Tambopata Tours – macaw clay lick 3days

ITINERARY

DAY 1: PUERTO MALDONADO- COLLPA LODGE – NIGHT WALK.

Pick you up at the airport or bus station of Puerto Maldonado to start our Amazon Tours approx. 02 hour by car in a 4X4 until Tambopata River near the limit to the Tambopata National Reserve. Our boat will be waiting for us to take us 30 minutes up the Tambopata River to get our JungleLodge, we will have good chances to spot Exotic Birds along the river bank, getting to the lodge we will get a welcome drink and a introduction of the Rainforest Expeditions. After lunch we will walk into of the Primary Forest full of Huge Trees and lianas and vines, at the same time we will talk about the most important economic activities in this region. Chances to spot Howler Monkeys, wild pigs “peccaries” some Brown capuchin monkeys and squirrel monkeys will be always possible. Watching about the medicinal plants, the quinine “good for the malaria”, the cats claw, the dragons blood, and the AYAHUASCA “the master plant for the shamans” these are only a few plants that we will find during this interesting walk just in the back of our lodge.

When is getting dark we have Night Walk ready with our torch to see “insects, spider, tarantulas, frogs, armadillos and maybe even snakes will make this activity walking and by boat … it will be the Cayman spot, we will go to look for White and black Caymans “alligators” along the river bank with a big night spotlight.

DAY 2.-COLLPA LODGE – CHUNCHO MACAW CLAY LICK – KAYAKING SPORT OR JUNGLE WALKS.

wake time at 5:00am to take our boat up the Tambopata River for 1 hour, Crossing the Tambopata National Reserve´s checkpoint, together a nice sunrise by boat, with a good chances to spot capybaras (largest roudent worldwide), and the most beautiful feline in South America “The Jaguar” many of our passengers are witneses with photographics evidences of encounters with these beautiful mammal, with a 20 %of probabilities to see in the river bank. Getting to our Jungle Destinations one of the huge Macaw Clay Lick (collpa chuncho) and hundreds of parrots congregate on this large river bank in a raucous and colourful spectacle which inspired a National Geographic cover story and Bird Watchers. Discretely located fifty metres from the cliff, we will observe green-winged, scarlet and blue-and-gold macaws and several species of smaller parrots descend to ingest clay. After this we will continue toward our lodge to get an unforgettable swimming in the stream or may be in the Tambopata River then break time.
In the afternoon kayaks sport we can go paddling up stream, down the Tambopata River or into the Malinowski River, enjoying the landscape and Wildlife along the river bank .. At night, right after dinner, we can go to the river bank and make some fire to talk about your Jungle Experience, maybe respond some of the questions that you might have, and if you want your guide could tell you about local stories about the Tambopata Reserve.

DAY 3: FISHING SPORT – BOAT TRIP – PUERTO MALDONADO.

We will wake up with the sounds of the birds, probably howler monkeys, after a good breakfast we will go 30 minutes down the river to go for a fishing at the Gato stream, there are always hungry piranhas waiting for some meat that would be our bate, some of the monkeys always around will be part of this activity. the stream is a really good place to swim and an unforgettable experience. We will have a short walk to explain you a Little bit about the local farm. After lunch we will have time to pack and take our backpacks back to the river first and then the car 2 hours back to Puerto Maldonado. Around 4.30pm. and we drop off you in the bus station or in your hostel.