The knock at the door comes early. ¡Buenos días! Good morning! It´s 5 am and your guide is rousing you for the dawn excursion to the nearby ccollpa de guacamayos. He doesn´t want you to miss the riotous, colorful spectacle of hundreds of macaws and parrots descending to the vertical clay lick to ingest a beakful of mineral rich earth. Roll over and go back to sleep? Blasphemy! You're in the Amazon. A stay at any of remote Iquitos or Madre de Dios lodges is not for the faint of heart. You will need to gear up for a different type of vacation experience. Relaxing and luxuriating it will not be, although some facilities are quite comfortable. Your days will be packed with activities: bird and wild life watching, boat trips, rain forest hikes, visits to indigenous communities, mountain biking, white water rafting and on. You 'll be with guidesfrom the minute you're picked up in Iquitos, Puerto Maldonado or Cusco. Most lodgeshire top notch guides who know their areas well, and you'll be forever amazed at their ability to spot that camouflaged howler monkey from a hundred paces.
Iquitos, located on the banks of the Amazon River, is the most important city in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. It is recommended to visit and spend some days in this wonderful cozy city, and some lodges to know and be in contact with the Amazon rainforest, you will have the opportunity to visit native populations, walk in the jungle guided by specialists that will show you a great variety of flora and fauna, one of the best attractions is canopy tour (a kind of rope to climb to glide and see birds and plants). Also you will have boat ride programs where you will see lots of wildlife, lodges are protected with meshes will prevent mosquitoes and insects. The suspended walks are carefully adapted to gigantic trees and are among the tallest trees in the world. care and maintenance is in charge of the Peruvian foundation, the canopy walk is built where small say where it is said there is still a lot to see.
The airport is relatively small and when leaving (and of course after going to the SSHH) you will find a number of mototaxistas or moto drivers that will offer you transfer and accommodation, do not fall as a traveler!, because for each tourist that they take to a hotel they earn a commission that you could ask for as discount, that's why we recommend you always ask them to take you to the parade ground of Iquitos, (20 minutes by motorcycle taxi) from there on foot You can search between different hostels, hotels if you have not yet booked one. Here you can think about what you really want to do?
Well if you choose the option 2, we have the best list of activities that you can do at your arrival:
The best season is during the dry season, which covers the months April to the end of September. In October the rains begin and you can enjoy the Amazon and find Machu Picchu clearly of clouds. If you travel in June, we recommend you to book the Inti Raymi 2020 Tour that takes place in June 24th, and also hike the Palcoyo Mountain Tour, which is an incredible Rainbow Mountain located in the Andes.
Many are the routes that pass through the Amazon, but none is like the Inca Trail Tours, the most famous pedestrian path in the Americas. After flying from the capital of Perú, Lima, you will arrive in Cusco to walk for four days along a path through forests and dense fog, millenary stone steps and discovering the ruins of ancient fortifications and Inca cities, and all the time enjoying majestic views.
If you want to visit Machu Picchu, we recommend you to book your Machu Picchu Ticket in advance, so you will enjoy your Vacation in Machu Picchu without any problem.
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