When deciding what to do in Iquitos, Peru, you’ll have plenty of options for a solid 3 days. As the main gateway to the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest, Iquitos offers incredible jungle excursions, but the town itself has much to explore. You can try exotic foods (including worms!) or shop for a love potion at Belen…
A Belen Market food tour is an essential part of visiting Iquitos, Peru. You can book online with local guide, Marlon, and you’ll have a fantastic experience. Usually, we don’t do many local tours—we typically enjoy exploring places on our own. However, Belen Market can get a little crazy, and it’s known for pickpocketing, especially…
Pilpintuwasi is a wildlife center where you can visit rehabilitated monkeys and other animals that are difficult to spot on an Amazon jungle tour. This post contains affiliate links. How to get to Pilpintuwasi Wildlife Center It’s a quick 15-minute journey across the Amazon River to get to Padre Cocha Village, where the wildlife center…
Figuring out what to wear in the Amazon Rainforest can be quite confusing. Based on our own 6-Day Amazon tour, I’m giving you a realistic packing list to keep your luggage light. Generally, both Wilhelm and I kind of ended up changing two times per day rotating the outfits, and showering after the morning activity…
When writing about my Amazon Rainforest Tour experience, I started rambling about our Amazon canoe adventure and what happened to Wilhelm and me when our canoe left the dock in Iquitos, heading up the Amazon River… and then I stopped. My chaotic story was getting far too long to include in a blog post about…
Explore my 6-day Amazon Rainforest Tour with Amazonia Expeditions and read about all you need to plan your own adventure.
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The costumes and music during this mysterious cultural parade in Lima is so fantastic that it deserves its own blog post.