4-Day Tambopata Rainforest Tour from Puerto Maldonado with Canopy Walk

Meet your Peruvian tour guide at the airport or at a pre-decided location.

Make your way to Puerto Maldonado, where you will receive relevant information about your trip to the jungle before heading to the river port.

Begin the Tambopata River journey by boat. Keep an eye out for two-toed sloths frequently found on the treetops by the bank. Also look for capybaras, river turtles, hoatzins, snowy egrets, kingfishers, macaws, toucans, and parrots, among many other birds and animals.

Enjoy a captivating view of the sunset from the boat. The Tambopata River has one of the most outstanding landscapes at sunset time.

Around twilight, see some nocturnal species that come out to hunt, such as alligators, nighthawks, frogs, and snakes. They are more sensitive to low light and adapt themselves to these conditions.

Return to your lodge at night and settle into your private cabins. Enjoy dinner served at the lodge restaurant, accompanied by a refreshing drink of seasonal fruits.

Spend the night at the lodge listening to the sounds of the jungle.

At sunrise, set out to Lake Sandoval by boat. Walk 45 minutes (3 km) from the riverside deep into the jungle to reach the swampy side of the lake. On your way, you might spot species of butterflies, lizards, monkeys, squirrels, and blue-and-yellow macaws.

Continue the final stretch of your trip to Lake Sandoval by canoe and make your way to the lake sanctuary, also part of Tambopata National Reserve. Lake Sandoval is a wildlife refuge that is home to many species, such as giant river otters, black caimans, turtles, and many exotic birds.

Have a meal by the lake, then relax in hammocks.

In the afternoon, visit an indigenous Machiguenga family and learn about their cultural heritage.

Return to your lodge and prepare for the night hike.

Set out with flashlights around sunset to explore the Amazon rainforest. Keep an eye out for stick insects, leaf-grasshoppers, tree frogs, snakes, night monkeys, kinkajous, and many spiders, including tarantulas.

Make your way back to the lodge for dinner served at the lodge restaurant, accompanied by a refreshing drink of seasonal fruits.

Rest for the night.

At sunrise, travel by boat from the lodge to the Parrot Clay Lick on a journey of approximately one hour. The clay licks in Tambopata are bare cliffs that contain rich deposits of salts and minerals, which are essential to parrots. The parrots visit the clay licks every morning at sunrise, gather on top of the trees, go down to eat the clay, and then return to the forest. Watching the parrots is always an absolute delight.

Return to the lodge for breakfast. On your way back, stop to look for sloths on top of the trees.

Enjoy breakfast served at the lodge and spend your morning at leisure.

Have lunch served at the lodge.

Go fishing for piranhas at Lake Yacumama in the afternoon. The lake is a conservation area owned by local community members. It protects the nearby palm swamp forest and oxbow lake ecosystems that have nesting macaws, giant river otters, anacondas, and alligators.

Witness a beautiful sunset at Lake Yacumama, then return to the lodge.

Relax with dinner served at the lodge, along with a refreshing drink of seasonal fruits.

Rest for the night.

Early in the morning, set out to the rainforest canopy. Experience the 400-metre-long canopy walkways at 30 metres above the ground. You will get to see some flora and fauna that live exclusively in the rainforest canopy, such as sloths, macaws, toucans, heliconias, orchids, and many canopy birds.

Return to the lodge for breakfast.

Check out of the lodge after an exhilarating four days and transfer to the airport.