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Amazon Andes Peru

Tambopata Candamo expedition Sandoval lake 3d/2n

The trip is intensive, full of adventure, with possibilities to find wild animals and the most attractive landscapes:

The amazing macaw clay lick "collpa" in the Bahuaja Sonene National Park and the wonderful Sandoval lake in the Tambopata - Candamo Reserved Zone.

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 and Research Center (box lunch on board).

During the trip into the heart of the rain forest we will be able to observe clouds of butterflyes, typical Amazon communities, while groups of birds pass over the boat and animals such as capybaras turtlle and caiman.

Reception and accommodation at Wasai 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 Amazonia. Sleep in the lodge.

Wake early (4 a.m.) 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 in the Macaw Clay Lick. 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 to the lodge to have a late breakfast and afterwards we will make the return trip in boat to Wasai 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 Sandoval Lake, a beautyful oxbow lake. There we will board a wooden canoe to paddle around the lake to see: widlife such as kingfishers, herons, hoatzins (unique prehistoric lookingbirds), monkeys, etc, If we are lucky we could see the family of giantriver otters, wich live at the lake. You will have the opportunity to fish piranhas and swimm in the lake.

Prepare yourself for a spectacular sunset. We return at nigth looking for nocturnal wildlife along the trail and them in boat back to puerto Maldonado.
There we will stay in the luxurious Wasai Maldonado Lodge and enjoy dinner.
Breakfast and transportation to the airport. End of the service.