Iquitos, Peru Travel Blogs

Farewell Pisco, its been real!
Dec 24, 2007 (15 photos)

... and I will be spending my Christmas on the amazon river swimming with pink dolphins. We will meet again on the 30th in Iquitos along with some other friends and head up the Amazon to Leticia, the jungle frontier town that borders Colombia, Peru and Brazil ...

Bald dogs and funny biscuits
Jun 29, 2005 (2 photos)

... numerous British actors. Shame on you, Dame Judi. From Lima, I said a sad goodbye to Nick and Monica and flew to Iquitos in the north of Peru, allegedly the only major town in the world accessible just by air and boat. It's noisy, hot and steamy, 90% ...

The Slums of Belen
Feb 10, 2006 (35 photos)

I have arrived in Iquitos, a loud, hot, slightly crazy jungle town in Peru that boasts the title of the largest city in the world without road access... you can only arrive or leave by plane or boat. The half million inhabitants here all get around on ...

The Shaman in the Amazon! - Day 93
Apr 10, 2009 (20 photos)

... I started hallucinating. I saw my watch on the floor which I haven't worn for weeks, I knew it was in my big backpack in Iquitos, but I really believed it was my watch on the floor. Then the next thing a remember is the shaman throwing water over me and ...

Snake Scarf
May 17, 2006 (32 photos)

... yet but I was hot on the trail. In fact all I had to do was go out to the 'Serpentario', a short boat ride from Iquitos. The whole serpentario was a little sad, as the animals were kept in small cages. This was ok for the small animals but not them all. ...

Balancing duality
Sep 14, 2008 (11 photos)

Balancing duality

In the Amazon
Feb 10, 2006 (8 photos)

After touring the slums near Iquitos, I headed out to a small game preserve with some other backpackers from Canada and England. The game preserve is really quite small and just has a butterfly farm and some rescued animals from the region including ...

The intention behind Human Sacrifices
Jun 8, 2008

... ancient civilizations.  There were different levels of sacrifices done.  For example, during the Chavin era in Peru, around 100 BC, hundreds of surrounding tribes were joining this spiritual center and offering the things that were the most ...

Iquitos
Oct 29, 2005

... around the place but is also decked out in loads of animal skins, furs and bones - not for animal lovers! Anyway I quite like Iquitos. The local square Plaza de Armas is very busy and there are quite a few restaurants etc. Then there is the river bank ...

Reaching enlightenment for an instant
May 25, 2008 (65 photos)

My higher consciousness journey consisted of an 8 days Ayahuasca shamanic retreat in the jungle of Peru, nearby Iquitos.  This is a different type of shamanism I have been trained for as it involves the use of medicinal plants.  These ceremonies ...

Arrival in Iquitos, Peru
Oct 28, 2004

Iquitos, Peru Inspired by our trip in the jungle, when we arrived back in Cusco we decided to make a run for it to Iquitos to start our trip down the Amazon. We ran straight from one plane onto the next and changed in Lima sneaking through security to ...

Iquitos - Day 91-92
Apr 8, 2009 (8 photos)

... in Peru after 2 months in dangerous and expensive Brazil. I really think I'm going to enjoy my time in Peru, I feel much more at ease already.   Iquitos is the biggest city in the world with no roads in or out. The only way it's 500,000 inhabitants ...

Jungle Fever
Apr 16, 2005

We finally made it to the jungle! It´s well humid and about the only thing to see in this town is the ramshackle market where you can snack on barbecued worms (no thanks, think I´ll wait for dinner) or taste the local saliva embellished brew... One little ...

Rio Amazona
Jul 29, 2005

... about that ;o) and finally to achieve one of my great ambitions, to trek the Amazon Rainforest, this meant for me destination Iquitos, the worlds largest city with no road access. Situated in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon it's the launch pad for most ...

Iquitos - The Twilight Zone
Jun 9, 2008

After a few days in my retreat, someone called Iquitos the Twilight Zone, as it seems to combine so many different energies and events happening.  I have spent today my first day here and I must say that this name is just perfect for this place.  ...

