MADRE DE DIOS - TAMBOPATA NATIONAL RESERVE Explorer's Inn Lodge
5 days 4 nights

Day 1. Reception at the airport, transfer to PS’s office to prepare for the river trip and boarding of our motorized dugout canoes. On occasions when the weather permits it we will be driven by bus directly to a native community to board our canoe, saving by this approx. 2 hours of the boat ride to the EI. Depending of the hour we will have either a box lunch on the boat or lunch at arrival to the EI. During the trip we may see caymans, turtles and waterfowl, etc.  After approx. 3 hours we will arrive at the EI lodge where we will be received with a welcome drink. We are now deep inside pristine rainforest and surrounded by its sounds. After resting a little we will have a short hike to a small lagoon and return in time to enjoy a jungle sunset at Sunset Point. After returning to the lodge we will board again the canoe for a short night ride to spot with flashlights caymans on the river banks. After returning we will have dinner, at which our guides or the RNs will be available to answer questions or brief us on the Amazon rainforest.

Day 2.  At daybreak will we go with the canoe 3 hours further up the Tambopata river  from the EI deep into untouched Amazon rainforest with superb wildlife sighting possibility. We will pass waterfalls, wonderful sandy beaches  with swimming opportunities, interesting basalt rock formations and some gold panning sites. Box  lunch  on board.  Late in the afternoon we will  arrive  at  the   Macaw  Claylick or Colpa  de
Guacamayos, a 200 m red soil cliff where, for still unknown reasons, hundreds of macaws and other parrot species converge every morning and afternoon to feed on the mineral rich soil in an unforgettable spectacle of color and sounds. We will camp at a beach close by and have dinner at camp.

Day 3. Early morning Colpa experience. Breakfast  at camp. We board our canoe to return to the EI. Occasionally, when  the weather  and the level of the river allow it, we will  make a short side trip to another saltlick at  an other   river on the way, which  is good for seeing mammals . Dinner and overnight at the EI.

Day 4. After an early breakfast, guided by one of our RNs, we will start a 3 ½ miles hike to Cocococha oxbow lake. On the way we will observe exotic plants and insects, colorful butterflies and birds, monkeys  and, with luck, perhaps even some of the large mammals. At the lake we can observe the giant river otters from a hide. Canoes will also be available for a ride around it watching the  other wildlife on the shoreline. Return to the EI for a late lunch. Afternoon free for relaxing or independent activities. Dinner.

Day 5. Very early wake up and breakfast. Boarding of the canoe to return to Pto. Maldonado watching an unforgettable dawn on the Tambopata river. Transfer to the airport for return flight.