The trip is full of activities, you will visit the tallest canopy tower of Madre de Dios, the biggest macaw clay lick on earth and the most wanted lake, the Sandoval oxbow lake. All in 3 complete days!
DEPARTURE/RETURN LOCATION | Tambopata National reserve, buss station or airport. | |||||||
DEPARTURE TIME | Please arrive before 1:30 p.m. and leave by night buss or after 5 p.m. | |||||||
WEAR | Comfortable light clothing, hiking boots, insect repellent and sunscreen. | |||||||
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Day 1
Reception at the airport and transportation to our Office. Please try to arrive before 1:30 p.m., we highly recommend having a pack with the necessary for the jungle, in case a big suitcase you can have it stored at our office for free. Some information about the excursion then You will start a 1.5 to 2 hours car trip to the Tambopata river (48 km. paved road and 18 km. dirt road) then 10 minutes to the Lodge (lunch on the way or at the lodge).
During the trip on a dirt road into the heart of the rainforest, we will be able to observe clouds of butterflies, and typical Amazon communities, while groups of birds pass over the car and animals such as agoutis and, monkeys. Reception and accommodation at CHUNCHO LODGE.
After accommodation, you will have the opportunity to visit the 40-meter canopy tower, from there it offers unrivaled views of the Rainforest.
Our guides will lead you on a trail to get to the tower and climb its steps. Finally, you reach the top. There, you’ll be able to see miles of pristine forest stretching in every direction. Because animals are most active in the canopy, you’ll have incredible chances to see wildlife macaws flying at this level as well as toucans and many colorful birds. This is an unforgettable experience, you’ll be awed by the intimate views of treetop animals, paired with the sweeping panorama of the jungle. Sunset at the tower.
In the night we will go on a night walk to understand rainforest ecosystems and see some of the amazing tree frogs, maybe snakes, spiders like tarantulas, stick insects, and many other animals active the night, this activity is a very safe and great opportunity for macro photos.
Return to the lodge for dinner. Sleep at CHUNCHO LODGE. (L, D).
Day 2
Early wake up at 4:30 a.m. to take a light breakfast (coffee or te), to begin with our 1:30 to 2 hours journey upstream in Tambopata river to the Macaw Clay Lick “El Chuncho” in Tambopata National Reserve. We will have the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful natural sceneries and wildlife of the riverbanks, we have seen several times jaguar on the way, the chances are up to 20% !!. At our arrival, we will observe one of the greatest wildlife spectacles where hundreds of parrots and different species of macaws gather to eat clay, first the parrots, mealy parrot, blue headed, orange check, dusky headed, white eyed and then the large macaws like the blue and yellow, red and green, scarlet macaw, this is an unforgettable experience.
In the middle morning we return to the lodge to take a rest or enjoy the facilities and the surroundings of CHUNCHO LODGE, we have a hammock house near the river, it is great to rest.
At middle day you will have the opportunity to go to swim at the river, this is optional, at the river there is caimans, anacondas, sting rays, electric eels but you can still go for a swim in the hot day, we did it several times and it is very refreshing. Lunch at the lodge.
In the afternoon you are going to go in a etnobotanical long jungle walk to learn about medicinal plants, amazon types of wood and a great opportunity to see more mammals and big trees.
By night free to rest, enjoy the drinks of our bar or possibility of another night hike (highly recommended), this activity will be possible according the weather conditions.
Dinner and night at chuncho lodge
Night at CHUNCHO LODGE. (B, L, D).
Day 3
Before breakfast we will go on another jungle walk is Optional the visit to the Canopy Tower to see colorful birds such as toucans, oropendolas, hummingbirds, trogons, woodpeckers, nunbirds, tanagers, jacamars, etc.. Sunrise according weather conditions is amazing from the canopy of the trees. Return to the lodge for breakfast and boat to the port where the car is waiting for us to take us back to Puerto Maldonado the same path to get back to the city, once arrived in the city we will move to the main port of the city to begin another cruise within the reserve, this time our destination is the famous and beautiful Sandoval Lake. This is an oxbow lake in Tambopata national reserve. After approximately 40 minutes by boat, we started a 3 km hike through the forest until you reach the shore of the Lake. Since starting our tour we will visit this beautiful body of water, the place is spectacular, many birds, very good opportunity to see a lots of monkeys of several species such as the red howler monkey, brown capuchin, squirrel monkey, dusky tity and saddle back tamarin. Also we’ll have great chance to see the Giant Otters this a tour that will end at 3 p.m in town if your flight or part of the group flights out of Puerto Maldonado to Lima, in case you go by buss back them the tour will finish at 5 p.m.
Back to the city we will be sure you are in time to take your flight or buss with previous coordination. (B. L.).
First contact us and check availability and make sure you will arrive before 1 p.m and leave after 5 p.m. or night buss the day 3
Please before to pay, you need check availability, contact us at reservas@chuncholodge.com
Also, if you have special requirement is necessary being in contact from the beginning.
Booking with us means that we need make all logistic before your arrival and do our best efforts to give you a quality service deserve by our
clients, reason why we take very seriously a booking with customers.
Note that Chuncho Lodge does not have any responsibility for payments without previous check of availability at our lodge.
Our prices are for individual passenger but we only do tour operations with more than 2 customers.
Thank.
The Chuncho Lodge Team
Tour Reviews
Amazon trip!!
Great way to see the amazon! Our guide Fernando and the owner, Jorge were all great. Very professional and tailored our experience based off our interests! Make sure to dress appropriately and bring lots of bug spray!
Amazing rain forest experience!
We spent days looking through the various lodge options in the Tambopata/Puerto Maldonado area and chose Chuncho Lodge – one of the best decisions!
Our guide Gabriel met our family of four (including our two adult children) with the driver and van at the airport and we instantly felt we were like a family! We went to their main office in Puerto Maldonado where we could drop off any extra baggage that we wouldn’t need for the next four days (we did the 4 night/5 day itinerary). Luckily we only had one roll-on bag and back pack each. Soon we loaded back in the van with packed lunches (3 of us are vegetarians) and drove for an hour or so and transferred to a boat for the short final leg before reaching the Lodge. It’s a beautiful setting on the river – we first saw the hammock gazebo, where there are 6 or 7 hammocks, followed by the large common area with lots of seating, dining tables and a small bar. The kitchen opens on to the dining area. From here, you would walk over a wooden bridge to where the private cabins are located. As soon as we arrived at the lodge, we were greeted by the warm staff and were offered a refreshing drink. There were so many different types of birds singing and whistling as we made our way to our cabins …read coomplete review on Tripadvisor
Amazing Amazonia experience with Chuncho Lodge
Me and my wife did the 4 days/ 3 nights tour with our amazing guide, Fernando !!
Having a great guide makes a huge difference. Fernando is a happy, very knowledgeable and skilled guide with a great English. He could spot all the animals to see around and he could even catch a tarantula bare hands for us!! ….read more in TripAdvisor
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