MAIN TOURISTIC ATTRACTIONS
Location: The Department of Madre de Dios is located in the southeast of the country and is entirely occupied by areas of high and low jungle. It limits with Bolivia and Brasil, and with the Departments of Ucayali, Cusco and Puno.
Climate: Tropical, warm and humid, with annual rainfall of over 1.000 mm. And with an average temperature of 26°C. The rainy season is from December to March.
Area: 85.180 square kilometers.
Capital: Puerto Maldonado. It is located at an altitude of 186 meters above sea level.
TOURISTIC OFFER
The tourist attractions of the Department of Madre de Dios are all of a natural nature, as there are no population centers of great interest in the area. In relation to other jungle areas of Perú, Madre de Dios offers better communication possibilities and easier access to visit able areas through the city of Puerto Maldonado.
They are the visits to its virgin forests, the sighting of wild fauna, the practice of ecotourism and the tours of the different rivers that cross its territory, especially the Madre de Dios River and the Tambopata River, the great tourist resources that this Department treasures.
Among the places of interest in Madre de Dios, not all of them are accessible to tourism, are:
- Lake Sandoval
- Lake Valencia
- Tambopata-Candamo Reserved Zone
- Bahuaja-Soneme National Park
