Tour Details
Amazon Expedition Tambopata Macaws Clay Lick
The trip is intensive, full of adventure, with possibilities to find wild animals and the most attractive landscapes: Visit to the most attractive place of the region, the amazing Macaw Clay
Lick “collpa” in the Bahuaja-Sonene National Park.
- Day 1: Transfer at Wasaí Tambopata Lodge
- Day 2: Visit Macaw Clay Lick
- Day 3: Transfer Out
Itinerary
Amazon Expedition Tambopata Macaws Clay Lick 3Days
Day 1 Transfer at Wasaí Tambopata Lodge
Reception at the airport and transportation to the WASAÍ Maldonado Ecolodge, where you will receive a welcoming tropical fruit beverage. You will embark for a 3 ½ hours motorboat trip up the Tambopata River to WASAI Tambopata Lodge (box lunch on board). During the trip into the heart of the rain forest we will be able to observe clouds of butterflies, typical Amazon communities, while groups of birds pass over the boat and animals such as capybaras turtles and caiman. Reception and accommodation at Wasai lodge. Introductory walk to understand rainforest ecosystems and see some of the amazing trees.
Return to the lodge for dinner. We will enjoy diverse sounds of the jungle which will accompany our first night in the Amazon. Sleep at WASAI Tambopata Lodge. (BL, D).
Day 2 Visit Macaw Clay Lick
Early wake up at 4:30 am to begin with our 60-minute journey upstream to the Macaw Clay Lick “El Chuncho” in the Bahuaja Sonene National Park. We will have the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful natural sceneries and wildlife of the riverbanks. At our arrival, if weather permits, we will observe one of the greatest wildlife spectacles where hundreds of parrots and different species of macaws gather to eat clay, an unforgettable experience. We will have breakfast while we wait for the macaws to arrive.
Halfway through the morning we will return to our Wasai Tambopata Lodge, located at the entrance of the National Park, after 1 hour from the Macaw Clay Lick. A fantastic voyage through
the best of the Tambopata Reserve, with opportunities to see capybaras, tapirs, monkeys and with luck: jaguars. It is a route with high chances of seeing wildlife, one of the best in the
Amazon. At your arrival, you can relax in the hammocks or have the chance of swimming in the Tambopata River. Those who wish can go kayaking on the river (*) or go fishing some of the 250
species that inhabit the river.
After lunch, we will have an ethno botanical walk into the rainforest by the Tambopata cross path, to learn about plants and medicinal trees of the area; and to observe the amazing jungle
ecosystem where we will see walking palm trees, giant lupuna trees, snake trees and so on. At nightfall, we embark again to make a nocturnal caiman search. Night at WASAI Tambopata Lodge. (B, L, D)
Day 3 Transfer Out
After breakfast we will return by boat to Puerto Maldonado to take our flight to Lima or Cuzco.
(B)
B: Breakfast, BL: Box Lunch, L: Lunch, D: Dinner
Included
What is included:
- Transfer airport –Lodge – airport,
- Transportation by road and boat,
- Excursions,
- Lodging (02 nights at Wasaí Tambopata Lodge),
- Full board,
- Bilingual guide and rubber boots.
Does not include:
- Domestic flights,
- Laundry,
- Telephone,
- Alcoholic drinks,
- Sodas,
- Tips,
- INTERNET
- Entrance fee to the National Park ($ 16.00 per passenger)
NOTE: Entrance fee to the National Park be subject to change by SERNANP.
In Wasaí Tambopata ecolodge there is no wifi and hot water in the showers.