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G Lodge Amazon - 6 days
6 days, Puerto Maldonado to Puerto Maldonado
Itinerary
Day 1Puerto Maldonado/Tambopata
Arrive at the Puerto Maldonado airport and meet the naturalist guide to journey to the jungle lodge. Spot wildlife en route. Before dinner, head out for a night walk around the lodge.
After a brief stop in town to store large luggage, drive to the pier and travel by covered motorized boat to the jungle lodge.
En route, spot bird species typical of the local river and forest edge. The Tambopata Rainforest area holds the world record for the most bird sightings in one area.
Local community members make up the majority of lodge staff, including multilingual naturalist guides. Take the opportunity to learn about the area’s rich flora and fauna and locals' extensive use of medicinal plants and other forest plant resources through traditional techniques for building, fishing, and hunting.
Enjoy a welcome drink and orientation. Before dinner, head out for a night walk around the lodge grounds.
The lodge itself combines native architectural style and materials with low-impact, eco-friendly technology. Rooms are simple but comfortable, with mosquito netting for individual beds, flush toilets, showers (with solar-heated hot water), and candles for lighting (no electricity).
Meet and Greet Airport Welcome Meeting
Meet your G representative at the airport who will go over the details of the tour, provide schedules, documentation, vouchers and pick-up times for all included activities. If there's an optional activity you'd love to book let the representative know and they can help.
Private Vehicle
Settle in and scan the scenery from the convenience of a private vehicle.
Motorized Canoe
Head by private vehicle to the lodge's office in Puerto Maldonado to store large luggage. From there, travel about 1 hr to reach the boat landing.
Be prepared to protect yourself from the sun and bugs before getting on the boat. The boat's quite pleasant with the covered roof and breeze, but passengers can still get sunburned. It's recommended to wear light long sleeves and trousers on the boat.
Wildlife-spotting Night Walk
Get the lowdown on local flora and fauna, and grab a flashlight to discover what’s living around lodge grounds. Receive help from the talented, expert naturalist guide to locate heaps of hidden creatures! Keep an eye out for snakes, tarantulas, owls, and poison dart frogs, just to name a few.
Meals included:
Lunch | DinnerDay 2Tambopata
Enjoy guided excursions led by expert naturalists to spot wildlife at nearby oxbow lakes and clay licks. Spend some time relaxing in a hammock, enjoying the local swimming hole or visiting a nearby plantation. Go for a caiman-spotting cruise after dinner.
Head out early to catch the jungle at its wildest (and coolest). Walk slowly through the forest searching for wildlife before heading out on an oxbow lake by canoe.
Search for anaconda, the elusive giant river otter or black caiman. Even if you don't spot these shy creatures, there's plenty of other birds, interesting plants, and other animals about.
Jungle Excursions
Enjoy visits to oxbow lakes to learn about the jungle and its inhabitants. Be introduced to the area’s rich flora and fauna by expert naturalist guides, who can teach extensive uses for medicinal and other forest plant resources through traditional techniques. Be prepared to go early morning or evening to avoid the heat of midday. Enjoy a leisurely pace – the trip requires some walking, but nothing too strenuous.
Free Time
Spend time around the lodge or go further afield. Free time is yours to explore any way you want!
Caiman-Spotting Cruise
Head out after dark by motorized canoe to search for caimans on the river banks. Enjoy a lesson on caimans from the expert guide. Take advantage of the keen eyes of the expert naturalist guides – they are truly spectacular at spotting these elusive smaller cousins of alligators hiding on the muddy banks.
Optional Activities - Day 2 HideShow
Working Plantation Visit
Learn more about local crops and flora on this visit to a working plantation.
Meals included:
Breakfast | Lunch | DinnerDay 3Tambopata
Take a boat excursion to a spectacular hidden lake. There's a chance to spot the elusive black caiman and giant otters. Return for lunch and another free afternoon of relaxing.
Jungle Excursions
Enjoy visits to oxbow lakes to learn about the jungle and its inhabitants. Be introduced to the area’s rich flora and fauna by expert naturalist guides, who can teach extensive uses for medicinal and other forest plant resources through traditional techniques. Be prepared to go early morning or evening to avoid the heat of midday. Enjoy a leisurely pace – the trip requires some walking, but nothing too strenuous.
Free Time
Get active or get lazy — the choice is yours.
Meals included:
Breakfast | Lunch | DinnerDay 4Tambopata
Board a boat to head up the river to the Collpa de Guacamayos, the bird and mammal clay licks. Here, with luck, observe scarlet macaws and peccaries in separate areas, feeding on the mineral deposits found in the clay. Enjoy a free afternoon.
Clay Lick Excursion
Visit the Collpa de Guacamayos, the bird and mammal clay licks, for an exhilarating wildlife watching experience.
Travel by canoe (9km/6 mi) upriver to the trailhead, and hike (1.7km/1 mi) to the clay lick. Spend an hour walking the trail, with plenty of time to observe Amazon flora and fauna along the way. Find the mammal clay lick, or Collpa, off the trail in the forest. Wait for the arrival of the white-lipped peccaries, which tend to gather in large groups, to feed on the mineral deposits. Enjoy a 45-min visit, before continuing on to the nearby macaw clay lick, arriving around 08:30.
See groups of scarlet and red-and-green macaws, which often flock to feed on the clay deposits essential to their diet. Have plenty of time to take in their colourful and noisy show, and grab a light snack before returning to the river via another trail and heading back to the lodge.
Free Time
Visit the swimming hole or sway in a hammock? Tough choices.
Meals included:
Breakfast | Lunch | DinnerDay 5Tambopata
Walk to a protected area for Brazil nut tree conservation and gain an appreciation for the history and use of products. View wildlife along the way. Enjoy a free afternoon.
Walk to a protected area for Brazil nut tree conservation and gain an appreciation for the history and use of products.
There will be opportunities along the way for fantastic wildlife viewing, along with insightful lessons and observations from the naturalist guide.
Return to the lodge for plenty of free time to relax, swim or independently explore the rainforest trails surrounding the lodge.
Brazil Nut Tree Conservation Area Excursion
Walk 2.5km (1.5 mi) to a protected area of Brazil nut trees. Observe flora and fauna typical of a primary forest en route, and learn about the initiatives being done to protect the forest. Watch a demonstration of how to open coconuts and peel fruit, along the way, and learn about the use of forest products as well as local cuisine. During the harvest season (January to March), guides carry machetes and baskets to collect fruit. Return to the lodge by another trail.
Free Time
Spend time around the lodge or go further afield. Free time is yours to explore any way you want!
Meals included:
Breakfast | Lunch | DinnerDay 6Tambopata/Puerto Maldonado
After breakfast, return by canoe to Puerto Maldonado and transfer to the airport for departure.
Start early for the canoe trip back to Puerto Maldonado. Search for early morning wildlife. Howler monkeys are frequently heard, as they stake out their territories.
Arrive back to the port and journey by van to the lodge office to collect luggage before heading to the airport.
Please do not book any flights out of Puerto Maldonado until 11:00 or later.
Motorized Canoe
After journeying back to the port, take a van to the office in town en route to the airport.