Only a few minutes from Cuzco , this is one of the most pristine and unspoiled areas in the Amazon rainforest, housing more species of animals than any other place on earth.
Officially created in 1990, the Tambopata - Candamo Reserved Zone is located east and south of Puerto Maldonado. It comprises 1.5 million hectares (3.5 millions acres) of the Madre de Dios and Puno regions.
The Tambopata Reserve has been the subject of numerous TV documentaries.
Like Manu National Park, the reserved zone protects a diversity of landscapes and wildlife, including pristine oxbow lakes with herons, kingfishers, caimans and giant otters, spectacular waterfalls with swimming holes, amazing clay licks ("collpas") visited by hundreds of macaws, monkeys and tapirs, swamps filled with palm trees in which colonies of birds nest, and rivers with sandy, white beaches for camping. All these wonders attract tourists, scientists and wildlife photographers.
Like all the animals in the reserve, fishes are wild and ferocious, big and strong.
Payara is one of them. We invite you to enjoy with us the exciting bites, hard fighting, high jumping of this ferocious gamefish in one of the biggest rainforest of the world, Don't miss out on being one of the first to take advantage of these New Payara Fishing Destination!
The River: Just 30 minutes by plane from Cuzco is Puerto Maldonado, the Capital of the Madre de Dios Department. It is located in the confluence of Madre de Dios River and Tambopata River . Waters of Tambopata River born in Puno and receive a lot of tributaries rivers. The water is clear brown and warm in the dry season
The Weather: Dry and sunny climate from June to October and extremely humid during the rainy season from November to May.
The Fishing: The waters of Tambopata River offers us a variety of fishes such as Payaras, Pacu (Giant Piranha), Catfish (Zungaros, Piros, Surubim, etc.) We usually fish for Payara with spinning and casting tackle. There's a lot of black volcanic rocks in the river an the Payara hunt sardines very close to the shore. The technique is to cast from the rocks lures like rapala's magnum or sliver, rebel fast track or jawbreaker.
Pacu's takes only fruits and fish meat, so we use sardines for bait and hooks and weights with multifilament lines on the reels. They are so strong.
Same technique we use on all the catfish.
The typical Peruvian Sport fishermen needs a good pair of boots, t shirts, cap, wind jacket, a belt bait box, one 7 footer spinning medium rod for Payara, one 7 footer medium heavy rod for Pacu and catfish, different sinking and trolling lures, a lot of natural bait, hooks and weights.
Season: The fishing season starts early July and end in late October.
The better months are August, September and October. Full moon is not recommended.
Day 1: On arrival your guide will meet you and transfer you by road to the Wasai Puerto Maldonado hotel on the banks of the Madre De Dios River. Here you will prepare to board your boat for the four hour transfer into the forest with a picnic box is provided. On arrival you will settle into your comfortable room and have time to explore. We also take time for rest and preparation of the tackle for the next days fishing. Lunch and dinner included.
Our fishing technique is casting and spinning from the beautiful black volcanic rocks of the Tambopata River. Please take a moment to read and consider our recommendations. Payara are a strong fish, very fast, with a big tail and a couple of big canines in the lower jaw and two holes in the upper to receive them. They lives in extremely fast water and take both lures and flies with a savage force.
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