Amazon Andes Peru
Jungle Tours Peru: Wild Candamo Expedition 5d/4n
Special tour for birds and nature lovers
Bahuaja Sonene National Park
This is a new tour being offered by Wasai Lodge and Expeditions
to offer a 
Day 1 Puerto Maldonado - Tambopata
Greeting at the airport and transportation to the WASAI Maldonado
Lodge, where you will receive a welcoming tropical fruit beverage.
You will embark for a 3 to 4 1/2 hour motorboat trip up the Tambopata
river to WASAI Tambopata Lodge & Research Center (box lunch
on route). During the trip we will be able to observe the local
farms, while groups of birds pass over the boat. Opportunity to
see families of Ronsocos, the largest rodents in the world. Reception,
accommodation at the lodge, and lunch. After a short rest we will
have a brief introductory walk in the forest nearby to learn basic
principles of ecology and hear some wildlife
Natural history. Return to the lodge for dinner.
After dinner we will make our first visit to the forest to observe
the nocturnal life of insects, frogs of various colors, and an occasional
encounter with nocturnal mammals. We will enjoy the diverse sounds
of
The jungle which will accompany our first night in amazonia. Sleep
in the lodge.
Day 2 Tambopata parque nacional Bahuaja Sonene
After breakfast hike of approximately three hours watching different
types of forest.
Lunch. In the afternoon we will travel up the Tambopata River for
forty minutes to the Bahuaja Sonene National Park. Camping in the
Park. Search for caimans in the river at night. Sleep in tents.
Day 3 Tambopata Collpa de huacamayos
Visit to the Macaw Clay lick. Opportunity to enjoy beautiful natural
landscapes and wildlife at the bank of the river. If there is a
convenient weather, we will observe one of the greatest spectacles
of
Wildlife: Tens of parrots and macaws of various species, get together
to have their diet of mineral salts on the clay wall. After breakfast
we will walk along de river banks looking for animal footprints
or by one
Of the trails of the National Park. Return to Tambopata Lodge for
lunch.
After lunch we will cross the river to visit the Gato Waterfalls,
where we will be able to enjoy a relaxing swim in a "natural
Jacuzzi". Opportunity to fish one of the 250 species which
live in the river. Return to the lodge for dinner.
Night at Tambopata Lodge.
Day 4 Tambopata Lago Sandoval
After breakfast we will make a trip in boat to the WASAI Maldonado
Lodge, in Puerto Maldonado where we will relax in our bungalows
and enjoy a tasty lunch. After lunch we will leave and travel for
twenty minutes on the Madre de Dios River, to the access trail to
Lake Sandoval, a beautiful typical rainforest lake. 5 km hike to
the banks of the lake. There we will board a canoe to paddle around
the lake enjoying the beauty of the landscape and observing the
wildlife, such as kingfishers, herons, hoatzins (unique pre historic
looking birds), monkeys, etc. If we are lucky we could see the family
of giant otters
Which live at the lake. We will have the opportunity to fish pirañas
and swim in the lake. Prepare yourself for a spectacular sunset.
It is time to begin our return hike to the Madre de Dios River to
return to Puerto Maldonado. There we will stay in the modern and
comfortable bungalows of WASAI Maldonado Lodge. After dinner we
will be able need by verdant vegetation. Rest of the night free
to enjoy the night life of this welcoming city.
Day 5 Transfer out
Breakfast and transportation to the airport.
Included:
Meals, Guide, Camping equipment, the accommodation in the lodge,
all transportations in Puerto Maldonado,
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