Puerto Maldonado Tambopata 4D/3N

Puerto Maldonado is a city in Southeastern Peru in the Amazon forest 55 kilometres (34 mi) west of the Bolivian border on the confluence of the Tambopata and Madre de Dios River, a tributary of the Amazon River. It is the capital of the Madre de Dios Region.
Nearby are the Manú National Park, Tambopata National Reserve, and Bahuaja-Sonene National Park. These are some of the most pristine primary rain forests in the world, which include several oxbow lakes and clay licks, where hundreds of birds including macaws feed on clay.

DEPARTURE/RETURN LOCATION

Cusco Hotel Transfer

INCLUDED

Airfare	Accommodations
Local transportation	Professional guide

NOT INCLUDED

Entrance fees

Guide gratuity

In 1901, the Peruvian Government created a committee to explore the nation’s rainforest. Don Juan Villalta led an expedition along the Tambopata River, departing from Sandia.Villata founded Puerto Maldonado on July 10, 1902 as a station where the Tambopata met the Madre de Dios. He named the port after Faustino Maldonado, of Tarapoto, who had explored the Madre de Dios in 1861 and drowned in the rapids of the Mamoré River.
The Madre de Dios region was created by law on Dec. 26, 1912 with Puerto Maldonado as its capital.
The city was formally recognised in 1985.

PRICE

We can leave any day of the week, as long as permits are available. Please remember, permits are only needed for your start date.

2017 PRICE GROUP PRICE (MARCH 2018 THROUGH JANUARY 2019):

PRIVATE TOURS ARE BASED ON GROUP SIZE:

Two trekkers: 380 USD$
Three trekkers: 370 USD$
Four trekkers: 360 USD$
Five – Six trekkers to more People: 350 USD$

Day1

Welcome To The Jungle

Our local expert guide will pick you up from the airport to take you to the Madre de Dios river wharf from where we take the boat downstream for one-hour to get our lodge, when we arrive to the lodge you will get an exotic welcome juice and we make our check-in. After a couple of hours siesta, we start with our first excursion for two and a half-hour, we walk through the jungle, where our guide shares a rich information about this part of Peru, you also have the chance to see birds as parrots, macaws, as well as monkeys, snakes, butterflies. In the evening you get ready for a safari on the river to see the caimans, so that you have to take a flashlight to get the caiman’s eyes light that way to see them with red eyes, you could also see capybaras (the biggest rodent in the world that might weight up to 60-kl / 120-pound), after having fun with the caimans we sail back to the lodge where we have a delicious dinner.

Day2

MonkeyIsland-SandovalLake

We wake up very early at 5:30 am to go to a canopy which is about 40m / 131feet high, from where you see different species of birds, such us macaws, eagles, parrots, etc. After this morning activity we go back to the lodge to have breakfast, immediately we leave to the Monkey Island where we see different varieties of monkeys as the spider monkey, then we take the boat to the National Tambopata Reserve, when we arrive to the reserve we have one-hour walk to get the Sandoval lake which is very rich in flora and fauna; therefore, we see birds, monkeys, sloths. At this point we stop for lunch, right after lunch we take a boat to explore the lake and also to see the animals from closer, if it is a lucky day you would see giant otters (mammal in endangered), big black caimans, after having a great day at this Sandoval lake we take our boat back to the lodge. At night typical dinner.

Day3

Wild board's Clay Lick-Zip Lining

After a typical breakfast, we go for a short walk into the jungle to get the river where we fish piranhas for fun, about midday we walk back to the lodge to have lunch, then we have a nice siesta. In the afternoon we going back to the jungle, but this time for a great adventure and challenge where you have the chance to fly upon the trees through the zip-lining, you will feel like spider monkey when you practice the tree climbing, etc. so the adrenaline will be so intense, there will be a specialist who will give you all the instructions that you need to know. After having a lot of fun, we walk back to the lodge, at about 7:00 pm dinner.

Day4

Farewell

After breakfast that is organised at the lodge we take the boat back to the city, where we go sightseeing to the important places as the local market, eventually we drive to the airport to take the flight back.

Repellent with a minimum of 30 % deet.

Face tissue paper, toilet paper.

Binoculars

Bathing suit

Camera

Camera charger and, extra batteries

Sunblock, sun hat

Daypack

Water bottle

Flip flops or sandals