Tambopata Wasaí wildlife experience

At around 12:30 h you will be met at the airport of the jungle town Puerto Maldonado and transferred to the Wasai Maldonado Eco Lodge. Optional: you can also take an overnight bus (8 ½ hours from Cusco) and join the group independently at the Eco Lodge.
After a refreshing drink you will make the 3 ½ hours journey up the Tambopata River into the primary rainforest of the Tambopata Reserve Zone with the opportunity to see local communities and wildlife along the banks of the river. You will arrive at the Wasai Tambopata Lodge in the late afternoon. After refreshments you will go on a short introductory night walk into the forest to look for some of the nocturnal creatures.
Overnight at Wasai Tambopata Lodge. (L, D)

You will awake in a beautiful natural environment with the chanting of the oropéndola’s and other exotic birds. Those who wake up early will be able to contemplate the landscape and take amazing pictures in the paths within the lodge or from our viewpoint, while enjoying a freshly filtered coffee or some infusion.
After breakfast, we will have the chance of swimming in the Tambopata River. Those who wish can do Kayaking (*) or fishing in the river where inhabit more than 250 species of fish.
After lunch, we will embark the boat and head to the Bahuaja Sonene National Park where our campsite is located. During the journey we will pass through beautiful and pristine landscapes, with few or none human presence whatsoever, areas destined exclusively to conservation and eco-tourism, giving us an excellent opportunity to watch birds and animals such as capybaras, jaguars, turtles, caimans, etc. As the afternoon falls, we will arrive to campsite Tambopata Wildlife Center located in Malinowski River, where we will settle our encampment in the midst of the jungle, between giant trees and accompanied by the sound of the wilderness. After accommodating our tents we will walk to “La Torre” viewpoint, which provides an amazing view of the sunset in the confluence of the Alto Tambopata and Malinowski rivers. After that we will go on night walk towards the Mammal Clay lick where we will try to spot some nocturnal mammals that visit the Collpa to eat clay or hunt some prey. At night, after dinner, we will light a campfire under the moonlight. Camping overnight at the Tambopata Wildlife Center (B, L, D)

(*) Adventure activities such as Kayak or zip-line have an additional cost of $ 20.00 and Tree climbing (over 50m/165 feet tall) has a cost of $ 40.00

We will be awaken by the sounds of the howler monkeys by dawn, soon to be joined by the sound of other animals waking up and birds flying across the morning red sky. We will take a light coffee or some infusion to start our 25 minute ride upstream headed to the El Chuncho Great Macaw Claylick, inside the Bahuaja Sonene National Park. We will have the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful scenery of one of the most pristine forests in the world and watch some wild fauna at the river Banks, such as capybaras, river turtles and caimans.
At our arrival, if the weather conditions are favorable, we will be the privileged spectators of one of the most amazing shows of wildlife: hundreds of parrots and macaws gather together to feed from the clay of the cliff, offering a great show of colors and sounds. A unique experience that you will never forget! After taking light refreshment, we will walk across the river beach in search for animal tracks. Once the walk is over we will initiate our way back downstream the Tambopata River, towards Tambopata Wildlife Center campsite where we will share a more consistent breakfast.
We will return to Wasai Tambopata Lodge through the Tambopata River, where we will take a rest. Those who wish can swim in the Lodge’s dock before lunch. After lunch, we will do an ethno botanical walk where we will learn about the medical plants of the region and see walking palm trees, giant lupunas, and many other curious flora species. This afternoon you may perform adventure activities (*) such as: zip-line, kayak or tree climbing. At night we will go on a boat ride in search for caimans in the surroundings of the lodge, where we will be able to get a closer look of them.
Overnight at Wasai Tambopata Lodge (B, L, D)

(*) Adventure activities such as Kayak or zip-line have an additional cost of $ 20.00 and Tree climbing (over 50m/165 feet tall) has a cost of $ 40.00

You will have breakfast and then make the journey back down the Tambopata River to Puerto Maldonado. You will arrive at Wasaí Maldonado Eco Lodge for lunch. In the afternoon you will Travel Down the Madre de Dios River and from there walk through the forest to the beautiful Sandoval Lake. Your guide will paddle you in a wooden canoe to look for Giant River Otters and birds such as Hoatzin and Anhinga. You will walk back through the forest to look for some of the nocturnal creatures of the forest and then travel back to the lodge for a final evening meal.

Overnight at Wasaí Maldonado Eco Lodge. (B, L, D)

Breakfast and transport to the airport.
On the way back we watch the day dawn over the Tambopata River. Ones in Puerto Maldonado you are transferred to the airport to take your return flight. (B) Note: your flight back has to be after 12:00 h (noon).