Sailing the Amazon River has been considered an adventurous exploration since colonial times when Spanish and Portuguese embark in their ships looking for El Dorado, a fabled city of gold, which the natives wisely and repeatedly assured the conquistadors really existed.
Nowadays, at least 100,000 people live along the banks of the Amazon River, they come from native communities that had decided to move closer to bigger cities like Iquitos but also, a huge portion corresponds to National Parks like Pacaya Samiria National Reserve that is the largest protected flooded forests in the world.
In order to explore the Amazon Jungle, tourist count with two options, both starting from Iquitos, a city with a population of 360,000 inhabitants, the largest city in the world that cannot be reached by road:
- A Lodge stay.
- A cruise river expedition.
Despite of the several tour operators offering Amazon cruises in Peru, the services offered on board most of the times don’t meet the traveler’s expectations.
If you are looking for the best experience on board and during the excursions, we suggest you to choose between Aqua Expeditions (with Aqua and Aria cruises) andDelfin Amazon Cruises (with Delfin I and Delfin II).
The cruise companies will take care of you since the moment you arrive in Iquitos providing of a private dock to board the cruise.
In what excursions concerns, in the mornings and afternoons, passengers set out on motorized boats with the cruise’s naturalist guides – all local – to fish for piranhas and spot pink river-dolphins, caimans, iguanas, monkeys, bats, sloths and a bewildering variety of birds in the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve. One day they might release baby turtles back into the wild, the next they might visit a sanctuary for manatees, seal-like river mammals or they might hike through the pristine and unique flooded ecosystem, passing through a classic tropical rainforest with emergent trees and canopy trees reaching up to 55 meters in height.
Guests arrive back in time for a shower in their air-conditioned suite cabins that count with all the comfort of a five stars hotel and the best feature is that all cabins have panoramic windows allowing guest to have a prime view to the jungle and enjoy of the amazing dawns and sunsets.
Food on board is gourmet style including exotic products of the region and it’s a great opportunity for the cruise operators to show to the world typical products from the Amazon.
Wake up and be ready for a delicious breakfast while savoring a fresh juice made of an exotic fruit like Camu Camu!
Or taste an unusual chonta salad made from the heart of the palm; or better, take for lunch a dish made with a just caught river fish!
For more information about organizing a trip to the Amazon or other destinations of Peru, contact us!
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