Itinerary
- Day 1
Iquitos to Cumaceba Lodge
You'll get picked up at Iquitos Airport and take a short tour around the city before heading to the main harbor. From there, a speedboat takes you out to see the floating houses of Belen on the Itaya River. After that, you'll continue downriver to Cumaceba Lodge, which sits in an ecological reserve. Once you settle into your bungalow, there's a typical lunch, then a walk through primary forest where you can spot medicinal plants and various wildlife. By evening, you'll head out on a night jungle walk to hear the rainforest sounds and catch nocturnal insects and frogs.
- Start point
- Aeropuerto Internacional Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta (IQT), Av. Abelardo Quiñones Km. 6, San Juan Bautista, Loreto 16008, Peru (Pick Up Location for all of our passengers will be in the Iquitos Airport)
- Meals
- Lunch (Typical lunch), Dinner
Included Activities
- Airport reception and short city tour
- Speedboat visit to floating houses of Belen
- Transfer to Cumaceba Lodge by speedboat down Amazon River
- Welcome reception with typical drink
- Long walk in primary forest to see medicinal plants and wildlife
- Night jungle walk excursion to observe nocturnal animals and frogs
Landmarks Belen Floating Houses Itaya River Amazon River 
- Day 2
Cumaceba Lodge
Start early with a jungle walk through primary rainforest looking for monkeys, birds, sloths, medicinal plants, and orchids. After breakfast, you'll visit the Yagua Indians to learn about their native clothing, dialect, and traditional hunting with blowguns, plus there's a chance to pick up handcrafted items. In the afternoon after lunch, you'll tour the Amazon River and visit a small zoo with sloths, monkeys, turtles, caimans, and anacondas. If the weather cooperates, you can watch the sunset, then head out on a nocturnal canoe trip on the lake to look for caimans.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Typical lunch), Dinner
Included Activities
- Early jungle walk in primary rainforest to observe monkeys, birds, sloths, medicinal plants, and orchids
- Visit to Yagua Indians settlement to observe native clothing and dialect
- Demonstration of traditional hunting with blowgun
- Tour of Amazon River and small zoo to see sloths, monkeys, turtles, caimans, and anacondas
- Nocturnal lake excursion in canoes to observe caimans
Optional Activities
- Purchase handcrafted items from Yagua Indians
Landmarks Shansho Lake Yagua Indian Settlement - Day 3
Cumaceba Lodge to Iquitos
Start with an early canoe ride to Shansho Lake for bird watching in their natural environment. After breakfast, you'll walk a secondary trail to see riverside huts and farms, getting a sense of how local people live out here. Then you'll paddle down the Yanayacu River for canoe rides, piranha fishing and other species, and more bird watching, returning through primary jungle. Following a typical lunch, you'll transfer back to Iquitos for your next destination.
- End point
- Aeropuerto Internacional Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta (IQT), Av. Abelardo Quiñones Km. 6, San Juan Bautista, Loreto 16008, Peru (Iquitos Airport or hotel)
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Typical lunch)
Included Activities
- Early canoe ride to Shansho Lake for bird watching
- Walk on secondary trail to see riverside huts and local farms
- Canoe ride on Yanayacu River
- Piranha fishing and other Amazon fish species fishing
- Bird watching during Yanayacu River excursion
- Return through primary jungle
- Transfer from lodge to Iquitos Airport
Landmarks Shansho Lake Yanayacu River
