Sandoval Lake Lodge

OVERVIEW:

Located deep in Peru's Tambopata National Reserve, our Sandoval Lake lodge overlooks sparkling, palm-rimmed Sandoval Lake, the most beautiful and wildlife-rich of all lakes in Tambopata-Madidi. This privileged location gives you exclusive access to the lake in the early morning and late afternoon, the choice hours for wildlife viewing and photography. No other lodge in Tambopata-Madidi is on the banks of a protected oxbow lake. Our lodge specializes in small groups and individualized attention in our overriding quest to conserve the lake and surrounding rainforest. Sandoval Lake Lodge is built out of ecologically-correct driftwood mahogany and is owned jointly by a nonprofit conservation group and five families of indigenous Brazil nut collectors.

HIGHLIGHTS & ROUTE:

  • Jungle Excursions (day and night).
  • Cayman and Giant Otters search.
  • Brazil nut trees
  • Stay next to the Beautiful Lake Sandoval

ITINERARY: Meals Included: B= Breakfast L=Lunch D=Dinner

DAY 1: ARRIVING IN MALDONADO & TRAVEL TO THE LODGE. NIGHT WALK. (L,D)

DAY 2: SANDOVAL LAKE, WALKS IN THE FOREST. (B,L,D)

DAY 3: SANDOVAL LAKE LODGE - MALDONADO - CUSCO/LIMA.(B)

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DETAILED ITINERARY: Meals Included: B=Breakfast L=Lunch D=Dinner

DAY 1: ARRIVING IN MALDONADO - SANDOVAL LAKE LODGE

Transfer from Puerto Maldonado airport to the river port on the Madre de Dios River. A 25 minutes journey down the Madre de Dios River by motor canoe brings you to the end of the trail in to Sandoval Lake Lodge. From here the trail takes you on a 2-mile walk/or rickshaw ride through secondary forest, until we reach a small canal where we board canoes and are paddled 220 yards through a flooded forest of 100-foot tall Mauritia palms. As the canal opens onto the shimmering surface of the lake, we transfer to a catamaran and are leisurely paddled across half the lake to the lodge.

After lunch and a brief rest to avoid the early afternoon heat, we once again board the catamaran and set off to explore the entire west end of the lake.

Sandoval Lake

Here, in the flooded palm forest we drift to the sounds of hundreds of Red-Bellied Macaws as they return to the palm forest for the night. We return to the lodge around nightfall for dinner.

After dinner we will return to the canoes to look for the large and extremely rare Black Caimans. If it is a clear starlit night, we will also be able to float in the middle of the lake and marvel at the brilliance of the sky. (L,D)



Note: You are in charge of arriving to Puerto Maldonado, by plane. Our Services start and finish in Maldonado.


DAY 2: SANDOVAL LAKE LODGE: A pre-dawn wake-up call will enable us to be on the lake for sunrise and a hopeful encounter with the family of Giant Otters which frequent the lake and are most active at this time of day.

Giant Otters

Most of the fish-eating water birds around the lake actively fish in the early morning as well, and this outing should provide excellent views, and photographs, of the prehistoric- looking Hoatzins. After returning for a late breakfast we set off into the cool understory of the tall virgin forest near the lake to see some towering wild Brazil Nut trees and a demonstration of how our hosts collect, open and commercialize this important natural product.


After lunch and an hour or so to relax we once again board the catamaran to explore the eastern part of the lake, where we might see one or more of the five species of monkeys which live in the forest near the lake, such as the Brown Capuchin Monkey.

There is a final chance after dinner to try and spot some Black Caimans on the lake, or to go on a short night walk through the primary forest. (B,L,D)

Macaw

DAY 3: SANDOVAL LAKE LODGE - MALDONADO - CUSCO or LIMA

After a dawn breakfast we take a final, shorter paddle around the west end of the lake to try and glimpse the Giant Otters before returning to Puerto Maldonado to catch the flight to Cusco or Lima. (B)


Please note that the program may vary slightly so as to maximize your wildlife sightings, depending on the reports of our researchers and experienced naturalist guides based at the lodge.


For those with interest of visiting other destination or having other special activities: BIRDWATCHING, WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY, RESEARCH, MANU RESERVE, IQUITOS & THE AMAZON, PACAYA SAMIRIA, MACAW CLAY LICKS, ETC. Please contact us for more details.

PRICES PER PERSON IN US DOLLARS

DOUBLE or TRIPLE OCCUPANCY:
US$430 PER PERSON
SINGLE OCCUPANCY:
US$645 PER PERSON

Notes:

• For triple occupancy consider the same rate applied per person in double occupancy.

• We do not recommend children under 5, otherwise guest must sign disclaimer

• Additional and private services, as well as Explorer Guides in other languages, available upon request at an extra cost

• Rates subject to changes without prior notice

INCLUDED IN THE PRICES ACCORDING TO THE ITINERARY:

Transfers from the airport to the port in Puerto Maldonado and vice versa. Accommodations with all meals (from lunch on the first day to the breakfast on the last day), English speaking guide, river transportation, all guided excursion described in the itinerary (visits in the lake and trails system) and the Tambopata National Reserve entrance fee & , 10% service charge.


Does not include:  International or domestic airfares (to or from Maldonado), Services taxes or visa fees, excess baggage charges, tips, additional nights during the trip due to flight cancellations, alcoholic beverages or bottled water, snacks, insurance of any kind, laundry, phone calls, radio calls or messages, reconfirmation of flights and items of personal nature & Compulsory supplement of US$ 66.00 per person on the nights of December 24th and 31st.


BOOKING & PAYMENT FOR THE TRIP:

- To reconfirm and book we will need you to send a deposit of 20% of the trip's price ASAP.

- The remaining balance has to be paid 90 days before your trip.

THE LODGE

Sandoval Lake Lodge is constructed almost entirely of ecologically-harvested "driftwood" mahogany trees collected from the floods that naturally carry logs downriver out of Manu National Park. The Lodge is one extended structure consisting of a large screened main dining room/lounge with 25 fully-screened double-occupancy rooms (50 beds) with private bathrooms with hot shower and toilets, arranged in two wings. One wing features 16 rooms (32 beds) while the other includes 9 rooms (18 beds).

All rooms and communal areas have electricity, supplemented by kerosene lamps and candles. Camcorders can be recharged from our generator, but please note that guests may need to bring a special adapter to plug into the generator.

Recently Conde Nast Traveller has chosen Sandoval lake Lodge as one of the top 8 rain forest lodges in South America.

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