Iquitos is the main city of the Peruvian Amazon basin. it is fascinating for its exuberant greenness and the tenacity of its native communities such which have inherited millenary secrets and traditions. Iquitos is especially popular. It is as if there are two worlds existing at the same time: that of a bustling city filled with traders and of a luscious, and the tropical jungle along the banks of the Amazon River that seems to never end.
Package Includes
2 nights accommodations at the Explorama LodgeTransfers, tours and meals as specified in itineraryBilingual guidesHotel taxes and service chargesVacation Package Itinerary
Day 1: Iquitos
Reception at the airport, brief city orientation and transfer to the Explorama dock. Fifty mile journey down the Amazon River to Yanamono Stream where Explorama Lodge is located. Afternoon hike along the "Lake Trail" through lowland rainforest which is seasonally flooded. During the high water season, this excursion is done by open boat! Night walk or open boat ride to enjoy the sounds of the rainforest and stars of the Southern sky.Accommodation at the Explorama Lodge (L, D)Day 2: Iquitos
Morning walk along the "Bushmaster Trail", where scientific studies by the Missouri Botanical Gardens have found the world's highest biodiversity of trees per square hectare. Your guide will point out many plants used in medicine today and many that we may use in the future. Afternoon open boat trip along the Amazon in search of either of the two species of freshwater dolphin found in the river and a chance for an afternoon swim.Accommodation at the Explorama Lodge (B, L, D)Day 3: Iquitos
Morning walk along a local river trail with stops along the way to visit the "ribere?os" or river people, visit a river school, see the local sugar cane rum "factory"or visit our resident American medical doctor in her clinic sponsored by the Rotary Club. Transfer back to Iquitos for your departure flight. (B, L)