Iquitos, Peru
Oct 29, 2004 (3 photos)

Iquitos, Peru Woke up in the freaky hobo hideout and wondered what the hell we were hiding from. More likely to be the land lady than anything else so we packed up and got the hell out of there ! After a dubious breakfast in Aris Burgers (wrong order ...

In Silence - Merging with nature
Jun 2, 2008

This week consisted of using a different medicinal plant called Berbinzana and retreat in silence in the jungle for one week.  All I knew prior to this week was that Berbinzana had the faculty to open the heart, whatever that really meant.  I ...

El Amazona!
May 25, 2008 (86 photos)

El Amazona!

Machetes at the ready
May 1, 2004 (14 photos)

... 't have much time for him to get settled into the idea of being in South America before our very early flight the next morning to Iquitos. The lack of this time to get used to it all was definitely a bad thing when we arrived in Iquitos - the noise and ...

Iquitos you and I both know
Apr 23, 2004 (5 photos)

... to the nth degree and proved quite helpful for just S/.5 (AUD$2.50). As we drove into the city we saw the famous Iquitos motocarros, little three wheelered motorbikes that people sit in the back of. They are very similar to tuk tuks in Thailand, just as ...

Iquitos at last
Nov 2, 2005

So we are on the river, on our third night from Pucallpa to Iquitos, and it's around 11 at night, when all of a sudden there is all this commotion, and everyone starts running around and grabbing life jackets. Not a good sign, generally speaking. So I get ...

Iquitos!
Feb 1, 2007 (5 photos)

Well, if we had any feeling that Peru felt sort of familiar, I´d say those are gone.  We arrived in Iquitos today- a pretty amazing descent into the jungle- to be greeted by throngs of taxi and moto drivers rushing us like kids to an ice cream truck.& ...

from deepest darkest Peru !
Nov 7, 2005

... 9 to 10 hours. we watched it slowly turn on to a 10 hour, 11 hour, 12 hour, 13 hour ..... WE eventually got to Iquitos after 15 HOURS !!!! to be met by a swarm of highly persistent taxi drivers who wouldnt stop their banter even after you shouted at them ...

Amazon Tour
Aug 18, 2002 (12 photos)

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Journee tranquille a Iquitos
Jun 13, 2009 (1 photos)

Nous faisons un tour par le marche de Belén. Dans la rue des shamans ou Lucie s'achète de l'Ajo Sacha, nous rencontrons Aline, l'anthropologue qui part demain pour sa communauté d'étude. Je passe l'après midi a me reposer a l'auberge. Le soir nous dinons avec ...

Dernier jour dans la jungle
Jun 14, 2009 (2 photos)

Nos 5 compagnons partent le matin pour Lima. Trop flemmards, nous décidons de zapper la ferme aux papillons et de rester encore une journée a rien faire. Au déjeuner, nous goutons des plats typiques de la région comme l'Inchicapi (soupe de poulet avec de la ...

Iquitos
Dec 3, 2007

Iquitos

Iquitos
Mar 16, 2009 (5 photos)

Leave Leticia and cross the Amazon amid driving rain in a dingy to Santa Rosa, Peru to catch the early morning boat to Iquitos. I had hoped to catch a three day cargo boat down the Amazon, but had been told that these can be a little sketchy for foreigners ...

Humble in the jungle
Jul 16, 2009 (5 photos)

... , its the rainforest after all). Big old fat wet rain that we don't tend to get in Britain. The stuff that's really really wet. Iquitos is a sticky hot and tropical place and when I went for a drink down by the river on the first night, there was a bit of ...

Amazon Fun!
Jun 3, 2008 (20 photos)

... aganist some juggernaut from Lima, Universitad. I went down to the stadium http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/south_america/peru/iquitos_augustin.shtml about 1.5 hours in advance of the start of the match. I didnt bring my camera...I totally ...