Ecological adventure “Lago Sandoval

DAY 1: Puerto Maldonado – Sandoval Lake

On arrival at the city of Puerto Maldonado we will be transferred from the airport “Padre Jose Aldamis” towards the river port “Capitania” to aboard the motorized boat to take us to the entrance to the reserve of the Sandoval Lake downstream for 35 minutes, about this tour we will appreciate two very different rivers and colorful the Madre de Dios and Tambopata River.

At the entrance, we disembark and start a hike along a trail in the jungle to take us to Maloca Lodge located on the shores of the Lake, during this walk we will observe a wide variety of plants and trees as Oje, Lopuna (The giant tree), Renaco, Platanillos, Orchids, Wasai, etc.

In the afternoon once we will be at the lodge, after lunch and a short rest, we will e visit the west side of the lake in a rowboat, here on the shores of the Lake we will see a lot species of birds like the Shansho (prehispanic bird), Anhinga, Cormorants, Orioles, Martin Pescador, etc. That come to sunbathe and are above the old logs, also see variety of palms as the Aguaje, Chapajas, Wasai, among others, and we can see some species of monkeys that live in the reserve, including the Machines (monkeys Capuchins), the Friars, Cotomonos (howler monkeys), and the lioncillos among others.

Once we will stay in the middle of the lake we will go in search of the Giant Otters, we can also see turtles or taricayas sunning on old trunks that are within the lake and the maricanás (Aras Severas) flying around the lake, then return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

DAY 2: Macaw Clay Lick – Sandoval Lake – Puerto Maldonado City

Very early in the morning we will go to the macaw clay lick, for it we will walk for thirty minutes approximately where we will appreciate exotic birds like the Macaw Scarlet, Macaw Bolivian, Macaw “Cabezon” and small parrots like the chericles of yellow head and other species of parrots, they perch in trees and old palms or trunks of aguaje and chapaja. After observing this beautiful natural spectacle we will return to the lodge for breakfast.

After a short break we will walk for the jungle and will appreciate medicinal and ornamental trees as cedar, Lopuna, Renaco, shihuwaco (hardwood), Almendrillo, and mahogany, among others, and especially will know the chestnut tree and the way in which the native people working to commercialize in the market. After all this experience we will back to the lodge for lunch.

After lunch and a rest in the lodge, we start walking back towards the Madre de Dios River where we board the motor boat back to the city of Puerto Maldonado.

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