4 days · 3 nights
Three nights on a small riverboat, with dawn skiff trips into the flooded forest.
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Ask about datesFly into Iquitos, see the city, then board a small riverboat at the port of Nauta for three nights on the Amazon. Naturalist guides lead skiff trips into the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve, canopy walks and night excursions, with river community visits between, and the last morning ends at a rescue centre for river mammals.
The same person from your first question to the flight home, with a wedding or vow renewal planned alongside if you like.
How the days unfold. Your advisor tailors the pace, the hotels and the extras to you.
Iquitos and Nauta
Day 1 · Iquitos and Nauta
From Iquitos airport, see the main sights of the city before driving to the river port of Nauta to board. Lunch is served as the boat sets off and the naturalist guides introduce the days ahead. After dark, a skiff takes you into Nauta Cano to look for caimans, tarantulas and frogs before dinner.
Pacaya Samiria National Reserve
Day 2 · Pacaya Samiria National Reserve
An early skiff trip into Yanayacu de Pucate, in the Pacaya Samiria reserve, with a picnic breakfast where pink dolphins are often seen. After lunch on board and a talk on Amazonian beliefs, visit the village of San Regis to meet a shaman, learn about medicinal plants and plant a tree. Live music plays on board before dinner.
Iquitos Creek and Shiriyacu Creek
Day 3 · Iquitos Creek and Shiriyacu Creek
After a talk on board, explore Iquitos Creek for endemic species. In the afternoon walk a network of hanging bridges through the treetops, then take a skiff to Shiriyacu Creek to fish for piranhas and watch for dolphins. Back on board, live music leads into the farewell dinner.
Gasparito Creek and Iquitos
Day 4 · Gasparito Creek and Iquitos
A last early skiff trip to Gasparito Creek for birds and monkeys, then breakfast and a pisco sour demonstration. After leaving the boat, visit a rescue and rehabilitation centre for manatees and other river mammals near Iquitos before your transfer to the airport.
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On board on the Amazon · 3 nights
Standard or superior cabin. Or similar
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Fly into Iquitos, see the city, then board a small riverboat at the port of Nauta for three nights on the Amazon. Naturalist guides lead skiff trips into the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve, canopy walks and night excursions, with river community visits between, and the last morning ends at a rescue centre for river mammals.
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Choose a better room or a hotel with a view for the nights that count.
A honeymoon, an anniversary or a birthday, planned into the trip.
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