Day 01: Puerto Maldonado – Tambopata

Reception at the airport, transfer to PS’s office to prepare for the river trip and boarding of our motorized dugout canoes. On occasions when the weather permits it we will be driven by bus directly to a native community to board our canoe, saving by this approx. 2 hours of the boat ride to the EI. Depending of the hour we will have either a box lunch on the boat or lunch at arrival to the EI. During the trip we may see caymans, turtles and waterfowl, etc. After approx. 3 hours we will arrive at the EI lodge where we will be received with a welcome drink. We are now deep inside pristine rainforest and surrounded by its sounds. After resting a little we will have a short hike to a small lagoon and return in time to enjoy a jungle sunset at Sunset Point. After returning to the lodge we will board again the canoe for a short night ride to spot with flashlights caymans on the river banks. After returning we will have dinner, at which our guides or the RNs will be available to answer questions or brief us on the Amazon rainforest.

Day 02: Tambopata – Collpa Guacamayos

At daybreak will we go with the canoe 3 hours further up the Tambopata river from the EI deep into untouched Amazon rainforest with superb wildlife sighting possibility. We will pass waterfalls, wonderful sandy beaches with swimming opportunities, interesting basalt rock formations and some gold panning sites. Box lunch on board. Late in the afternoon we will arrive at the Macaw Claylick or Colpa de Guacamayos, a 200 m red soil cliff where, for still unknown reasons, hundreds of macaws and other parrot species converge every morning and afternoon to feed on the mineral rich soil in an unforgettable spectacle of color and sounds. We will camp at a beach close by and have dinner at camp.

Day 03: Tambopata – Explorer Inn

Early morning Colpa experience. Breakfast at camp. We board our canoe to return to the EI. Occasionally, when the weather and the level of the river allow it, we will make a short side trip to another saltlick at an other river on the way, which is good for seeing mammals . Dinner and overnight at the EI.

Day 04: Tambopata – Cocococha Lagoon

After an early breakfast, guided by one of our RNs, we will start a 3 ½ miles hike to Cocococha oxbow lake. On the way we will observe exotic plants and insects, colorful butterflies and birds, monkeys and, with luck, perhaps even some of the large mammals. At the lake we can observe the giant river otters from a hide. Canoes will also be available for a ride around it watching the other wildlife on the shoreline. Return to the EI for a late lunch. Afternoon free for relaxing or independent activities. Dinner.

Day 05: Tambopata – Puerto Maldonado

Very early wake up and breakfast. Boarding of the canoe to return to Pto. Maldonado watching an unforgettable dawn on the Tambopata river. Transfer to the airport for return flight.

Included:

Reception at Puerto Maldonado airport; land and river transport to/from the Explorer’s Inn (EI); accommodation in twinned rooms with private bath; full board American Plan: Continental breakfast (CB) and two (2) meals a day; guided tours as described. When convenient lunch may be replaced by a Box Lunch.

Not included:

Air Ticket’s, extra consumptions in lodgings, any thing that not this mentioning in the present program.