Sandoval Lake

Amazon Lodge: Select Experiences are private adventures that reveal the essence of a destination through cultural and active discoveries. These private and independent explorations offer you insider access to enjoy a city or region and give you the freedom of a flexible itinerary. Choose your preferred departure date and experience Selects on their own or as a complement to other travel with sandoval lake lodge, sandoval lake reserve, manu national park and tambopata lodge.

Overview Amazon Lodge – Sandoval Lake Lodge:

Extraordinary sights, colors, and sounds surround you on this true ecoadventure in the Amazon Basin of southeastern Peru—from river shore to treetops. From your base in a comfortable and contemporary lodge, you explore the rainforest on foot, by canoe, and suspended safely in the treetop canopy, as you learn about the incredible diversity of the Tambopata National Reserve, a conserved area the size of Connecticut that’s home to 600 species of birds, 200 mammal species, and 1,200 butterfly species! Part of an even larger protected corridor running from central Peru to central Bolivia that is home to over 40 ethnic groups, this is a perfect place to learn about the Amazon’s biodiversity and the efforts to protect this vast and precious region Sandoval Lake Lodge.

REFUGIO AMAZONAS LODGE – CONCEPT, LOCATION AND ACCESS

Refugio Amazonas Lodge is our newest 32-bedroom lodge, opened in 2005. Its location two hours upriver from Posada Amazonas is ideal for stand alone three night experiences and for breaking the expeditions to and from Tambopata Research Center.

Refugio Amazonas Lodge is built on a 200-hectare private reserve on the buffer zone of the Tambopata National Reserve. It is becoming integrated to the communities of Brazil nut extractors that surround it, attempting to extend the benefits of ecotourism to the families that commit to the sustainable use of the forest within this buffer zone.

To get here you must fly to Puerto Maldonado from Lima or Cusco on daily commercial flights lasting 90 or 45 minutes respectively. From the airport you are transported by truck to the Infierno River Port where you board our boats for the two and half hour trip to Refugio Amazonas Lodge. Refugio Amazonas Lodge is located ten minutes walking from the river.

REFUGIO AMAZONAS LODGE – WHO IS IT FOR?

Refugio Amazonas Lodge is ideal for three night outings, travel to Tambopata Research Center, or families because:

• It takes over three hours to get there from Puerto Maldonado and most of your first afternoon is spent on the river. Therefore, you should spend at least three nights at Refugio Amazonas to have time to fully explore the surrounding primary forest.
• The extra two hours of travel time are well paid in increased possibilities to encounter wildlife (the further from Puerto Maldonado, the less people there are, the less pressure on wildlife there is).
• Refugio Amazonas offers all of Posada Amazonas’ activities with one great addition: an authentic Brazil nut trail and camp.
• For those traveling to Tambopata Research Center, it brings you two hours nearer to your final destination (see Tambopata Research Center programs).
• For those traveling with children it offers the only attraction especially made for children, by children, in the Peruvian Amazon – The Children’s Rainforest Trail.
• It is ideal for soft-adventure enthusiasts.

Sandoval Lake Lodge:

This is considered one of the most beautiful oxbow lakes in this region. We will spend some time in the morning and afternoon exploring the surroundings of the sandoval Lake from a comfortable catamaran. Monkeys and Giant River Otters are two of the main attractions of lake. A night visit to the sandoval lake is a must. Overnight at Sandoval Lake Lodge.

Early mornings are great to observe dozens of macaws clay lick and parrots visiting the Moriche palm patches. Before heading back to Puerto Maldonado we will spend some time on the sandoval lake and trails, looking and enjoying this incredible morning ritual.

The afternoon will be at your leisure with time to explore Puerto Maldonado town. Overnight in a Puerto Maldonado Hotel. This stop allows you the opportunity to spend time at a jungle city, and see, feel and experience the local culture.

Highlights of the trip Sandoval Lake:

• Tambopata is the land of Parrots and Macaws clay licks.
• The best known and largest Macaw clay lick in the world is located there.
• Nocturnal hikes will offer good opportunities to see a variety of creatures in Sandoval Lake. (Nocturnal rodents, frogs, snakes, a vast numbers of spiders and insects and, with luck, tapir and brocket deer).
• Visiting the oxbows lakes, will give us the opportunity to see caimans, giant river otters and specific bird species like the hoatzins.
• Arboreal Mammals: Around 8 species of monkeys around lodges (sandoval lake lodge).

Remote Amazon Sandoval Lake

A remote jungle wildlife experience deep in the pristine rainforests of Peru and Bolivia

Leaving civilization behind, we venture deep into the Amazon Jungle. Travelling by boat along the Tambopata and Heath Rivers, we cross the Bolivian frontier to the Heath River Lodge, gateway to the largest uninhabited, unhunted rainforest in the Amazon. With a unique combination of savannah and dense jungle, there are opportunities to spot all manner of monkeys and an astonishing number of colourful parrots and other birdlife, as well as tapir, capybara and even jaguar. The Macaw
clay lick is amazing. Returning to Peru, we make our way by boat to the Sandoval Lake. Here we walk through the jungle in search of sloth and howler monkeys, before taking to canoes. The late afternoon brings the lake to life – you’ll see giant otters, spider monkeys and a unique array of birdlife. Our final night is spent at the Sandoval Lake Lodge, before we return to Puerto Maldonado.