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Jungle tours and ecolodges in Iquitos
Jungle tours and ecolodges in Iquitos
There are many lodges and resorts which are carefully controlled. The facilities are adequate, with some being very well appointed. You can book in the city or pay for a full package in Lima or through a travel agent. If you buy in Iquitos, is suggested contact only companies registered in iPerú, Tourist Information and Assistance (by PromPerú, the Peruvian Tourism Board). Contact the company offices directly (in their offices, by phone or email) and avoid intermediaries, especially taxi and mototaxi drivers, freelance guides and all the insistent people (remember, they are not your friends, actually they are touts working for the most informal companies).
Be aware of "guides" who solicit on the street. They offer their work for a very cheap fee but they do not have any guarantee. They are not official guides in Iquitos. They will show you an ID of the company they "work" for to gain your confidence. Most of them are scammers.
Amazon Explorer, 257 Loreto street, corner with Fitzcarrald street (three blocks -around 300 meters or 0.18 miles- from Plaza de Armas/Main Square), ☎ (+51) 965-828888 and (+51 65) 24-2816 ( ), . 24-hours by phone. Operating from 2004, offers expeditions to the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve (a RAMSAR site and the largest National Park within the floodable Amazon basin in South America, with twice the area of the Yellowstone National Park in the USA), expeditions to remote indigenous tribes (matses or mayoruna, shuar, urarinas and so on), scientific expeditions, trips for students, jungle survival courses or trips, and tailor-made high-risk expeditions to unexplored areas in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. Amazon Explorer is based in Iquitos (river Amazon), is legally registered and licensed in the Peruvian tourism authorities. Amazon Explorer supports to the local villages, and helps to rescue endangered fauna (specially birds of prey). For expeditions to remote indigenous lands (these trips requires as minimum 12 days), it is advisable to contact at least two weeks in advance. From US$80.00 per person per day. �
Jangala Retreat Center, (on the banks of the Amazon), . Features five secluded bungalows and a picturesque yoga pavilion set on the banks of the Amazon River. Offers yoga techniques, massage therapies, reflexology, spa treatments, and activities that release tension from the body, mind and spirit. �
Otorongo Expeditions, ☎ +51 065 224192 ( ), . For personalized itineraries and full flexibility for all rainforest activities- non touristy �
Maniti Camp Expeditions (Amazon Jungle Tours - Iquitos, Peru), Av. La Marina KM 4.5 Pje 5 De Julio #11, Punchana, Iquitos, Perú, ☎ (+51) 1-705-8903, . Maniti Camp Expeditions features secluded bungalows set on the banks of the Yarapa river. �
Tapiche Ohara's Reserve ([email protected]), http://www.greentrack-travel.com (Depart from Iquitos, Nauta, or Requena), ☎ +51 065 600805, +51 986 039061, . The 1,540 hectare Reserve is situated 340 km up river from Iquitos on the Tapiche River. This area of the Amazon rain forest is seldom traveled by humans and offers an enormous storehouse of pristine biodiversity. As of June 2011, the Reserve is open for visitors. �
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