The jungle is an exclusive travel destination and an extraordinary adventure, where even organizing your backpack can be a challenge. If you are planning a trip to the Amazon, it's important to know that the temperatures and humidity levels are so extreme, leading the forest to create its own rainy season from the abundant water vapors in the atmosphere.
Situated just a few kilometers from Puerto Maldonado, Sandoval Lake stands as one of the most beautiful natural attractions in the Peruvian Amazonia. Characterized by its serene waters and lush surroundings, this oxbow lake was formed over time by the shifting course of the Madre de Dios River, a tributary of the Amazon.
The Amazon basin is a complex ecosystem, unique in the world and special for continuously evolving over millions of years. Characterized by lush vegetation composed of a wide variety of plants and trees, the jungle is inhabited by indigenous populations for at least 10.000 years ago, in conditions of high humidity and heavy tropical rainfalls.
The Amazon Rainforest is an extraordinary ecosystem that boasts an incredible diversity of species, including butterflies, mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and plants. Visiting this unique destination is an adventure like no other, however such a trip requires careful planning, especially when it comes to health-related aspects.
Visiting the Rainforest is a unique adventure into the heart of nature, and by far was the most interesting and exciting experience we've ever encountered. Among towering trees that have stood for centuries, we discovered for the first time how many different shades of green truly exist. Home to an incredible array of extraordinary wildlife, the Peruvian part of the Amazon is one of the most breathtaking and biodiverse places, that despite its challenges is our favorite awe-inspiring destination in the world.
Tambopata National Reserve is part of the Peruvian jungle and covers more than 274,000 hectares stretching from the Andes Mountains to Bolivia. Home to many different species of butterflies, mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and plants, this incredible region is one of the most complex and biodiverse places in the world.
Deep in the heart of Tambopata National Reserve, Chuncho Claylick is the largest clay lick in the world. The region is the most complex and biodiverse area in the world, with many species of butterflies, mammals, and birds. Although the distance between most of the lodges and Puerto Maldonado is quite large and the road is difficult to travel, the whole area is spectacular, and visiting a clay lick is a unique experience.
One of the most interesting activities in the jungle happens after the sun sets, when you start looking for nocturnal wildlife up-close. From a boat that slowly floats downstream with the current, you can easily spot the largest predator in the Amazon in the light of your flashlight, as its eyes glow in the dark.
The Amazon rainforest is not only one of the world's most biodiverse regions, but it is also home to many indigenous communities that have lived in harmony with the nature for thousands of years. The native community of Ese Eja is one of the world’s last remaining foraging Amazonian tribes, whose ancestral land is located along the Tambopata River, in Madre de Dios region.
Surrounded by the Peruvian Andes, at 2430m altitude above Urubamba River stands Machu Picchu, one of the most spectacular archaeological discoveries in Latin America. The Incas built the citadel around 1450, and abandoned it a century later at the time of the Spanish Conquest. Although its exact purpose still remains unknown, Machu Picchu was most likely a religious sanctuary and a residential area for the ruler Pachacuti. Considered a symbol of the Inca culture, architecture, and engineering, in 2007 the "Lost City of the Incas" was declared one of the 7 Wonders of the Modern World.