4-Day Nature Adventure at Hacienda Concepcion, Puerto Maldonado

After landing in Puerto Maldonado (recommended to arrive before 11:00 am), start your journey through the Peruvian Amazon navigating the Madre de Dios River until you reach the hotel (approximately 25 minutes) and enjoy the beautiful landscape that surrounds you. Have your first taste of the jungle flavours during the buffet lunch, with dishes prepared using local ingredients. In the afternoon, take a walk through the Concepcion trails getting into the jungle and learning about the forests, their components, uses and importance for the planet. At dusk, get into a motorized canoe and sail down the river on a trip in search of the species that come out at night and see their behaviour, as well as delight the view with the impressive starry sky of the jungle. In the evening, savour dinner at the lodge. 

Overnight in Puerto Maldonado.

After a tasty breakfast at the lodge early in the morning around 5.30 get ready for a walk along the Tambopata National Reserve to Lake Sandoval, and you will understand why Madre de Dios is known as the biodiversity capital of Peru. Tour the lake aboard a traditional canoe in what appears to be a mirror of water and search for species such as the giant otter, the blue and yellow macaw, the howler monkey, the black alligator and the paiche, one of the fish with scales of the world's largest freshwater. Enjoy lunch at the lodge. In the afternoon, discover the heights of the jungle in the Inkaterra Canopy Walkway & Anaconda Walk experience, where you will learn about the projects of ITA- Inkaterra Association, an NGO in charge of environmental conservation. You will walk along suspension bridges that connect the canopies of trees at 28 meters above the ground in search of toucans, hummingbirds, trogons, monkeys and sloths. At night, get ready for a nocturnal adventure through the Amazon and watch how the animals appear at night, with behaviours different from the day time fauna. Close your eyes and open your ears to hear the unique sounds that the jungle gives you. Then, return to the hotel for dinner and rest.

Overnight in Puerto Maldonado.

After breakfast at the lodge, explore our organic bio-garden, where you will discover tropical plants and their medicinal uses according to local traditions. Then, visit the Palmetum, a collection of Amazonian palm trees dedicated to restoration and conservation. In the afternoon, enjoy paddling a wooden canoe on the Cocha Concepción, a horseshoe-shaped lagoon formed by the remnants of the Madre de Dios River. Navigate its clay-colored waters while watching birds such as shanshos and flycatchers, with the roar of howler monkeys in the background. Admire the remains of the Fitzcarrald steamboat and learn about its history, which inspired the film “Fitzcarraldo” by Werner Herzog. Before dinner, join the Collpas Tierra Adentro excursion to visit a clay lick. Although spotting wildlife can be a matter of luck, you will learn how these clay walls attract various mammals near the lodge.

Overnight in Puerto Maldonado.