Tambopata Trek

Description Tambopata Adventure Trekking Tour

With the Tambopata trekking adventure tour or “Tambopata Trek tour”, you can enjoy nature while discovering the wildlife of the lowland jungle. An adventure trip in the Peruvian jungle that begins departing in a boat from the community of El Infierno to our lodge in front of the island of the monkeys, this island besides being home to various types of monkeys, is also the habitat of turtles and herons. This excursion to Tambopata has as an option to make the Canopy walkway of 90 meters high appreciate a spectacular view of the wildlife, at night we go in search of scorpions, tarantulas and caimans of the species of Alligators present in South America; they paddle through the rivers or lakes in canoes with flashlights to try to find them. Four of the six species of caiman are present in the Tambopata area.

If you are looking for a Cultural Tour in Tambopata, this trip to Tambopata is definitely for you, as you will be able to meet the Ese ejas, known as huarayos by the oldest population of Puerto Maldonado, are a people of hunters, fishermen and horticulturists who have been present in Madre de Dios since time immemorial. The Ese ejas settled in the plains near the Baawaja or Tambopata rivers. The Ese ejas were contacted at the beginning of the last century by the Dominican Fathers, who tried to free them from the exploitation to which they were subjected by the rubber tappers who entered the department following in the footsteps of the infamous Fermín Fitzcarrald. According to the elders of the community of Infierno, that hard time, of great transformations in their way of life, was a very hard blow for the Ese eja people, whose inhabitants were forced to abandon the territory they had inherited from their elders. Despite the change in the ethnic composition of the community, the Ese eja families that maintain this status continue to struggle to preserve their customs and the language spoken by their elders.

If you take the Tambopata 5D / 4N tours, you are supporting this community because the income they receive from their lodge is mainly invested in education and health. The rest goes to care for the elderly, build community benefit works and the implementation of new productive projects. The work of cultural rescue and protection of their traditional knowledge is done with their elders, with the people of Ese Ejas who have been able to maintain the tradition. That is why most of the naturalist guides and birdwatchers in Tambopata are descendants of Ese ejas families.

It is also attractive for those who enjoy bird watching, since thanks to the vegetation in its mangroves and surroundings, it is the habitat of a population of more than a thousand species of birds, including migratory and resident birds such as the Hoatzin, Cormorant and abundant piranhas and taricayas and the elusive Giant Otter. Complete your expedition by going deep into the jungle to look for mammal nests and clay licks as well as auroras and macaws.

The Tambopata 5 Days tour is becoming one of the main tourist destinations in Peru, however, there is one tour in Peru that every traveler dreams of getting to at least once in their life and that is the Machu Picchu tour, so we recommend after you make your trip to Tambopata that you book your Machu Picchu tour package.

Enjoy the Tambopata Adventure Trekking Tour

MAIN POINTS OF VISIT

• Canopy Walkway
• Zipline or Tyrolean traverse
• Monkey Island + Kayak
• Cochas and beaches of the Madre de Dios River: Caimanes
• Sandoval Lake
• Ese’ejas Native Family
• Gamitana Creek: Sport Fishing
• Collpa Cachuela
• Paradise Eco Adventure Center
• Interpretive Trails

Day 1: Tours to Tambopata (200 – 400 m.a.s.l.)

Arrival to Puerto Maldonado – Kayak – Monkey Islands – Caiman.

• Pick up from the airport or bus station at the agreed time.
• Transfer to the Port and then to your Lodge.
• 13.00-14.00 hrs Typical drinks and welcome lunch.
• Kayak Tours to Tambopata 14.30 – 17.00 hrs. We will cross by kayak to the monkey island for a 30 minutes ride to the monkey island to observe the spider monkey, capuchin monkey, squirrel, etc., at least 3 to 4 species can be observed in this area, as well as birds, mammals, rodents and other animals.
• Tambopata night tours 18.15 – 19.30 hrs We will go on a night walk in search of caimans, we will embark on a boat equipped with a reflector and we will go along the banks of the river in search of young caimans and if we are lucky, adult caimans. Of the 6 species of caimans, 4 are found in the jungles of the Tambopata Amazon, Peru. The smallest is the 3-foot long dwarf caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus). The largest is the intimidating 15-foot long Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger).
• 19.30 – 21.00 hrs Then we return to our lodge and in the evening we have a delicious and traditional dinner.

PERNOCTE: BUNGALO – PARADISE LODGE.

