Tambopata Wilderness Programs

Sandoval Lake Lodge
Heath River Wildlife Center -Rainforest & Savannah
Heath River Wildlife Center & Sandoval Lake Lodge with Macaw Clay Lick

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Sandoval Lake Lodge

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 short Sandoval Lake Lodge program includes two nights of fully-screened accommodation in 25 double-occupancy rooms complete with en suite facilities with hot-water showers, electricity, fans, meals, airport transfers in Puerto Maldonado, naturalist guides, lake excursions by day in search of Giant Otters, monkeys, and macaws, forest excursions, night excursions in search of caimans, and evening slide shows. 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.

Daily departures to the only lodge overlooking the most beautiful and wildlife-packed oxbow lake in the Amazon rainforest of Southern Peru. Jungle explorations, lake visits in stable catamaran, full board, accommodations and entrance fee to Tambopata National Reserve included.

For a more relaxed, complete introduction to the rainforest, we recommend at least a two night stay. However, with the easy access from Puerto Maldonado, for the first time it is possible to spend only one night in the rainforest and still get a good preliminary idea of the splendor of the Peruvian Amazon.

SANDOVAL LAKE LODGE
  High Season Low Season    
April 15 - Nov. 30 Dec. 1 - April 14 Sing Sup.  
Programs 1 2/4 5/up 1 2/4 5/up
2 days/1 night 200 165 145 180 145 135 35 Itinerary
3 days/2 nights 305 235 210 275 205 195 70 Itinerary
4 days/3 nights 440 335 290 400 295 285 105 Itinerary
Extra Night 135 100 100 125 90 90 35  
  Children 11 and under discounted 20%  

Heath River Wildlife Center

Only 4 hours by river from P. Maldonado, the Center is the best-located lodge in the world's largest pristine rainforest. Within easy reach are an excellent macaw clay lick, Capybaras (120-pound Guinea Pigs), oxbow lakes with Giant Otters, 480 bird species, and 6 monkey species. Furthermore, we feature healthy populations of Tapirs and Jaguars.

Heath offers the world's only large macaw clay lick reachable in less than a half a day from a jetport. Visitors have seen up to 260 macaws there at one time, making it one of the top 5 of the world's 100 known licks. Travelers view this spectacle from a roomy blind floating only 100 ft (30 m) away. A trail grid with mapped fruiting trees allow our guides to take you straight to the wildlife. At the end of one trail, the rainforest suddenly melts away, offering a startling, open vista reminiscent of East Africa--the only lowland pampas accessible from Peru. Downriver is the Ese'Eja Indian village of Sonene, where you can learn about tribal traditions and life in the rainforest. Everyone in Sonene speaks their native language, with Spanish reserved for school and for trading handicrafts with outsiders, including you.

The Heath's unique combination of comfort, macaw lick, pristine forest, unique pampas, and traditional culture offers what we believe is the Amazon's finest all-around value for money.

PLEASE NOTE: The Heath River Wildlife Center is on the Bolivian side of the Heath River. Since December 1, 2007, the Republic of Bolivia requires that citizens of the United States traveling as tourists to Bolivia have a Visa. BUT... the authorities at the Heath entrance check-point are not currently (March 18, 2008) checking for Visas. It is expected that as soon as they are set up to issue and charge for Visas, they will do so. This might happen at any time. You will then need to purchase your Visa upon arrival to the check-point.
We offer two programs to Heath River Wildlife Center:

Two Ecosystems! Rainforest & Savannah
or with
Sandoval Lake Lodge and Macaw Clay Lick

 

Heath River Wildlife Center, Two Ecosystems! Rainforest & Savannah

Includes Visits the Puerto Maldonados’ closest large macaw clay lick (from a comfortable floating blind) at the Heath River Wildlife center (HRWC) – visit the extraordinary biodivese Pampas del Heath (Savannah). Accommodations, full board, excursions and visit to an Indian community.

Rainforest & Savannah - Heath River Wildlife Center
  Nights at HRWC High Season Low Season  
April 15 - Nov. 30 Dec. 1 - April 14 Sing Sup
Programs 1 2/4 5/up 1 2/4 5/up
4 days/3 nights
Itinerary 		3 990 595 560 970 560 540 105
5 days/4 nights
Itinerary 		4 1220 740 695 1160 695 675 140
6 days/5 nights
Itinerary 		5 1390 840 795 1295 785 765 175
Extra night HRWC 135 100 100 110 80 80 35

 

Heath River Wildlife Center & Sandoval Lake Lodge with Macaw Clay Lick

Combines a trip to Sandoval Lake Lodge (SLL) and a visit to Puerto Maldonados’ closest large Macaw Clay Lick (from a comfortable floating blind) at the Heath River Wildlife Center (HRWC). Visit the extraordinarily biodiverse Pampas del Heath (savannah). Accommodations, full board, excursions and visit to an Indian community and Tambopata National Reserve entrance fee are included.

Please note that all macaw and parrot licks in southern Peru are less active in May, June and early July than in other months.

Heath River Wildlife Center & Sandoval Lake Lodge with Macaw Clay Lick
  Nights at High Season Low Season  
April 15 - Nov. 30 Dec. 1 - April 14 Sing Sup
Programs HRWC SLL 1 2/4 5/up 1 2/4 5/up
5 days/4 nights
Itinerary 		2 2 1220 740 695 1160 695 675 140
6 days/5 nights
Itinerary 		3 2 1390 840 795 1295 785 765 175

Macaw Clay Lick