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Tambopata
Candamo Expedition
Macaws
Clay Lick & Sandoval Lake 3
days / 2 nights
The
trip is intensive, full of adventure, with possibilities to find wild animals and the
most attractive landscapes: The amazing macaw clay lick "collpa"
in the Bahuaja-Sonene National Park and the wonderful Sandoval lake in the
Tambopata-Candamo Reserved Zone.
Day
1 Reception at the airport and transportation to the WASAÍ
Maldonado Lodge, where you will receive a welcoming tropical fruit beverage.
You will embark for a 3 to 4 hour motorboat trip up the Tambopata river to
WASAI Tambopata Lodge & Research Center (box lunch on board). During the
trip into the heart of the rain forest we will be able to observe
clouds of butterflies, typical Amazon communities , while groups of
birds pass over the boat and animals such as capybaras turtles and caiman.
Reception and accommodation at Wasai lodge.
Introductory
walk to understand rainforest ecosystems and see some of the amazing trees .
Return to the lodge for dinner.
After
dinner we will return to the river to search for caimans ( type of alligator)
. We will enjoy diverse sounds of the jungle which will accompany our
first night in the amazon. Sleep in the lodge.
Day
2 wake early (4 am) and travel up the Tambopata River for an
our and half to the Bahuaja-
Sonene National Park. You will see a magical sunrise and it is a great
opportunity to see animals such as capybaras, tapir , Jaguar, and deer in
the surrounding virgin forest. We will observe ( from a save distance) one
of the greatest spectacle of the rainforest: Hundreds of parrots, parakeets
and macaws of various species, enjoying their diet of mineral salts on
a river bank. We will have a hot drink and a snack whilst watching
birds and go for a short walk to look for animals such as monkeys. We will
return to to the lodge to have a late breakfast and afterwards we will make
the return trip in boat to Wasai Maldonado Lodge, in Puerto Maldonado.
and
enjoy a tasty lunch .After we will leave and travel for twenty minutes to
down the Madre de Dios River , them walk for a an our in the forest to the
Lake Sandoval, a beautiful oxbow lake. 
There we will boarda wooden canoe to
paddle around the lake to see wildlife such as kingfishers, herons,
hoatzins ( unique prehistoric looking birds), monkeys, etc, If we are lucky
we could see the family of giant river otters, which live at the lake.
You will have the opportunity to fish piranhas and swim in the lake.
Prepare yourself for a spectacular sunset. We return at night looking
for nocturnal wildlife along the trail and them in boat back to Puerto Maldonado. There we will stay in the luxurious Wasai Maldonado Lodge and
enjoy dinner.
Day
3 Breakfast and transportation
to the airport. end of the service
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