Journey To Relax In Sandoval Lake

Your Amazon adventure begins when we pick you up at the airport in Puerto Maldonado. We will then board our boat for the 25-minute river trip to Inkaterra Hacienda Concepción, upon arrival, we will show you to your lodge and introduce you to all the wonderful lodge facilities.

Then we will all gather for a wonderful lunch in the dining room, prepared with local organic ingredients and native flavors.

At the culmination of lunch, your experienced jungle guide will take you on a walk along our pristine forest Concepción Trails, during the hike your guide will tell you all about the flora and fauna you see.

Later, at sunset, we will head out in our small motorized boat on the Twilight River excursion, we will navigate along the Madre de Dios River, and your guide will tell you all about the local ecosystem, the Amazonian streams, and the behavior of the nocturnal birds that we will see and hear.

SANDOVAL LAKE

After breakfast, we will head to the famous Sandoval Lake in the Tambopata National Reserve to canoe on the beautiful lake, which is home to endangered giant river otters, red howler monkeys, red-bellied macaws, anacondas, side-necked turtles, black caimans and much more.

After exploring the lake, we will return to the lodge for lunch. Afterwards, we will be able to do the incredible Inkaterra Canopy Walkway and the Anaconda Walk.

The Canopy Walk takes us to the treetops on a 29-meter high tower. For more than 400 meters, the walkway takes us through the treetops over a network of suspension bridges linking eight observation platforms.

From this impressive lookout, we will observe toucans, woodpeckers, trogons, monkeys and the three-toed sloth. Next, we will take the Anaconda Walkway. This walkway crosses a 200-meter long wooden bridge over the aguajales, where we can see a great variety of amphibians, birds, mammals, trees and other jungle flora. There is also the possibility of spotting snakes, perhaps even the huge anaconda.

In the evening, get ready for an incredible night adventure, as we head out to explore the Amazon rainforest at dusk. The nocturnal animals show intriguing behavior patterns and enhanced senses, as they have adapted to nocturnal life. We will go in search of some of these nocturnal creatures.

EXPLORE PLANTS

After an early breakfast, we will visit a traditional Amazonian farm where you can learn all about local farming techniques and taste some of their products.

We will visit the botanical garden, where you can see the immense variety of medicinal plants that are part of the “natural pharmacy” used by the inhabitants of the rainforest, then return to Inkaterra Hacienda Concepción for lunch and rest before heading out on the Cocha water excursion.

We will go out in canoes on the beautiful lake near the lodge, where we can go fishing.

The scenery here is wonderful, and we can see many birds, including hoatzins (skunk birds), flycatchers and gray-necked woodpeckers. Next we can visit the wreck of the steamship Fitzcarrald, and your guide will tell you all about its history and its connection to Werner Herzog’s award-winning film, Fitzcarrald. At sunset, we can observe more wildlife from our specially constructed wildlife viewing huts.

FAREWELL

Today is the last day of this Amazon adventure, after a buffet breakfast, we will take the boat back to Puerto Maldonado. If you have time before your flight, we can visit the butterfly farm where you can see an impressive variety of colorful butterflies, some small and some as big as your hand. You can learn all about the life stages of these beautiful insects and walk among them as they flutter about.

Then we will take you to the airport or to your hotel in Puerto Maldonado. We hope you enjoyed your wonderful experience at Inkaterra Hacienda Concepcion in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.
Amazon rainforest.