If you are short of time, but you would not like to miss out a visit of Peruvian Rainforest, then this 2-day program is absolutely perfect to you!! Sandoval Lake is a lake situated in the Sandoval Lake Reserve, within Amazon Rainforest, in the Madre de Dios Department, near a city of Puerto Maldonado. The reserve refuges diverse animals, for example, giant river otters, turtles, black caimans, monkeys, birds such as a prehistoric bird Shansho, macaws, parrots, cormorants, kingfishers and others in Sandoval Lake.
The reserve also boasts with a specific, which is the Collpa de palmeras, a special place where macaws and parrots fly down to eat dry palms that are rich in mineral salts, calcium, sodium, potassium, etc. These trace elements help them to digest – Sandoval Lake.
Short description of Sandoval Lake:
3 Days / 2 Nights
2 Persons
Medium
May – November
Sandoval Lake is located within the Tambopata National Reserve, in the department of Madre de Dios. This little piece of nature is home to a great amount of flora and fauna. Among them, the Black Caiman, the Giant Otter, the Hoatzin and many other species that you can observe during your tour of this lake.
If you are in the department of Madre de Dios, write down Sandoval Lake as your next point of visit and get to know the wonders hidden in this enchanting place.
We invite you to live unique experiences in an ecological environment of Sandoval Lake. Where, in addition to immersing yourself in the natural world of the Tambopata National Reserve and Lake Sandoval; you can also practice adventure activities such as: canopy or zip line, suspension bridge, kayaking and hiking.
Visit the most important tourist sites of Madre de Dios, the paradise of biodiversity:
Lake Sandoval, the most important meander of the Madre de Dios River and one of the most beautiful and beautiful lakes in the Peruvian Amazon.
The Tambopata National Reserve, a splendid space for the observation of flora and fauna in its natural environment. which is home to thousands of registered, unregistered and many endangered species, such as: giant otters, black caimans, river otters, macaws and many others.
Summary:
You are welcomed and pick-up from the airport/coach terminal of Puerto Maldonado by our Representative to take you to our office where you can leave your baggage not necessary for the trip.
Then, we transfer you to a local port where you board a motorboat and navigate down the Madre de Dios River. On the way, we observe various mammal species such as turtles, birds, lizards, monkeys, turtles, caimans, etc., until we reach a checkpoint of the Sandoval Lake Reserve and after passing a check, we start walking for 5 km (1 and half an hour) to reach Sandoval Lake where we take a canoe bringing us to the Tokon Lodge. There, we accommodate ourselves and after lunch, we return sailing the lake in a canoe to see its typical inhabitants –giant river otters, black caimans, a prehistoric bird shansho, herons, cormorants, kingfisher, etc. Then, we return to the lodge for dinner to later get back to the lake again, this time to undertake an evening caiman observation, as caimans are nocturnal animals. Our professional naturalist Tour Guide shows and explains us about these animals. We overnight in the Sandoval lake lodge.
Today, we wake up very early go to the surroundings of the Sandoval Lake where huge number of various palms grow in its water creating an area of marsh.
This place is called Collpa de Palmeras MACAW PALM TREE treeand it attracts various macaw species and other parrots to eat sawdust of its palms as it contains sodium,calcium, potassium and other minerals helping them to digest. Then, we go back to the lodge to be given breakfast. Later, we take a next trip going to observe stunning flora and fauna of the Tokon Lodge. We can appreciate monkeys, deer, wild boars, tapirs or spectacled bears, just to name a few. We return to the Sandoval lake lodge for lunch. Afterwards, we get ready for a return way boarding a canoe again to sail over the Sandoval Lake followed by a walk to the checkpoint and from there sailing the Madre de Dios River by a motorboat towards Puerto Maldonado. We pick our baggage up in our office and then, we are transferred either to the airport or the coach terminal.
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IMPORTANT!!
You need to be vaccinated against Yellow Fever as well as to bring some anti-malaria tablets with you!!
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