Natural Expedition To Tambopata Candamo 06 Days / 05 Nights
Duration
1Day
Tour Type
Daily Tour
Group Size
10 people
Languages
English, Espanol
Description
We cannot understand and appreciate the intricate and endangered wonders on our planet without looking at the Amazon Rainforest. It produces 20% of the earth’s oxygen and 10% of the earth’s fresh water flows from its rivers into the ocean. The Amazon has over 25,000 plant species, 4,300 bird types, and about 20,000 animal species. In less than one hour from Cusco, you are within Tambopata-Candamo Reserved Zone. This extensive zone, part of which is located in the Department of Madre de Dios, is considered one of the best preserved areas of Amazonia in South America.
ITINERARY
DAY 1:- Arrival to Puerto Maldonado and River Trip to the Refugio Amazonas Lodge
Upon your arrival from Lima or Cusco, reception and transfer to the River Port of Tambopata in Puerto Maldonado. After a short City Tour visiting the main tourist attractions, we will board our motorised canoe for a two tour river trip to the Refugio Amazonas Lodge.
We will be served a box lunch on the way. We will also make a short stop over at the guard post since we will be entering to the Tambopata – Candamo National Reserve, which, with its around 1.3 million hectares of extension, is one of the largest in Peru. During the trip we may be able to appreciate some of the most typical bird species of the river banks, such as Skimmers, Sand Pipers, Crowned Herons, Jabiru Storks, Falcons and several species of King Fishers, Swallows and Fly Catchers. When we reach the Refugio Amazonas Lodge, we will unpack and get to know the installations of the Refugio Amazonas Lodge.
We will receive an important orientation and introduction talk regarding our Refugio Amazonas Lodge. Rest until dinner time, after which we will carry out our night activity. At night we will board one of our boats to search for Cayman on the river banks using a strong search light. The Cayman are found on the river banks at night waiting for unsuspecting prey. After this nocturnal activity we will return to the Refugio Amazonas Lodge.
Day 2:- Refugio Amazonas Lodge - Tambopata Research Center
After lunch we will board the out board engine powered canoe to continue upstream till we reach the Tambopata Research Center. This trip takes approximately four hours. After an hour and a half on the river, leaving the Refugio Amazonas Lodge, we will stop over at the Park Guard Post. This post marks the limit of the inhabited area of the Intangible Area of the Park with its 700.000 hectares. In the inhabited core of this Intangible Area there are more chances to observe Capybara, Geese, Cayman and Macaws. When we reach the Tambopata Research Center, we will unpack and get to know the installations of the lodge.
We will receive an important orientation and introduction talk regarding our Tambopata Research Center. In the afternoon we will take a walk along the banks of the Tambopata River, taking in the fantastic view before our eyes. After dinner, scientists will give us a lecture on the natural history of Macaws and the Proyecto de Guacamayos Macaw Project underway for more than a decade in the Tambopata Research Center. You will learn about their feeding habits, mating behaviour, population fluctuations and the threats to their conservation.
Overnight at the Tambopata Research Center.
Day 3:- Tambopata Research Center
This incredible show will continue until the parrots feel a danger, usually in the form of an eagle and they all leave at once in a flurry, in an explosion of colours, shapes and sounds. After breakfast we will make a walk through a Flood Plain Forest, which is an area with tall trees and also areas of ponds and gulches. Amongst the Ficus, Ceibas and Iron Wood Shihuahuacos we will search for Common Squirrel Monkeys, Black Faced Capuchins and Spider Monkeys. We will also have a chance to see White Lipped and Collared Peccaries, the Rain Forest equivalent of Wild Pigs. This area is part of the forest surrounding the Tambopata Research Center.
We will have lunch at the Center. After lunch, we will make a ten minute boat trip upriver to a small platform located by a small lake. Here you will be able to observe many of the birds that call this lake their home. The platform, located at the centre of the lake, is an excellent place where from to observe them. In the evening we will go for a night walk in the Rain Forest, being this the hour of major activity for mammals, although they are difficult to spot. Much more common are the frogs with shapes and sounds as bizarre as their natural histories. Overnight at the Tambopata Research Center.
Day 4:- Tambopata Research Center
After a short and easy walk we will go back to the Center to enjoy our lunch. 30 minutes walk from the Tambopata Research Center will, take us to the Swamp. There we will be able to see dead Aguaje Moriche Palm Trees, which serve as a base for the nests of Red Bellied and also Blue and Yellow Macaws. A high forest canopy tower will allow the visitors to get a close view of the macaws while they enter and leave their nests.
Dinner and Overnight at the Tambopata Research Center.
Day 5:- Tambopata Research Center - Refugio Amazonas Lodge
Overnight in the Refugio Amazonas Lodge.
Day 6:- Refugio Amazonas Lodge - Return to Puerto Maldonado
Included / Excluded
INCLUDED
- 05 Nights accommodations in the specified lodges based on double occupancy.
- All meals specified from your arrival to the City of Puerto Maldonado until your return to the airport for your departure.
- All excursions with bilingual guides (Spanish / English)
- All transfers and land and river transportation from your arrival to the City of Puerto Maldonado until your return to the Airport to catch your departure flight.
- Entrance to the Protected Natural Area
- All Taxes applicable except airport taxes (see below)
- Reconfirmation of Domestic flights from the City of Puerto Maldonado
EXCLUDED
- International and Domestic Flights
- Airport taxes
- Excess Luggage
- Additional Nights due to bad weather or flight cancellations
- Alcoholic drinks, sodas or bottled mineral water. Snacks
- Laundry
- Tips
- Personal Expenditures
- Domestic or International Long Distance Calls.
- Radio Calls and Messages
- All types of insurance
- Reconfirmation of International Flights
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