1. From Iquitos: 2-Day, 1-Night Jungle Excursion
After meeting your guide, you’ll head straight to the Nanay River Port, where you’ll hop on a boat bound for the jungle. Head up the Amazon River for a brief half-hour cruise before arriving at your lodge for the night. After finding your room and settling in with a small snack, you’ll head off on a guided walk through the jungle. Coming back to the lodge, you’ll enjoy a lunch of fish, legumes, and rice. Heading back into the jungle, you’ll find some of the largest trees in the area, as well as climb to the top of an exquisite viewpoint. On the way back, you’ll admire the technicolor jungle sunset, keeping your eyes peeled for green tree frogs. After dinner, you’ll retire for the evening in your river-view room. Waking up bright and early at 5:00 AM, you’ll catch the sunrise from the top of the lodge over breakfast. You’ll start the day’s touring by visiting a farm for lizards, piranhas, and pirarucus, one of the largest freshwater fish in the world. Afterwards, you’ll visit an animal rescue center, home to sloths and giant anacondas. After lunch, you’ll have some free time to wander and relax before heading back to Iquitos. The tour includes food. DAY1: lunch and dinner DAY2: breakfast and lunch. Indispensable to bring repellent, flashlight and headlamp, also a refillable bottle of water and comfortable long-sleeved clothing. VACCINATION: Yellow Fibere (optional under your own responsibility) IMPORTANT: This tour starts at 10:00am and ends on the last day at 5:00pm at the city port. That is why it is important that you arrive on flights before 9:00 a.m. (or stay a day before in a hotel) and the last day your return flight must be after 7:00 p.m. or stay one night in the city (night not included)