BREAKFAST – PASSENGER/LUNCH AND DINNER – AGENCY

Day 2: Sandoval Lake Tours – Night Trails

Sandoval Lake – Interpretive Trails

• 05.30 am – 12. 00 hrs After breakfast, we use our boat to cross the Madre de Dios River and reach the control and entrance of Sandoval Lake, a Natural Protected Area inside the Tambopata National Reserve, from where we start a walk of about an hour and a half, to reach the vicinity of one of the most beautiful places in the Amazon jungle, Lake Sandoval which shows a unique and harmonious landscape, complemented by the existing flora and fauna, besides being home to one of the endangered species such as the Giant Otter, which with a little luck can be observed in the vicinity.
• During this visit we will use a small canoe, which will help us to explore the lake, where it is also possible to observe birds such as the harpy eagle, crested eagle, common curassow, unicorn curassow, carunculated curassow. In the Tambopata National Reserve you will find almost all the species of macaws that live in Peru. You will also have the opportunity to see the Hoatzin, toucan and the Cormorant, as well as some types of fish, turtles, etc.
• 13.00 – 14.00 hrs We will enjoy a delicious lunch and a rest at the Lodge.
• Night excursion in Tambopata 18.20 – 19.40 hrs We will have a night walk through the immensity of the jungle, we visit areas where the size of the trees, we will be impressed by the grandeur that these exposed in the middle of the Amazon jungle.
• Most of the jungle comes alive at night. This makes the night the best time of the day to see strange and beautiful frogs, insects and other nocturnal animals. The guide will lead us on a trail from near the lodge for an hour and a half of exciting night hiking. In deep darkness, surrounded by hundreds of jungle sounds and with the help of powerful lights, we will enter a world inhabited by the most unique, diverse and shy creatures.

Overnight: Bungalow – PARADISE LODGE.

BREAKFAST – LUNCH AND DINNER – AGENCY

Day 3: Tambopata Vacation, Rustic Fishing – Ese’Ejas Native Family

Ese’ejas Native Family + Rustic Fishing

• Sport fishing in Tambopata 10.00 12.00 hrs. After breakfast we will have the activity of Sport Fishing, this is done in the Gamitana creek which is located one hour from our Lodge, and then return to our Lodge. Also, we will develop Kayak in the surroundings of our Lodge.
• 13.00 – 14.00 hrs Lunch at the Lodge.
• 14.30 – 16.30 hrs We will go to visit the native families of the area in Gamitana Island, who will show us part of the cultural value of their ancestors, their language and customs, their clothes and even their dances.
• 19.30 – 21.00 hrs Back to the lodge we will enjoy dinner.

Pernocte: Búngalo – PARADISE LODGE.

BREAKFAST – LUNCH AND DINNER – AGENCY

Day 4: Paradise Agricultural Production Center – Suspension Bridge – Tirolinea

• Ecological Tourism in Tambopata 08.00 hrs FLORA AND FAUNA STUDIES: Every year we study the biodiversity within the Reserve to better understand and preserve the flora and fauna in the area.
• AGROFORESTRY AND CAOBAS PROJECT: In 2001 an agroforestry system was initiated in a 2000 m2 plot as an example of sustainable agriculture and reforestation.
• You can see how mahogany, cedar, flowers and tropical fruits have grown to create a productive forest that allows the recovery of the area and its sustainable use. The project seeks to provide a sustainable alternative land use for the local communities.
• Extreme Tourism in Tambopata – OBSERVATION PLATFORMS: In 2005 the CANOPY WALKWAY was built, a 90m suspension bridge to a platform at the top of a 300 year old Lupuna, at 45m, the highest natural observation point in the jungle. Staff and volunteers use it as one of the monitoring points for birds.

Pernocte: Búngalo – PARADISE LODGE.

BREAKFAST – LUNCH AND DINNER – AGENCY

Day 5: Bird watching in Tambopata, Collpa Cachuela – Departure

Collpa Cachuela – Exit

• Tambopata Parrot Clay Lick Excursion 04.30 – 07.30 am In the morning, we will leave very early, heading to the parrot clay lick where a unique spectacle awaits us. It is necessary to travel for an hour and a half to reach the area where a clay wall offers a resource for hundreds of parrots, which congregate daily very early in the morning to ingest the clay present in this area.
• It is a clay wall next to the river where multiple species of parrots come every morning to supplement their diet with the minerals they find here.  This generates a natural spectacle of sounds and colors that bird lovers and nature enthusiasts will not want to miss.
• Activity at parrot clay licks typically begins shortly before dawn, when the first parrots approach the lick area, usually in pairs as they call to each other, and then land in the trees around the lick. It is understood that they perch on the highest branches while waiting for the rest of the parrots to check for predators in the area.
• 08.00 – 09.30 am After enjoying this spectacle of nature, we head back to the lodge for our farewell breakfast.
• 10.00 – 11.30 am Afterwards we will return to the city of Puerto Maldonado, to take the flight or bus that will take us to Cusco or Lima, whichever the case may be.

BREAKFAST – AGENCY / LUNCH AND DINNER – PASSENGER