Tambopata Rainforest 4-Day Tour with Machigenga Visit
From €399 per person
See availability →A 4-day Tambopata rainforest tour with three nights in a jungle house on the Tambopata River, Lake Sandoval, a Machigenga family visit and a clay lick.
Four days is enough to see Tambopata from the water, the trails and the people who live along it. This 4-day Tambopata rainforest tour bases you in a lodge-style jungle house beside the Tambopata River, with a bilingual guide leading every outing.
After the transfer you settle into your cabin, have lunch and head out on a riverbank walk that ends at a natural lookout for the sunset. The night hike that follows gives a good chance of meeting tarantulas, snakes, night monkeys and poison dart frogs.
The second day is on the river, hunting for sloths with three toes and for caimans, before a boat carries you toward Lake Sandoval in the heart of the reserve. A 3 km walk leads to the palm-fringed shore, where monkeys, black caimans, giant river otters and many birds are the targets. You return at sunset over the Madre de Dios River.
- Night hike and sunset lookout
- River search for sloths and caimans
- Visit to a Machigenga family, with capybaras on the way
- Santa Teresa community wetland
- Clay lick with parrots and macaws
On day three you travel by river to a Machigenga family and learn about their culture and how they adapt to the modern world. The last morning is quiet and early: green parrots and macaws feed on a clay wall along the Tambopata River. Park entry, water and meals are covered, with two exceptions: the first breakfast and the final lunch.