Sandoval Lake 2 days 1 night Giant Anteater Found Near Lake Sandoval

A Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)

field guide Gabriel Barriga was leading a group of travellers in an excursion to Lake Sandoval, a water mirror surrounded by wetlands and palm trees where howler monkeys, black cai mans, giant river otters and a wide variety of bird species can be observed. About 50 meters away from the trail that heads towards the lake, the group saw a large animal moving its excep tionally long and bushy tail. it was a full -grown adult anteater 

– About three meters long and 80 kilos weight.

– Offering an amazing spectacle Sandoval Lake, as it was digging to feed from a termite nest. The large st species in its suborder, this insectivorous mammal is native to Central and South America. It is easily identified by its tubular snout with a long and thin tongue that can reach underground insect colonies; a small head that it keeps facing the ground due to a hump; and a tail almost as big as the body. Its fur has earthy colors and a bold pattern that disrupts camouflage, as it is a defense mechanism known as Aposematism or warning coloration.

This is an extremely rare sighting as the Giant Anteaters are under a vulnerable

conservation



AMAZON TRAVEL – SANDOVAL LAKE LODGE

• Length: 2 Days/1 Nights
• Type of service: Private or Group
• Location: Southern Peru, Madre de Dios Department, Puerto Maldonado, Sandoval Lake Reserve
• Activities: Amazon Travel ,Sandoval Lake, palm clay-lick, amazon travel sandoval lake lodge
• Altitude: 139 – 400 m.a.s.l.
• Best time to visit:March – November
• Departure: Every Day
• Minimum of participants: 2
• Maximum of participants: 10
• Price per person: 260 USD
• Double accommodation  Per Person : 270
• Additional for single accommodation USD 52 Per Person
• Fixed and Private Departure : Daily
• Operates : All year
• Physical Demand : None

ITINERARY  AMAZON TRAVEL – SANDOVAL LAKE LODGE
Tours Day 1 :Service level  luxurious: Sandoval lake Lodge

• We will pick you up from the airport in our bus.
• We take our boat 45 minutes down the river of Madre de Dios
•  We register in the reserve Sandoval
• We will walk a nature trail about 5 kilometers or about 2 hours-/+ to Sandoval lake reserve
• Lunch and free time
• We start to explore in our paddle canoe where you will see giant river otters, The Black Caiman, turtles,birds ,monkeys, macaw and many more exotic plants and animals.
• Dinner
• Optional  Night walk

Tours Day 2 :   Today we need to go Back to the city of Puerto Maldonado

• Breakfast
• We will go back to the river Madre de Dios and take our boat to return to Puerto Maldonado
• Arrive to Puerto Maldonado City and transfer to airport or bus stations

Brief  Itinerary of the  Amazon  travel (Sandoval Lake Lodge )

Tour Day 1: Puerto Maldonado to Sandoval Lake Lodge – Amazon  Travel To Sandoval Lake Lodge

Tour Day 2: Amazon  Travel  To Sandoval Lake Lodge –  See Macaws Palm Trees-Then back to Puerto Maldonado

Amazon  travel – Sandoval Lake Lodge 2 days / 1 nights

TOURS- DAY 1: PUERTO MALDONADO TO SANDOVAL LAKE LODGE  – AMAZON  TRAVEL  TO SANDOVAL LAKE  LODGE

You are welcomed and pick-up from the airport/coach terminal of Puerto Maldonado by our Representative to take you to our office where you can leave your larger baggage which is not necessary for the trip, but you will need to bring a backpack for personal items and more. Then, we transfer you to a local port where you board a motorboat and navigate down the Madre de Dios River.  On the way, we observe various mammal species such as turtles, birds, lizards, monkeys, turtles, caimans, etc., until we reach a checkpoint of the Sandoval Lake Reserve and after passing a check, we start walking for 5 km (1 and half to 2 hours) to reach Sandoval in Amazon Travel Lake where we take a canoe bringing us to the Sandoval Lake Lodge.

There, we accommodate ourselves and after lunch, we return sailing the lake in a canoe to see its typical inhabitants – giant river otters, black caimans, a prehistoric bird shansho, herons, cormorants, kingfisher, etc. Then, we return to the lodge for dinner to later get back to the lake again, and this time to undertake an evening caiman observation, as caimans are nocturnal animals. Our professional naturalist Tour Guide shows and explains us about these animals. We overnight in the Sandoval lake lodge.

TOURS DAY 2: AMAZON TRAVELTO SANDOVAL LAKE  LODGE  – MACAW PALM TREES, MANY EXOTIC ANIMALS–BACK  TO PUERTO MALDONADO

Today, we wake up very early go to the surroundings of the Sandoval Lake where huge number of various palms grow in its water creating an area of marsh. This place is called Collpa de Palmeras MACAW PALM TREE tree and it attracts various macaw species and other parrots to eat sawdust of its palms as it contains sodium, calcium, potassium and other minerals helping them to digest. Then, we go back to the lodge to be given breakfast. Later, we take a trip going to observe stunning flora and fauna of the Sandoval Lake Reserve in Amazon Travel.

We can appreciate monkeys, deer, wild boars, tapirs or spectacled bears, just to name a few. We return to the Sandoval lake lodge for lunch. Afterwards, we get ready for a return boarding a canoe again to sail over the Sandoval Lake followed by a walk to the checkpoint and from there sailing the Madre de Dios River by a motorboat towards Puerto Maldonado. We pick our baggage up in our office and then, we are transferred either to the airport or the coach terminal.

End of service amazon travel – sandoval lake lodge.

Included in the Amazon Travel – Sandoval Lake Lodge 2 days

• A professional naturalist Tour Guide;
• Motorboat transportation;
• Private vehicle land transportation;
• A professional Cook,
• Meals: 1x breakfast, 1x lunch, 1x dinner and drinking water (Please note: vegetarian option upon request for no extra cost!);
• Accommodation: 1 nights in Sandoval Lake lodges;
• First aid kit, including a poison extractor, mosquito bite treatment and an antidote for a snake bite;
• Radio communications;
• Rubber boots.

Not included in the Amazon Travel – Sandoval Lake Lodge 2 days

• Any flight nor airport departure taxes;
• Travel insurance;
• Vaccination;
• Entrance fee to the Sandoval Lake Reserve;
• Breakfast on the first day and Lunch on the last day;
• Drinks;
• Tips to local staff.

What to take with you to  Amazon Travel – Sandoval Lake Lodge

• Mosquito repellent (DEET 35 recommended as a MINIMUM!!),
• Original passport,
• Small backpack,
• Long sleeved cotton shirts (preferably green coloured),
• Long cotton trousers,
• Cotton long socks (to be put into your trousers),
• Comfortable walking shoes,
• Sandals or light shoes,
• Rain gear (e.g. rain poncho),
• Sweater (for the beginning of the tour in Andes and the cloud forest only),
• Swimsuit;
• Binoculars (we also rent it),
• Camera and its charger,
• Plastic bags to be used for clothes and a camera,
• A hat as a protection against the Sun or rain,
• Toiletries,
• Small towel,
• Toilet paper,
• Sun cream,
• Sunglasses,
• Flashlight (with spare bulb and batteries),
• A bottled water (1 litre as a minimum),
• Pocket money (Soles) to buy some beverages and souvenirs as well as to tip.

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