Chuncho Macaw Clay Lick 4-Day Tour from Puerto Maldonado
From €520 per person
See availability →A Chuncho macaw clay lick tour over four days from Puerto Maldonado, with lodge stays, Monkey Island, a walk to Lake Sandoval and a canopy walkway.
The main draw of this Chuncho macaw clay lick tour is Chuncho, described as the largest macaw clay lick in the world, but the four days include far more of Tambopata. The trip follows both the Tambopata River and the Madre de Dios River.
It starts with a 4x4 truck ride of about two hours to the banks of the Tambopata River, then a boat to Hacienda Tambopata lodge. An introductory walk in the rainforest fills the afternoon. On the second day you leave very early on a boat journey of about an hour and a half to Chuncho, where hundreds of parrots gather to eat clay beside the river wall. You settle in to wait for the show.
Afterwards the boat brings you back to Puerto Maldonado, and from the port another boat of about an hour leads to a lodge on the Madre de Dios River. A fruit juice welcomes you, and in the afternoon you visit Monkey Island, with brown capuchins, squirrel monkeys and saddleback tamarins. In the evening a flashlight helps in the search for caimans and capybaras.
- Chuncho clay lick
- Monkey Island
- Lake Sandoval by rowing boat, after a 3 km walk
- Canopy walkway about 30 metres high
Day three is for Lake Sandoval and its birds, monkeys, sloths and possible giant river otters. The last morning ends on the canopy walkway before returning to the city. Pick-ups, guidance, food and accommodation are included.