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.
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| Hunts on shores of the Amazon river |
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| Pacaya Samiria National Reserve |
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) and Delfin Amazon
Cruises (with Delfin I and Delfin II).
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| M/V Aqua Cruise |
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.
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| Aqua Expedition cruise passengers taking a tour on the Amazon river |
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| Aria cruise passengers taking a Kayak tour on the Amazon river |
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.
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| Cabin at Delfin Cruise |
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!
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| Camu Camu Cocktail |
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!
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| A typical dish from the Amazon: Tacacho, Cecina and Chonta salad |
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| Aqua Expedition Cruse's cheff Pedro Miguel Schiaffino caughts a paiche on the river |
For more
information about organizing a trip to the Amazon or other destinations of
Peru, contact us!
Peru Trip Advisors
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