A beautiful experience in the jungle, a fantastic guide, and too many animals to count - My fiancé and I recently did the 3 day / 2 night Tambopata tour with PV Travel. For us, it was an incredible experience all around. Our guide, Franklin, has so much knowledge about the local plants, animals, geography, people, and culture. We appreciated how thorough and thoughtful Franklin was, often having to repeat all parts of the tour in English and Spanish. For us, Franklin was the best tour guide we’ve ever had. You can tell he really loves what he does. During our stay, we saw SO many animals including squirrel monkeys, capuchin monkeys, caiman, tarantulas, giant river otters, macaws, parrots, scorpions, bullet ants, a sloth, capybaras, many different birds and insects, and more. Franklin was very intuitive and able to find animals during all parts of the tour. Activities we did during the tour include a jungle canopy walk, jungle night walk, zip-lining, a trip to monkey island, a canoe trip around lake Sandoval, Nighttime caiman spotting, a trip to the clay lick, kayaking on the Rio Madre de Dios, and a few more. The property that the lodge itself is on is beautiful and secluded from the city of Puerto Maldonado. The coordination and communication was very clear - the agency was great about coordinating rides to and from the airport, as well as the boat to the lodge. A few things worth noting before booking: -we were here in early September and it was HOT. Temperatures reached nearly 100F during the day and it was humid throughout the entire stay. -there is no air conditioning or fans in the cabanas. There are fans in the main lodge that can be used during meal times. -there is only power in the cabanas for a few hours at night to charge your phones. -the food served at the lodge represents what people native to the area eat. We found the food to be good, but don’t expect food from home. -there is access to clean drinking water at the lodge. All in all, if you’re looking to experience the jungle with a few of the comforts of home, and are willing to brave the heat and sacrifice some of the “creature comforts” we’re used to, this is the tour for you. We’re very grateful to have had this experience and to have had Franklin as our guide.

Exceded my expectations - Amazing experience where we could do many activities where we could see the wildlife and the nature of this national park. Important to highlight the great and wide knowledge of our guide Zaid. He’s been very helpful, supportive and kind since the very beginning.

Satisfying and unique experience. - We visited lakes, jungle and met locals. Ate really delicious local food. Highly recommended

Nice trip to the jungle - We enjoyed the three days in the jungle very much. We had a nice group (7-9 people) and our guide bryan was amazing. He showed us a lot of animals that were difficult to find. We stayed the two nights in a pretty little house with a private bathroom. The transport from and to the airport was great.

Wonderful tour - Tour guide was exceptional, the accomodation was lovely. We will be recommending this tour to anyone interested in a short trip to the amazon!

Poor management but lots of activities - The tour guides were arrogant and sometimes rude, they were quite short, abrupt and not very friendly. Treated like a tourist in a revolving door of tourists, very impersonal with a constant change of guides. Lots of activities which was great, but the timings and order were not as advertised. However, we had little free/dead time and we're constantly doing activities.

One Tour guide caused me injury (and made fun of it later). Very unsafe. - (I am giving a 2 star instead of 1 star review because we did have one great tour guide and for the sweet kitchen staff.) The low review is for our first tour guide. Once we got to the lodge (off of our plane and the boat), our guide gave us 10 minutes to prepare for our first activity. I asked him what would be appropriate to wear, and he stated "wear swimsuit and sandals". I secondly showed him my rubber sandals and he said yes those will work great. We got into kayaks, so far so good. Then we docked on to Monkey Island. The whole party upon climbing out immediately sank deep into mud. Me, being in rubber sandals, completely lost my shoes. Once I pulled them out, I had to climb barefoot on the hill alone. My shoes were partly broken and completely slippery. The tour guide did nothing to help. Thankfully the boat driver saw and grabbed a water pail to wash my shoes off to try to help. Very sweet, but when we started walking again, my shoes again became covered in mud and slipped off my feet, it was absolutely impossible to walk or even stand. Meanwhile, the tour guide completely left me. I was alone slipping and falling in the Amazon jungle. In a swimsuit. We were hiking IN THE JUNGLE!! I was not told we would be doing this. The tour guide telling me to wear swimsuit and sandals to go mud hiking in the jungle was completely insane and put me in great danger. He also didn't help me at all when I was in distress, and left me. I had a panic attack, could barely breathe. Thankfully my friends in the group doubled back to find me stuck and struggling. I fell and had grabbed a tree of thorns. Now I have a strange Peruvian plant infecting my hand. My friend had to carry me part of the way with whatever strength she had. We caught up to the tour guide and he laughed. He laughed! At how much I was struggling and it was all due to his "guidance". As a tour guide you have to prepare your tourists for the day. This includes giving them details on the activity and what would be appropriate to wear. I got several infections, rashes, cuts, and a panic attack due to this tour guide. And he did not try to ameliorate the situation whatsoever, found it more comical than anything. Absolutely horrible experience, and ruined the rest of the stay for me, even though our second tour guide, Franklin, was superb. The kitchen staff was also extremely polite and sweet. The woman working in the kitchen saw my infected hand from the hike and tended to my wound herself. (The awful tour guide who caused this did nothing to ask how I was or look at my wounds.) The great tour guide, Franklin, on our last day also looked at my wounds and was asking questions to find out what poisonous tree I had grabbed, to try to help. Again, I feel sad that I have to give a poor review with these other great people working there, but our first tour guide was truly terrible. I have never written a review for anything on Tripadvisor but want to let people know of the dangers of ignorant guides especially in the dangerous Amazon. I unfortunately did not catch his name and he left the next day. All I know is that he from Peru and was 25 years old. I found a photo of him from my photos and am attaching it to this review. I wish this business would take care of their guests better. I was put in a very dangerous situation and now have to seek medical attention for my guide's ignorance. I was also extremely embarrassed, and he pushed more embarrassment on me by not assisting me in addition to treating my experience like it was a joke. "Don't wear sandals for this next hike HAHA." Well sir you told me to wear swimsuit and sandals and caused that whole debacle. Made me feel like an idiot. I was going to wear full oh hiking gear but he told me to change into swimsuit and sandals. Awful. I recommend go to a nicer eco-lodge even if it is a bit more expensive, at least you will be safe. I wish I never went. Don't ruin your Peru vacation by going here.