Tambopata Jungle Tours – Eco Tambo Lodge 3D/2N

 

Short description of the Tambopata Jungle Tour – Eco Tambo Lodge:

Discover the rich biodiversity during the Tambopata Jungle Tour – Eco Tambo Lodge! You can explore with us this part of Amazon jungle that refuges giant over 500 year old trees as well as a wide range of flora and fauna!!

You visit Sandoval Lake with its family of giant river otters as well as the Monkey Island, a habitat of 3 monkey species!

Moreover, you have an opportunity to try the adrenaline sport of canopy in the midst of the wild jungle nature of the Tambopata National Reserve!

Quick Itinerary of the Tambopata Jungle Tour – Eco Tambo Lodge:

Day 1: Puerto Maldonado – Madre de Dios River – Monkey Island – Eco Tambo Lodge

Day 2: Eco Tambo Lodge – Sandoval Lake

Day 3: Eco Tambo Lodge – Canopy – Madre de Dios River – Puerto Maldonado

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DAY 1: PUERTO MALDONADO – MADRE DE DIOS RIVER – MONKEY ISLAND –ECO TAMBO LODGE

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 the port of Puerta Capitania where you board a motorboat and navigate up the Madre de Dios River for an hour. On the way, we observe various flora and animal species such as turtles, birds, capybaras and lizards sunbathing on the river shores.

Then, we shortly stop at the Monkey Island (Isla de los Monos) to view some of its 3 monkey species. Later, we reach the Eco Tambo Lodge where we are welcomed by a fresh fruit juice! Afterwards, we accommodate ourselves in twin private rooms and enjoy a short rest. Later on, we follow jungle paths while our experienced Tour Guide explains us about local animals and plants such as trees having over 500 years of age (!), medicinal plants, toucans, orioles, trogons, macaws, monkeys, butterflies, etc. We get back for dinner then.

Optional: A night walk.

DAY 2: ECO TAMBO LODGE – SANDOVAL LAKE

After breakfast, we board a motorboat and navigate up the Madre de Dios River until we get to a checkpoint of the Sandoval Lake Reserve and after passing a check we start walking for 5 km to reach Sandoval Lake. There, we take a canoe bringing us to the centre of the lake where we are served lunch watching its typical inhabitants – giant river otters, black caimans, pumas, a prehistoric bird shansho, herons, cormorants, kingfishers, Jesus birds (or lily trotters), red howler monkeys, common squirrel monkeys, white-faced capuchins, sloths, etc. In the end of the day, we return to the lodge for dinner, a shower and overnight.

Optional: A night walk.

DAY 3: ECO TAMBO LODGE – CANOPY – MADRE DE DIOS RIVER – PUERTO MALDONADO

We wake up very early today giving us a chance to try the adrenaline sport of canopy – a walk on a hanging bridge to observe the Amazon landscape from another perspective! Afterwards, we go back to the lodge to have breakfast and get ready for our return way to Puerto Maldonado. Then, we board a motorboat and sail up the Madre de Dios River. When in Puerto Maldonado, we pick our baggage up from the office and then, we are transferred either to the airport or the coach terminal.

End of service!

IMPORTANT!!

You need to be vaccinated against Yellow Fever as well as to bring some anti-malaria tablets with you!!

 

Included in the Tambopata Jungle Tour – Eco Tambo Lodge:

•  A professional naturalist Tour Guide;
• Motorboat transportation:
• Private vehicle land transportation;
• Entrance fees to the Sandoval Lake Reserve;
• A professional Cook,
• Meals: 2x breakfast, 2x lunch, 2x dinner and drinking water (Please note: vegetarian option upon request for no extra cost!);
• Accommodation: 2 nights in lodges;
• First aid kit, including a poison extractor, mosquito bite treatment and an antidote for a snake bite;
• Canopy equipment;
• Radio communications;
• Rubber boots.

Not included in the Tambopata Jungle Tour – Eco Tambo Lodge:

•  Any flight nor airport departure taxes;
• Travel insurance;
• Vaccination;
• Breakfast on the first day and dinner on the last day;
• Drinks;
• Tips to local staff.

 What to take with you to the Tambopata Jungle Tour – Eco Tambo Lodge:

•  Mosquito repellent (DEET 35 recommended as a MINIMUM!!),
• Original passport,
• Small backpack,
• Long sleeved cotton shirts (preferably green coloured),
• Long cotton trousers,
• Cotton long socks (to be put into your trousers),
• Comfortable walking shoes,
• Sandals or light shoes,
• Rain gear (e.g. rain poncho),
• Sweater (for the beginning of the tour in Andes and the cloud forest only),
• Swimsuits;
• Binoculars (we also rent it),
• Camera and its charger,
• Plastic bags to be used for clothes and a camera,
• A hat as a protection against the Sun or rain,
• Toiletries,
• Small towel,
• Toilet paper,
• Antibacterial gel,
• Sun cream,
• Sunglasses,
• Flashlight (with spare bulb and batteries),
• A bottled water (1 litre as a minimum),
• Pocket money (Soles) to buy some beverages and souvenirs as well as to tip.