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HANE Tours: Your Travel Agency in Peru with a Sight for People! Trekking Peru, Peru Cusco, Cuzco peru
HANE Tours: Your Travel Agency in Peru with a Sight for People! Trekking Peru, Peru Cusco, Cuzco peru
Iquitos is located directly along the Amazon River and can only be reached by boat or airplane. The city is the perfect starting point for all your adventures in the rainforest. Discover the ancient capital of the rubber boom and experience the extraordinary flora and fauna of the Amazon Rainforest close up.
Day 1: City Tour of Iquitos with a visit to the “swimming” barrios of Belén
Day 2: Boat ride on the Amazon River towards the rainforest Lodge and your first chance to see some wildlife.
Day 3: Monkeys, sloths, birds, spiders, snakes and frogs – experience all of nature in the rainforest
Day 4: Visit to a community in the jungle and explanations of the local fauna
Day 5: Looking for the famous “pink dolphins” before you head back to Iquitos.
City Tour of the beautiful downtown of Iquitos. The rubber boom in the middle of the 19th century left behind some stunning architecture amongst others a building at the main plaza designed by Gustav Eiffel. You will visit the “Museo Anazónico” displaying wood work from the different indigenous people of the Rainforest. From there the tour takes you by boat to the “swimming” Barrio of Belen (only during the rainy season) where fishermen sell their goods right off their canoes and where shamans buy their herbs and plants for religious ceremonies in the Pasaje Paquito. (Hotel in Iquitos)
In the morning you will be picked up at your hotel and head by boat towards a Lodge in the Amazon Rainforest. After you settled into your room, the first excursion takes you to the lake Sapote where you will be able to see plenty of different birds as well as monkeys and sloths. (accommodation: Lodge in the Rainforest)
Boat rides in the morning and in the afternoon in order to see more animals. If you prefer to relax in your hammock, feel free to do so. After sunset you will head out for a night hike to see snakes, insects and spiders. (accommodation: Lodge in the Rainforest)
Day hike through the Rainforest to the community San Juan de Yanayacu. On the way there your guide will explain the different plants and their medical significance. You will have to opportunity to swim in one of the smaller rivers. In the community you can buy handicrafts from the locals. (accommodation: Lodge in the Rainforest)
Your boat will take you along the Amazon River where you will be on the lookout for the famous “pink dolphin”. Furthermore you can admire a certain type of water lily which only grows here – the Victoria Regia. After lunch you will head back by boat to Iquitos
