Locations Visited | : | Sandoval lake lodge |
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Type of Activity | : | Trekking , Boat |
Time of Tour | : | 4 Days |
Price | : | USD$ 399.00 |
Physical Grading | : |
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Tranportation | : | Bus, Boat |
Transfer from Puerto Maldonado airport to the river
port on the Madre de Dios River. A 25 minutes journey down the Madre de Dios
River by motor canoe brings you to the riverside trailhead to Sandoval Lake
Lodge. From here the trail takes you on a 2-miles (3,2-kilometers) walk through
secondary forest, until we reach a small canal where we board canoes and are
paddled 220 yards (201 meters) through a flooded forest of 100-foot (30-meters)
tall Mauritia palms. As the canal opens onto the shimmering surface of the
lake, we transfer to a catamaran and are leisurely paddled across half the lake
to the lodge.
After lunch and a brief rest to avoid the early afternoon heat, we will learn
about the history of the lodge and the philosophy of its founders. Then we once
again board the catamaran and set off to explore the entire west end of the
lake. Here, in the flooded palm forest we drift to the sounds of hundreds of
Red-Bellied Macaws as they return to the palm forest for the night. This macaw
species is found locally in parts of the Amazon, always living in flooded palm
forests such as the beautiful palm stand at Sandoval Lake. At 500-800 birds,
this flock of macaws at Sandoval Lake is currently the largest reported in the
world for this highly-specialized macaw.
As night falls we will look for the large and extremely rare Black Caimans. If
it is a clear starlit night, we will also be able to float in the middle of the
lake to marvel at the brilliance of the sky and listen to the sounds of the
forest.
We return to the lodge for a short video or slide presentation and dinner. At
any point, you could step out from the bar to admire the wide variety of
nocturnal moths, beetles and praying mantis attracted to our black light in the
lodge clearing.
For those with lots of energy, our guide will take us on a short night-walk
into the forest behind the lodge.
Meals:Lunch Dinner
Accommodation: Sandoval Lake Lodge.
A pre-dawn wake-up call will enable us to be on the
lake for sunrise and a hopeful encounter with the family of Giant Otters who
frequent the lake and are most active at this time of day. Sandoval Lake offers
abundant wildlife including over 40 species of birds resident to its lake
margins, most of the fish-eating water birds around the lake actively fish in
the early morning as well, and this outing should provide excellent views, of
the prehistoric- looking Hoatzins, These are easy to observe and also
photograph from the paddled canoes or catamarans.
After returning for a late breakfast we set off into the cool under story of
the tall virgin forest near the lake to see some towering wild Brazil Nut trees
and a demonstration of how our hosts collect, open and commercialize this
important natural product.
After lunch and an hour or so to relax we once again board the catamaran to
explore the eastern part of the lake, where we might see one or more of the
five species of monkeys who live in the forest near the lake, such as the Brown
Capuchin Monkey and Squirrel Monkey.
Before dinner we will again enjoy an informative natural history video or slide
presentation. We will leave after dinner to try and spot some Black Caimans on
the lake, or to go on a short night walk through the primary forest.
Meals:Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Accommodation:Sandoval Lake Lodge.
After a dawn breakfast, we will cross the lake by
catamaran and take a short walk into the interior of the Mauritia palm forest
to stand beneath and closely view the impressive morning congregations, this
place has a very interesting concentration of parrots, parakeets and large and
small macaws that can be observed using dead Mauritia palm trees, some of them
are resident nesters (Yellow headed Parrot, Mealy Parrot, Blue headed Parrot,
Scarlet Macaw, blue and Yellow Macaw, Red and Green Macaw, Chestnut fronted
Macaw, Dusky headed Parakeet, Red bellied Macaw, Cobalt winged Parakeet, Tui
Parakeet).
Returning from the macaw show we will cross the lake to explore a primary
forest trail and admire the impressive ancient rainforest trees and lianas with
our knowledgeable resident naturalist guide. As we walk, the forest will be
brought to life as your guide explains the ecology of the rain forest and its
diverse flora and fauna.
We return for lunch, and then there is an optional rest for those who would
like to escape the early afternoon heat. For those still full of energy, there
is an option to independently explore some of the forest trails using our trail
map. You might stroll through our medicinal plant garden or watch hummingbirds
visiting the nectar feeders, or the tanagers visiting our fruit feeders.
In the cooler late afternoon we will once again board the catamaran to explore
the eastern end of the lake, and hopefully experience a spectacular sunset over
the lake before returning to the lodge for dinner. For some people, an
alternative afternoon activity would be to relax on benches inside the forest
perched above a clear running stream in which a variety of bathing hummingbirds
and forest birds visit.
After dinner, there is a final chance to look for Black Caiman on the lake, or
to go on a short night hike through the forest.
Meals:Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Accommodation:Sandoval Lake Lodge.
After early breakfast we leave near dawn and we take a final, shorter paddle around the west end of the lake to try and glimpse the Giant Otters before returning by motor canoe for the 35 minutes return trip to the Puerto Maldonado Airport, taking advantage of valuable early morning wildlife activity along the river. From here you fly to Cusco or Lima, where your jungle adventure ends. (B)
Meals:Breakfast
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