Madre Dios & The Lake Sandoval

Located in the Amazon Basin, the Madre Dios department in southeast Peru has two main national parks: Manu and Tambopata. Before reaching the Titicaca Lake and enter Bolivia, I had the pleasure of spending two nights in the Tambopata National Park. It was my first time in the Amazon jungle since I am in South America. Needless to say it was a terrific experience. Together with a group of 9 or 10 other tourists, we sailed the Lake Sandoval in search of wild life. We spotted a whole bunch of them: Caymans, Snakes (we found a Boa close to our homestay), Tarantulas, Monkeys, Turtles, tons of Birds and a couple of Mamals I can't really name. The Lake is also home to a family of Giant Otters, an endangeroured species I was happy not to have found (disturb).