Lake Sandoval Full day Adventure

Our guide will pick you up from your hotel or the airport to begin this unforgettable excursion. From there, we’ll head to the port on the Madre de Dios River, where a motorized boat awaits.

We’ll enjoy a 30-minute ride along the river to the Tambopata National Reserve checkpoint. Along the way, you may spot riverside birds such as herons, cormorants, and kingfishers, as well as occasional capybaras, monkeys, and colorful butterflies fluttering along the riverbank.

At approximately 7:30 AM, we begin a 3 km walk through the rainforest, entering a lush trail surrounded by primary forest, home to a rich diversity of flora and fauna. During this guided walk, you can see howler monkeys, capuchins, tamarins, and morpho butterflies, as well as Amazonian birds like trogons, woodpeckers, motmots, and tinamous. Notable flora includes aguaje palms, towering kapok (ceiba) trees, medicinal plants, vines, and giant ferns.

Around 9:30 AM, we reach Lake Sandoval, a serene oxbow lake surrounded by palm forest and teeming with iconic wildlife. During the canoe ride, we may spot: Giant river otters (Pteronura brasiliensis), a critically endangered species, Hoatzins (Opisthocomus hoazin), known for their prehistoric appearance, Cormorants, anhingas, herons, and kingfishers, Black caimans basking along the shoreline, River turtles and fishing bats at rest.

At 12:30 PM, we’ll enjoy a light lunch at the reserve’s rest area, with time to relax and take photos.

After lunch, we’ll go on a second canoe ride to increase our chances of spotting more wildlife, especially if the sun is out or there's light rain. We then begin our return walk through the same trail.

At 4:30 PM, we return by boat to Puerto Maldonado, enjoying the sights and sounds of the river at dusk. With a bit of luck, you may see parrots returning to their roosts or flocks of white herons in flight.

Arrival in Puerto Maldonado is estimated between 5:30 and 6:00 PM, followed by transfer back to your hotel. End of the tour.