Iquitos Lodges

Una vuelta rapida por Lima de turismo gastronomico (dias ocupados en menesteres terrestres). Escapada a Iquitos, a unos lodges sobre el Rio Amazonas, a 1,5hs de la ciudad por lancha. Una experiencia maravillosa, terrenal, llena de magia y vida por ...

Ten amazing days spent in the jungle lodges of the upper Amazon Valley in Peru. Vertually untouched - virgin rain forests. Quite an adventure but one of the best trips I have ever taken - inspite of being stranded on the Amazon River for 11 hous ( ...

... action against mozzies/malaria or if an infestation of misc jungle creatures has taken place. If I'm brutal there isn't much to Iquitos other than its unique/peculiar location. It is near to the Amazon and the jungle. It is the largest town ...

... (plaza Armas of course) so I drank beers and people watched and ordered the tex-mex chilli with crackers. Did I say I quite like Iquitos? Well, I do.  It`s got more life and bustle in it than anywhere else I have been in Peru (I don`t count Cusco as ...

We started our jungle adventure from the city of Iquitos. This is the world's largest city (population 500,000) inaccessible by roads.  To get there you either take a five day barge on the Amazon or you fly.  It is a city with very few cars, not ...

... . I had a five day tour booked at Muyuna Lodge starting the next morning, which unlike the other lodges in the area, was situated upstream from Iquitos in the National Reserve in an area of primary rainforest, potentially offering a much better wildlife ...

... duh, 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 ...

... Mazan on the Napo River. This short cut allows the locals to cut many days' journey between their villages upstream and Iquitos. We wandered through their market and looked at the piles of illegally logged rainforest timber on the Mazan River - a ...

... . We booked an overnight Jungle Trip to a remote part of the jungle - most of the lodges were near to Iquitos resembling "Jungle Theme Parks" with swimming pools and volleyball pitches! But we wanted a more authentic ...

... Lumberyards piled high with sawdust and boards - the only remnants of disappearing Amazon trees.   As we headed further from Iquitos, small wooden canoes, working in tandem littered the river, working to lay out or reel in fish nets to drain ...

... bench seat and 2 rear wheels - like I said, a rickshaw)into town (10min drive). Apparently there are 30,000 of them in Iquitos and I wouldnt be surprised if that was true. I got dropped off at a hostel that the LP recommended and booked in as much as ...

... lodge feeling hungry and dissapointed(i  was hoping for a feast of piranha) had lunch(jungle chicken) and headed back to Iquitos and civilisation. After another dinner of Majas, which is like a tapir, and fried alligator rind ,a peaceful sleep and a ...

... and many tourists,  Lima has some pretty parks and neighbourhoods, wonderful restaurants and stunning views.  Final stop: Iquitos and the Amazon. I've dreamed of drifting down the Amazon River since I was a little kid (the Rev ...

... hotelīs aircon, we feel better! The tour was amazing - we stayed 2 nights at the Explorama lodge 80 kms down river from Iquitos.  We did lots of touring, boat trips, bird and animal watching (sloths, possums, vultures), a bit of pirahna fishing, ...