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Peruvian Amazon: Our most recommended tours and activities

From Puerto Maldonado: 4-Day Trekking Excursion w/Kayaking

1. From Puerto Maldonado: 4-Day Trekking Excursion w/Kayaking

Trek into the Amazon rainforest on a 4-day, 3-night adventure in the Tambopata National Reserve. Check out exotic species of flora and fauna, go canoeing and kayaking, and experience this lush landscape on a tour out of time. Enjoy full transfer service from the airport. Your tour starts with the airport pickup. Feel the excitement as you are taken to a lodge 4.5 km from the city at the bank of Tambopata River. After getting your bearings, take an introductory walk through the jungle. Keep your eyes open for monkeys, birds, butterflies and other species. Learn about the importance of this area to the locals. Day 2: take off for Sandoval lake in the Tambopata National Reserve, a 3 km walk. Navigate around this oxbow lake by dugout canoe, learning about the ecosystem. With luck you'll see monkeys, squirrels, lizards, black caimans, birds, giant river otters, and perhaps one of the biggest water fish, the paiche. Explore the jungle at night searching for tarantulas, frogs, and chirping bugs. Get your adrenaline pumped for fun on Day 3, when you'll visit Monkey Island. Walk the canopy bridge high in the trees, as well as the zipline. Go kayaking on the river and wall-climbing. On the final day, enjoy stunning lake Yacumama, where piranha fishing is almost a sure thing and you can observe small macaws and storks.

From Leticia: Amazon Adventure 4-Day Tour with Accommodation

2. From Leticia: Amazon Adventure 4-Day Tour with Accommodation

This 4-day trip is designed for bold travelers who want to have an authentic and deeper connection with nature and locals. Day 1 The journey will start at Leticia’s airport. After you pay the tourism tax, you will meet one of our local guide who will pick you up. Once ready, you will visit the Brazilian border of the Amazon: Tabatinga. Besides you will visit the malokas, the traditional houses of the indigenous communities and learn from their culture. To get there you will hike deep in the rainforest. The guide will hand you rubber boots. You will go back to Leticia and if time is enough, you will the famous Parque de los loros (Park of parrots). You will spend the night in Leticia. Day 2 Then, on the second day you will visit Puerto Nariño, a beautiful small town with no cars and amazing views. You will make a stop on the Peruvian Amazon to visit an indigenous community. You will also visit a natural reservoir to see the marvelous Victoria Regia, Isla de los Micos and the Tikuna indigenous community. Then, in Puerto Nariño you will head to the hotel. You will be able to decide whether you want to tour around the town or rest the rest of the day. Day 3 On this day you will leave to Puerto Nariño to go to San Antonio del Cacao, a Peruvian island. You will go in search of sloths and to explore the flora and fauna and learn from the region and its history. You will go back to Puerto Nariño and you will take another boat to Tarapoto Lake. You will spend the night in a hut in front of the river. Here, you will be able to swim, fish, walk around and enjoy a night firepit. (If chosen, you can have a night safari). Day 4 On the last day you will enjoy the morning in Tarapoto lake and afterwards you will go back to Puerto Nariño and then back to Leticia to finish your trip.

From Iquitos: 4-Day Guided Tour Amazon Wildlife Exploration

3. From Iquitos: 4-Day Guided Tour Amazon Wildlife Exploration

Discover the jungle by day and by night for 4 days, get to know the fauna, the native communities, awaken your exploring side looking for water lianas, fishing for piranhas, looking for dolphins, reptiles, primates and insects, get to know medicinal plants and navigate the river Amazon. Be part of our next tour. - Join us on this tour to explore the jungle with a bilingual guide, looking for wildlife. - Learn about the history and traditions of indigenous communities in contact with the jungle. - Discover medicinal plants and how to use them. - Experience a day or night tour with a local guide to explore animal tracks and water. Come and live the true Amazon adventure with us in complete safety! This activity is more extensive, we have 4 days inside the jungle doing exploration activities, if you come with friends and want to discover beautiful landscapes, get good photos and rest in a clean and safe lodge inside the jungle this option is for you, the The hostel is located 2 hours away by navigating the Amazon River. During the trip we will have the chance to see the gray and pink dolphins (peak seasons April - May) and then join the jungle to look for more wildlife. Keep in mind that Here the animals are in the wild and you will not be able to touch any of them. We also have the option of visiting native communities and learning about culture, mythology, Amazonian tales and a bit of Amazonian magic. The 4-day activity includes the first day the pick up from your hotel, if you want to pick up from the airport you must add an extra, the first day offers lunch and dinner, the second and third day the 3 full meals and the 4th day only breakfast and lunch after that we will be leaving back to iquitos to arrive in the city at around 5:00 pm. Without a doubt, based on travelers from all of 2022, we have renewed our program and improved our facilities so that travelers who come all of 2023 and 2024 maximize their experience.

Iquitos Urban Birdwatching Walking Tour

4. Iquitos Urban Birdwatching Walking Tour

Spend 4 hours immersed in urban and peri-urban birding in the Peruvian Amazon on any date of your stay in Iquitos. First enjoy and explore the birds of the periurban area in the Joaquin Abensur Boulevard, observe and learn about citizen science while walking along the Malecon Tarapacá, then the instructor will guide you to the Plaza "28 de Julio" walking through the streets with more trees to have the opportunity to look at the most outstanding and typical birds of urban areas, dare to practice digiscoping and capture the moments of sighting with the use of your cell phone and our ground telescope for bird watching. At the end of the tour learn how to upload your bird observations to the eBird platform.

Iquitos: Private Piranha Fishing Trip on the Itaya River

5. Iquitos: Private Piranha Fishing Trip on the Itaya River

Learn the truth about the iconic piranhas of the Amazon on a fishing trip in Iquitos. No need for fancy equipment, hook a line and throw it in from a canoe and wait for the fish to come to you. Fish from a canoe using handmade rods like a local on the Itaya River. Climb aboard as your private guide takes you to the best spots to fish for the famed red Amazon piranha. This mythical fish with a bad reputation is not quite the monster Hollywood likes to make it out to be. Around 20-25cm long, with a bright red underbelly, piranhas generally share Amazon waterways quite peacefully with humans. On your fishing trip, your guide will search out the best places to find the legendary fish with an undeserved bad rap.

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