Laguna Sauce, San Martin Region, Peru

5trentvano 5:00 PM Jan 18, 2019

Simple and teeny town of Sauce
The good: The people here seemed really friendly. It's a calm little town surrounding a lake where you can go swimming (although I was the only human being who I saw in the lake when I went) , take a Kayak out (lots of hotels seem to have them) , walk through the country side (it's very beautiful and I recommend that you just follow the road out of town to enjoy the rolling hills), enjoy some drinks at night, enjoy the super cheap local food vendors or take a motor boat ride around the lake. It's not a super amazing life changing experience or anything to visit Sauce, just kind of a pleasant little town full of friendly people, feels very safe too. I stayed at a place called Las Hamacas, it was pretty nice with kayaks available to rent and a decent courtyard. If done again I probably would have stayed at Sauce Resort, just because it was kind of noisy and the restaurant was pretty informal at Las Hamacas, although the Venezuelan owners were pleasant there. Also, Las Hamacas didn't take credit cards. Anyway, El Sauce is a pleasant spot to visit if you want a peaceful place where it's nice just to walk around! No aggressive dogs either if you walk around, which is extremely nice.

4BahiaDave 5:00 PM Aug 12, 2014

Quite an adventure
The trip from Tarapoto was great fun - river crossing on a ferry (that didn't look too safe!) and travelling along a very muddy dirt road part of the way. Then a boat trip across the lake to some of the attractions including a short horse ride, and lunch (rather late for my liking), before returning. The "horse ride" was a quick one round a field, which was not quite what I was expecting, and the lunch was at our final stop so rather late in the day (though there were opportunities to eat - at additional cost - at earlier stops). Still, all in all, a very enjoyable, and inexpensive, day out.