Amazon Rainforest Adventure

Jungle Adventure

On arrival of your flight or bus to Puerto Maldonado, our guides or staff will meet you at the airport or bus station and transfer you to our office to make a registration.

Your excess luggage will be stored safely in our office in Puerto Maldonado and then we will continue to the Capitania port. We take our motor boat along the Madre de Dios River for approximately 40 minutes to the Lodge. A cool welcome drink awaits you.

Our first adventure will be going to the hanging high canopy bridge and zip lines. The start of the adventure circuit is reached a tower and stairway that ascends to the treetops where a platform that marks the start of the zip-line almost 200mts long, the breathtaking views are only matched by the excitement of overcoming our fears and the adrenaline that courses through us as we leap off the platform supported by the high security harnesses that connect us to the zip- line cable to a platform 27mts high. The 75mts long of the log walkway, hanging 30m above the floor, leads off this platform, a risky balancing act, and takes us to the platform at the start of the second zip line, a 160m fly back to the tower and stairwell that descends to the forest floor.

Return to the lodge After a well-deserved lunch, we take the kayaks to the river, well protected with high quality life jackets, and accompanied by a motor boat that guarantees extra security; this level one activity is relaxing and accessible for all. Getting Monkey Island you will be able appreciate a great diversity of monkeys such as the: capuchin, tamarines y squirrel monkeys watching through the treetops that form their home.

Coming back to the Lodge. Nocturnal activities are available this night we have the Caiman spotting.

Sandoval Lake Tour

Early in the morning for breakfast before leaving for Lake Sandoval. Your guide will hand out a bagged snack for the excursion.

Lake Sandoval After roughly 20 minutes of travel on the river Madre de Dios, we arrive at the entrance of Lake Sandoval. During a 3 km hike through the wild vegetation, we will enter the territory of Tambopata National Reserve, where you will have the chance to admire giant trees, different snakes, monkeys (squirrel monkeys, howler monkeys and capuchin monkeys) and various birds (notably the Hoatzin – also known as the stinky bird-, kingfishers and snakebirds).

Once on Lake Sandoval, we will embark in small rowboats in search of giant river otters. We will also have the possibility to spot a good number of other reptiles, mammals and birds in their natural habitat. When the guide finds an opportune spot where you can continue to observe the nature, we will eat lunch. For the return trip, make sure you have gathered your belongings and we will row back to the pier.
Return to the Ecolodge, dinner and rest.

Native Family – Fishing – Night Walk

We take to the majestic Madre de Dios River and set course downstream for a 30 minutes for the Native family of Matchiguengas, which we will visit. The Project “Rescuing Cultural Values“, situated on Gamitana Island, is working with two families who will show us the culture of their ancestors, their language and customs, clothing and dances.

In our modern, civilized world we have all but forgotten the existence of ancestral cultures and traditions. An ancient indigenous tradition like the Matchiguengas reveals to us the customs and way of life of indigenous peoples. They gift us with the opportunity to have a direct contact with a people of ancient warriors and hunters and to share their ancestral ways.

By the afternoon we have time to do roustic fishing in Madre de Dios river, where with some luck we’ll have chance to catch some species like pictus cat fish, small mouth, armored cat fish. Back to the lodge, dinner an rest. Return to the Lodge and before the dinner we will explore the jungle having a night walk looking for nocturnal fauna.

Parrot Clay Lick – Puerto Maldonado

Clay Lick: Wake up at 4:30 am for some coffee or tea before leaving for a 1.5-hour up the river. The clay lick, where you will have the possibility to observe 5 to 7 types of parrots and parakeets.

The parrots come to the clay lick to ingest a particular kind of clay, only found in certain areas of this region. The clay is vital for the metabolic regulation of the birds, and therefore is host to a colorful and veritably delightful and exciting event. Breakfast and free time: 8:00 am. After breakfast, we will return to the city of Puerto Maldonado by boat.

One of our vehicles will receive you at the port. After a short stop at our office, We will then head to the airport to check-in for your respective flights.