4-Day Amazon Rainforest Tour from Iquitos with Capinuri Lodge

• Connect with your tour guide at the reception of Francisco Secada Viñeta Airport or from your hotel in the city to begin the program itinerary.
• Transfer to Bellavista Nanay Port, where we will take a short tour of approximately 10 to 15 minutes. Before boarding the boat, we will learn about the gastronomy of Iquitos.
• After that, we will begin navigating the Amazon River aboard comfortable and safe typical boats. This journey will allow you to appreciate a wonderful panorama, in which the magnificence of the river makes its way through the exuberance of the jungle. Travel time is approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.
• Visit the Yaguas Native tribe, whose ancestors were discovered by Francisco de Orellana during his first exploration of the Amazon in 1541. This visit will allow you to learn about their ancestral customs, appreciate their original palm-fibre clothing, and even test your aim with the pucuna (blowpipe) that the Yaguas used for centuries for hunting.
• Upon arrival at Capinuri Lodge, receive a short explanation of the rules that govern the sustainability of the lodge. After lunch, your accommodation will be arranged according to the type of room selected. Enjoy a typical self-service lunch; if you are vegetarian, please inform in advance.
• Next, we will go to the Wildlife Rescue Center to observe and interact with some varieties of wild animals, such as sloths, monkeys, macaws, toucans, boa constrictors, and turtles. It will be an interesting way to learn to value and respect the typical wildlife of our Amazon.
• After this activity, we will go in search of the grey and pink dolphins in the Amazon River.
• Observe the beautiful sunset over the Amazon, depending on weather conditions.
• Later, after dinner, your guide will tell you when the walking excursion will begin. This outing will take you to discover the mysterious world of nocturnal insects, cicadas, spiders, mantises, snakes, and more.
• Head back to the lodge for an overnight stay.

• Observe the Amazon sunrise and enjoy birdwatching. During the early hours of the morning, it is the ideal time to observe many of the bird species that feed along the riverbanks.
• Have breakfast at the lodge. Then, your guide will tell you the exact time to begin the next excursion.
• Next, we will get ready for the artisanal fishing tour. Here, the guide will introduce us to local techniques for catching piranhas or other species, using the same materials that jungle inhabitants use for subsistence purposes.
• After lunch at the lodge, we will prepare to visit San Juan de Huashalado village in order to learn about the customs of the local inhabitants and to play and share with them.
• Later, after dinner, we will go out by canoe in search of alligators. We will catch them to learn about their life cycle and their main role in nature, and then release them.

Overnight stay at the lodge.

• Have breakfast and navigate through the Yanayacu River. Observe the Victoria Regia, the largest aquatic plant in the world.
• Walk through the primary jungle, the kingdom of giant trees, where we will observe the Lupuna and Tarzan liana, among others.
• We will learn about medicinal plants and how to make our own natural repellent with termites.
• Return to the lodge for lunch.
• In the afternoon, observe the Amazonian Victoria Regia, the largest aquatic lilac in the world. Then visit the riverside town of San Rafael to observe what the Amazon population grows, as well as its culture, traditions, and daily activities.

Dinner and overnight stay.

• Have breakfast, then tour the Amazon River and visit the private monkey preservation project, Monkey Island. Here, you will get to know five varieties of monkeys, some of them in danger of extinction.
• Continue to Pedrito farm and observe the largest freshwater fish, Victoria Regia (the lily pad, also known as the lotus flower), and caimans.
• In the afternoon, enjoy a typical self-service lunch.
• Later, return to the city of Iquitos and transfer to your hotel or the airport.

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