OVERVIEW

Location: Peru
Duration: 3 Days
Type: Peru Amazon Tours.
Destinations: Floating houses of Belen, Amazon River, Yagua native community.
Description: You can visit the floating neighborhood, cover for nature and impressive wildlife, situated in the Peruvian jungle, you can visit the “Yaguas ” a native community, then you could see the pink dolphins and enjoy the nature, those kinds of animals only found in Peruvian amazon river.

Day 1: Visit the floating houses of Belen, traveling down the Amazon River, walk in the primary forest knowing medicinal plants and the wild life of the reserve.

Day 2: Walk a primary rain forest, look for monkeys, birds, sloths, medicinal plants, visit to the Yagua native community. Tour by the amazon river, observing sloths, monkeys, turtles, caymans, anacondas.

Day 3: Bird watching, piranha fishing.

ITINERARY DETAILS

Day 1: 

Visit the floating houses of Belen, traveling down the Amazon River, walk in the primary forest knowing medicinal plants and the wild life of the reserve
Reception at the airport, short city tours. Transfer to the main harbor to meet our speed boat to visit the floating houses of “Belen”, located on the edge of the Itaya River, continue traveling down the Amazon River to arrive at the ecological private reserve “Cumaceba Lodge”. Reception with typical drink, accommodation in the bungalows with private bathrooms, typical lunch, a long walk in the primary forest knowing medicinal plants and the wild life of the reserve. Depending on the weather conditions, we may see the sunset. At night jungle walk excursion, to hear the sound of the rain forest animals and to find various nocturnal insects and frogs. Dinner and overnight.

Day 2: 

Walk a primary rain forest, look for monkeys, birds, sloths, medicinal plants, visit to the Yagua native community. Tour by the amazon river, observing sloths, monkeys, turtles, caymans, anacondas.

Early jungle walk to a primary rain forest to look for monkeys, birds, sloths, medicinal plants, orchids. Breakfast, and visit the “Yagua” Indians to see their native clothing and own dialect demonstration of the old way of typical hunting with the Blowgun”, Processed handy crafts that could be traded or bought. After lunch, tour by the Amazon river visiting a small zoo to see varieties of animals like: sloths, monkeys, turtles, Caymans, the famous Anacondas Constrictor, (non-poisonous) After another chance to see the beautiful Amazonian Sunset, we go on a nocturnal lake excursion in canoes, with the possibility of observing Caymans (Alligators). Dinner and overnight.

Day 3: Bird watching, piranha fishing

Early canoe ride to go bird watching in their natural habitat of the “Shansho lake” our biological area. Breakfast and we go by foot to a secondary trail to see the riverside huts, farms and see the way the local people live. Walk to the Yanayacu river for canoe ride, piranha fishing (as well as other species of Amazon fish), bird watching, and the way back we do by a primary jungle. typical lunch and return to Iquitos. Transfer to the hotel or airport.

Included:

• Reception at the airport and short city tour in Iquitos.

• Speed boat transfer to Cumaceba Lodge via the Amazon River.

• Accommodation in bungalows with private bathrooms.

• Typical Amazonian meals (lunches, dinners, breakfasts).

• Guided jungle walks in primary and secondary rainforest.

• Visit to the floating houses of Belen and the Yagua native community.

• Canoe excursions for bird watching and nocturnal wildlife observation.

• Piranha fishing and wildlife spotting (sloths, monkeys, caymans, anacondas).

• Transfer back to Iquitos and drop-off at hotel or airport.

Not Included:

• Personal travel insurance.

• Alcoholic beverages and snacks outside of meals.

• Tips for guides and lodge staff.

• Optional purchase of local handicrafts.

• Flashlight and insect repellent.

• Rain poncho and waterproof gear.

• Binoculars and camera equipment.

• Personal medications and first aid items.

• Sunscreen and UV protection.

• Bathing suit and extra clothing.

• Reusable water bottle.

• Water purification tablets.