4-Day Puerto Maldonado Jungle Excursion with Machigenga Visit
From €399 per person
See availability →A 4-day Puerto Maldonado jungle excursion from a simple jungle house on the Tambopata: Sandoval Lake, a night walk, piranha fishing, a native family visit and a clay lick.
This 4-day Puerto Maldonado jungle excursion is run from a jungle house on the Tambopata River, a simple house rather than a lodge or hotel. Rooms are basic with a private toilet. A bilingual guide leads every activity, and all transport to the excursions is covered.
On day one you settle in, have lunch and walk to a lookout for the sunset, followed by a night hike for tarantulas, snakes, frogs and night monkeys. Day two begins with a river outing for sloths and caimans, then continues downriver to Lake Sandoval, with a 3 km walk each way, for monkeys, birds, black caimans and giant river otters. Day three goes by river to a Machigenga family, looking for capybaras on the way, and then by car to a community-run wetland at Santa Teresa where yellow piranhas live.
- Boating on Lake Sandoval
- The visit to a Machigenga family to learn about their culture
- A clay lick with parakeets, parrots and two macaw species on the last morning
Airport pickup, accommodation, meals as scheduled and all listed activities are included.