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PERU TRAVEL PLANNER
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Sandoval Express 3 days and 2 nights tour
Daily Departures
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Duration |
3 Days & 2 Night |
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High season US$320 per
person based on double occupancy
Low season US$300 per
person based on double occupancy
*High season: from April/15 to November/30th
*Low season: from December 1st to April/14
Note: We require minimum two passengers traveling together If
single traveler ask for the supplement.
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Departures |
Daily departures |
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Airfares |
Not included, available upon request |
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Customizable |
YES, feel free to ask for extra
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A short visit to the Sandoval Lake, the Reserved Zone, and the adjacent
Bahuaje-Sonene National Park. This park is home to over 20,000 plant
species, over 900 species of birds (more than all the species in the
continental USA), 91 mammals, 1230 butterflies, 127 amphibians and
reptiles, and much more! It is also a haven for the Amazon's largest,
most spectacular and most endangered predators - the Jaguar, the Giant
Otter, the Harpy Eagle and the Black Caiman. Located a 25 minute motor
canoe ride down the River Madre de Dios from Puerto Maldonado, Sandoval
Lake Lodge is perched above what many rainforest specialists feel is the
most attractive lake in Southern Peru, if not in the entire Peruvian
Amazon. The whole complex is housed in one structure and includes 25
double occupancy rooms (16 with private baths and 9 with sharing
facilities), hot showers, and a spacious dining room overlooking the
lake. For a more relaxed, complete introduction to the rainforest, we
recommend a two night stay. However, with the easy access from Puerto
Maldonado, 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.
Day 1 : DISCOVER THE JUNGLE
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. 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
brillance of the sky.(L,D)
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. 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)
Day 3 : TRANSFER OUT
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 Lima. (B)
END OF OUR SERVICE
What we include:
Roundtrip transportation from Puerto Maldonado airport to Sandoval Lake
Lodge
Private rooms with private bathrooms
All meals and snacks
Purified drinking water and juices
Bilingual naturalist guide
All rainforest and lake excursions
Tambopata National Reserve entrance fee
Prices based on two people sharing. Price may be lower for group
bookings of five or more.
Private departures available on request at extra cost.
Price does NOT include domestic flights within Peru or international
flights. |
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Tambopata National Reserve
Catamaran
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Sandoval Lake Lodge |
Brown Capuchin Monkey |
Giant
Otters |
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.
INCLUDES: All hotel and lodge accommodations based on double occupancy. All
scheduled land, lake and river transportation. All transfers. All scheduled
excursions with English-speaking guide services. All entrance fees. Meals as
specified in the itinerary. B=Breakfast;L=Lunch;D=Dinner.
NOT INCLUDED IN THE FEE
International or Domestic airfares, airport departure taxes or visa fees, excess
baggage charges, additional nights during the trip due to flight cancellations,
alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages or bottled water, snacks, insurance of any
kind, laundry, phone calls, radio calls or messages, reconfirmation of
International or Domestic flights and items of personal nature.
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Published articles and reviews about us
2009
Testimonials
Noelle Melnychuk
Calgary, AB
Our tour to
the islands on Lake Titicaca was a
wonderful day. We had great weather and the people that we met
were very friendly. The island of Taguile was a beautiful little
paradise. The hotel in Puno was very good, with a great
breakfast. It is too bad we could only stay one night. We kept
the room for the second night so that we could freshen up before
going on the bus to Cusco Peru.
Thank you for everything that you have done to make our trip so
enjoyable. Please pass along to Christi our thanks for the great
job that she did in organizing our tour. She was able to
assemble an itinerary that included everything that we asked for
and still was not too rushed. It was an enjoyable, informative
and relaxing time.
Thank you again to all of the staff at
Peru travel Gateway
and your suppliers for making this a wonderful experience.
Peggy Chang
McLean, VA
US
I always wanted to write
you a line and let you know my husband and I had a great time in
Peru. Thank
you so much for the arrangement; everything was really smooth! The
guide in
Cusco, Eriksson, was really great. thank
you also for helping me with all
the reservation and all the changes!! Cusco and
Machu Picchu were all
fantastic, I"m sure we will want to go back to Peru at some point
again, and
I"ll definitely contact you again!! Thank you!!
Sincerely,
Peggy Chang
Mary W. Earp
WINNALSAW, NC
US
We had a very nice trip to Peru.
Thanks for you help. Our hotels in Peru
were what we expected, very nice and the hotel help went out of
their way to make sure we were comfortable and had what we needed.
Our guides were outstanding. Always on time and catered to our
needs. Our groups were small except for the Sacred Valley tour where
we had 25 members. Food was plentiful and tasty at each restaurant.
The Hotel Casa Andina in Cusco gave us an upgrade when we returned
from MP which was very nice. Also, the Radisson gave us an upgrade
when we returned to Lima although we stayed only 6 hours.
Again, thanks for your services. I feel very fortunate that I
selected your travel services, because of the services. Several on
the trip thought I was mighty brave to select an unknown agency. I
was impressed with Ivan during our first emails and phone
conversations. I trusted him and he trusted me, this makes for happy
results for everyone.
Sincerely, Mary Earp.
Wendy Feldman
Los Angeles, CA
US 90025
I just returned back to the US from my trip to Peru. I wanted to let
you know how grateful I am for the wonderful experience that you
help me coordinate and plan. I loved all of the sites and felt I had
a unique experience that I will never forget.
The tour planners and the tour
guides were all wonderful and extremely helpful. Each of them were
very polite and knowledgable about their subjects and locations. I
learned alot about Peru and its customs.
The hotel on Machu Picchu (Sanctuary Lodge) and the hotel in Puno
(The Libertador) were excellent and I would recommend anyone to stay
in each of those locations. The San Augustin El Dorado was just
adequate; I found the hotel to be clean and the staff helpful, but
there is too much noise during the evening and mornings; this is
because many of the rooms overlook the central lobby of the hotel
and the acoustics create echos of sound from the front desk and
those people having conversations in the lobby area. Also, the space
heaters in each of the El Dorado rooms I stayed in did not work at
all. I do not think I would recommend the hotel to people unless
they didn't mind a noisy atmosphere.
The Posada del Inca hotel in Bolivia was very nice; I really liked
the rustic feel and intimate setting and the private gardens--the
views of Lake Titicaca and the mountains were spectacular. Although
I didn't realize it would be a hike (literally) up to it. One of the
couples I was travelling with on the first day in Bolivia had
trouble making it up the hillside (they didn't know they would have
to hike to the top to get to the hotel). I would recommend letting
potential guests know that it is a 40 - 45 minute hike from the dock
to the hotel itself. The guides were very helpful and it was good
that our luggage was carried up separately.
The trip was amazing and I just wanted to thank you for all of your
planning. I would recommend you and your staff to everyone I know
who wanted to plan a trip to go to Peru.
Have a wonderful new year!
Regards,
Wendy
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