minutes part fields and farms to the boatport community Filadelfia. Next, enjoy a relaxing 30-minutes motorboat ride on the Tambopata River. On the way, you maybe see local people working (artisanal mining) in the riverbank.
When you arrive at Guacamayo INN, your tour guide will bring you to the main house, for the check-in. The manager will welcome you with a cool drink made from the local fruits and mineral water. After check-in, you will be escorted to your private cabaña, named after a local indigenous tribe, where you can relax and unpack. All meals and beverages at Guacamayo INN are made using fresh fruits and garden vegetables, as well as other local ingredients.
Introduction to the Jungle:
This afthernoon, your guide will introduce you to the jungle. Enjoy a botanical walk along jungle trails to discover ancient trees, monkeys, macaw (local name GUACAMAYO), tucan, and other wildlife, Lern your way around the area.
Jungle Night Walk:
Before dinner, your jungle specialist guide will lead you on a night walk along the jungle trails where you can experince the sounds of the amazon jungle to try to spot night insects, night monkey, night birds, snakes, with luck other night animals.
Return, to our restaurant for a dinner characterizing local cuisine, from the bar, you may wish to select some Peruvian beer, wine, or an exotic cocktail, made especialy for you retourn to the cabaña and fall sleep to the misic of the amazon jungle all around you.
Day 2. Tambopata National Reserve – Collpa Chuncho Macaw Clay Lick
Wake up early and join your guide for a 45-minutes boat ride to the Macaw and parrot Clay Lick. Watch sunrise on the Tambopata river from your boat. Falowing a quick check-in at the Rager Station, try to spot caimans and birds, as well mammal’s such as tapir, capibara, and monkeys along the riverbank. At the clay lick, you will observe a large concentration of several species of jungle macaws, parrots, and parakeets. You can even see a few toucans and other bird species. Enjoy your boxed breakfast surrounded by nature, we will enjoy the macaws and parrots all this morning.
Return to Guacamayo INN in the late morning. Relax time in your cabaña or walk around the property grounds looking for smaller wildlife. Enjoy lunch in our restaurant.
Tapir Clay Lick:
After luch we take 1 hour walk through primary forest to the Tapir Clay Lick. Along the way, you may see capuchino monkey, howler monkey, woodpeckers, wild turkey may make an appearance. At Tapir Clay Lick, the most famous visitor is the Tapir (Tapirus terrestris), to eat the clay (mineral salts). The Tapir is the largest mammal of the Amazon, an adult Tapir can weigh up to 330Kg, here we may have chance to monkey, deer, or peccaries. Try to identify recent visitors to the Clay Lick by examining their foodprints.
Caiman Night Experince:
After sun sets, your guide will take you on an night expedition in Tambopata river by boat. We will search for caiman, nocturnal birds, capybara, and other animals that are most active at night. As well look up to the Amazon sky to find the planet Venus and identify brightly illuminated constellacions such as the Southerm Cross or Orion’s Belt.
Return, to our restaurant for dinner.
Day 3. Tambopata National Reserve – Sandoval Lake
After a delicious breakfast, our boat will take us to our car to journey back to Puerto Maldonado, the same path to get back to the city, once arrived in the city we will move to the main port of the city to begin another cruise within the reserve, this time our destination is the famous and beautiful Sandoval Lake. This is an oxbow lake in Tambopata national reserve. After approximately 40 minutes by boat, we started a 3 km hike through the forest until you reach the shore of the Lake. Since starting our tour we will visit this beautiful body of water, the place is spectacular, many birds, very good opportunity to see lots of monkeys of several species such as the red howler monkey, brown capuchin, squirrel monkey, dusky tity, saddle back tamarin and enjoy Chuncho macaw clay lick day tour. Also we'll have a great chance to see the Giant Otters.
We install in a partner eco-lodge, and return to the Lake to receive one of the most beautiful sunsets of the Amazon, we'll stay until the evening on the Lake, because in the dark night you will be able to see the black Caiman is the largest of the rainforest crocodiles, reaching more than 4 m long, and they love the Lakes. With flashlights you can observe them closely and take good potos.
Night at Eco-Lodge.
Day 4. Sandoval Lake – Puerto Maldonado (bus station or airport)
Another day of waking up early but highly recommended, will leave at 6:30 in the morning to visit again the Sandoval Lake, in a beautiful sunrise and awakening of many of the animals that are very active this morning. Also we'll have a great chance to see the Giant Otters.
We will paddle across the western part of the Lake, with its beautiful palm trees of more than 30 meters high, reflected in the water aguajales, this will leave you full of memories of your last day in the Amazon jungle. Return to Eco-lodge, breakfast and transfer to the Bank of the River to subsequently be brought back to the city of Puerto Maldonado, we drop you off at bus station, airport. In that case we recommend taking your flight in the afternoon.
