Sandoval Lake and Parrot Clay Lick 3-Day Lodge Tour
From €323 per person
See availability →A Sandoval Lake and parrot clay lick tour over three days and two nights, with a monkey island, a canopy walkway and a dawn boat ride in Tambopata.
Rainforest, lake and parrots come together on this Sandoval Lake and parrot clay lick tour, three days based at Monte Amazonico Lodge in the Tambopata National Reserve. A transfer from the airport or bus station leads to the lodge's office, then to the port, where a boat takes about an hour to the lodge and a fruit juice greets you.
After lunch you visit the island in front of the lodge, home to brown and white capuchins, squirrel monkeys and saddleback tamarins. When night comes, a flashlight is needed for the caiman search on the Madre de Dios River, with a chance of capybaras.
The second day goes to Sandoval Lake: a short boat ride, a checkpoint and a 3 km walk to a piranha habitat that is among the largest lakes in the reserve. A rowing boat takes you past hoatzins, herons, eagles, howler monkeys, tamarins and sloths, and maybe giant river otters. A typical lunch awaits at the lodge. After that the canopy walkway, about 30 metres up, offers a panoramic view of the river and toucans and macaws on the platforms, and a night walk brings out insects, amphibians and reptiles.
- Monkey island across from the lodge
- Rowing boat on the lake
- Canopy walkway
- Parrot clay lick on the third morning
On day three a very early boat reaches the clay lick, an earth wall on the river where parrots of many colours come down to eat clay. Breakfast follows, then the return to the city. Guidance, meals, transport, accommodation and the reserve entrance are included.