Lake Sandoval is a lake located in the Tambopata National Reserve, within the Amazon rainforest, in the department of Madre de Dios, near the town of Puerto Maldonado.
The reserve is home to various animals, for example, giant river otters, turtles, black caimans, monkeys, birds such as a prehistoric Shansho bird, macaws, parrots, cormorants, kingfishers and others. The reserve also has a specific, which is the Collpa de palmeras, a special place where macaws and parrots fly down to eat dried palm trees that are rich in mineral salts, calcium, sodium, potassium, etc.. These trace elements help them help them digest.
3 Days / 2 Nights
2 Persons
Medium
All year round
We invite you to live unique experiences in the 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.
The perfect expedition for people who want to go deep into the jungle and return to sleep in the comfort of the city. Boat trips are made to impressive places such as the parrot clay lick and the gem of the Tambopata National Reserve: Lake Sandoval. This adventure ensures a unique experience that allows you to learn about the Amazon of southern Peru.
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 Lake Lodge There, we accommodate ourselves and after lunch, we return sailing the lake in a canoe to see its typical inhabitants such as 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 to 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 Macaw Palm Tree and 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 Sandoval Lake Reserve. We can appreciate monkeys, deer, wild boars, tapirs or spectacled bears, just to name a few. For lunch, we get back to the lodge. Afterwards, we have given some time off to rest or enjoy a bath in the Sandoval Lake (no worries, there are no piranhas or other danger animals during the day). Then, we board a canoe to cross the lake to a place where we can better appreciate a beautiful sunset above the lake! At 7 pm, we return to the lodge for dinner while waiting for the moonlight, a suitable time to go watching caimans again! An overnight is in the Sandoval Lake lodge.
After breakfast, we first board a canoe to sail over the Sandoval Lake to later walk back to the checkpoint and from there, we continue 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!!
With its lakeside location, no other lodge in the Tambopata region offers such accessibility to giant otters. Lake Sandoval is the only full-service lodge located in the wildlife-rich Tambopata National Reserve. With a variety of lake and forest fauna. Located on a cliff overlooking Sandoval Lake, this 2 lodge was built to protect the giant otters and other endangered wildlife that inhabit the lake and surrounding forest.
Lake Sandoval is a «dipper lake» formed generations ago by the shifting waters of the Madre de Dios River, and is considered by rainforest specialists to be the finest and most attractive lake in the Peruvian rainforest. This particular lake has one of the largest and most accessible populations of endangered Giant Otters in Peru, huge Black Caiman and 10-foot long Paiche, the largest scaled freshwater fish in the world. Once widespread throughout South America, the Giant Otter was hunted nearly to extinction and is now one of the continent’s most vulnerable mammals. However, Sandoval Lake has a thriving and healthy population, and from the comfort and stability of the catamarans, guests have the opportunity to view these powerful predators while fishing and frolicking in the lake, as well as a host of colorful birds.
Sandoval Lake’s location provides instant access to the lake’s wildlife during the cool golden light hours after sunrise and before sunset. No other lodge in the region has such a privileged location, nor does it offer unique access at all times of the day to observe wildlife on an Amazonian lake.
Drift through a 100-foot-high flooded forest of Mauritia palms as large groups of Red-bellied Macaws swirl overhead in a cacophony of sounds. Watch playful brown capuchin and titi monkeys as they scour the palms along the edge of the lake, and groups of 50 or more squirrel monkeys as they chatter and hop through the trees above. And after the sun sets, experience the lake’s nightlife under a star-filled sky as the Black Caiman emerge to hunt in the lake.
Drift through a 100-foot-high flooded forest of Mauritia palms as large groups of Red-bellied Macaws swirl overhead in a cacophony of sounds. Watch playful brown capuchin and titi monkeys as they scour the palms along the edge of the lake, and groups of 50 or more squirrel monkeys as they chatter and hop through the trees above. And after the sun sets, experience the lake’s nightlife under a star-filled sky as the Black Caiman emerge to hunt in the lake.
In addition to the exciting biodiversity at Sandoval Lake, no visit to the Lodge is complete without a guided hike along the 15 kilometers of rainforest trails. Expert naturalist guides bring the rainforest to life with vivid explanations of the ecology and natural history of the area as you explore the trails in search of the six species of monkeys and hundreds of species of birds that fill the forest. Our lodge specializes in small groups and individualized attention in our primary quest to conserve the lake and surrounding rainforest.
jungle tour – A visit to Sandoval Lake can be combined with a trip to the Heath River Wildlife Center and Macaw Paste for one of the best rainforest adventures in the Amazon.
LAKE SANDOVAL: This is one of the main attractions of the Tambopata National Reserve Tours. It is also a favorite of visiting tourists and many tourists come here because of its scenic beauty and its proximity to the city of Puerto Maldonado (45 minutes by boat on the Madre de Dios River). It is accessed by a trail of about 2 km to a dock where observers meet paddle boats to enter a small river on the lake. During the visit you can see different species of wildlife such as monkeys, macaws, parrots, caimans, otters, different species of birds and insects, as well as the impressive diversity of flora and fauna contained in the Natural Protected Area-Reserve of Lake Sandoval.
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