- Budget
- soles/ 12 for taxi
- s./ 15 per hour canoe rental pp (x 3 hrs s./ 180 total)
- s./ 6 for bus to lagoon pp
- s./ 5 for lagoon admission
- s./ 25 each way to manatee research (s./ 50 total)
- s./ 5 fee per person for manatee center
- s./ ?? boat road to butterfly farm (s./ 100 total) (overestimating)
- s./ 15 butterfly farm
- s./ 25 taxi to la playa
- s./ 100 per person/day for food
- s./ 500 souvenirs
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Feb 28: Iquitos
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Flight leaves Lima at 8 a.m., arrive in Iquitos at 10:30 a.m.
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Hotel
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Casa Morey
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Av. Raimondi con Av. Loreto, Plaza Ramon Castilla, Iquitos
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Telefono (51 65) 23-1913
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Celular: (51 65) 965-834761
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e-mail reservations@casamorey.com
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Getting picked up by hotel; if taxi needed instead, it should cost no more than 12 soles ($4) from the airport
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Staying at: Casa Moray
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Calle Loreto 200 – Plaza Ramón Castilla – Iquitos, Perú
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Visit the Belen Mercado (floating market)
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Go to Bellavista on the Rio Nanay, neighborhood for canoe rentals
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Rent a canoe for 15 soles ($5) per hour
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Visit Quistococha Lagoon (5 soles, $1.60)
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That’s where they breed GIAGANTIC fish called paiche and have a small zoo, a small beach and a lakeside restaurant/bar
- Buses go the the lagoon from the corner of Bermudex and Moore near Plaza 28 de Julio (cost is 6 soles, trip time is 20 min)
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- March 1: Iquitos
- Transfer to Amazonia Rainforest Lodge (would NOT recommend. They threatened me for writing a bad review)
- March 5: Iquitos
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Return to Iquitos
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March 6: Iquitos
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Explore Iquitos
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Manatee Rescue Center (have to visit in the morning)
- You can bottle feed the baby manatees!
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located “just outside” Iquitos
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“A rescue center for young Amazonian Manatees where they are feed and trained before being released back into their natural habitat. It is located in Km 4.5 on the road to Nauta. There we can observe and feed the Amazon Manatee, whose scientific name is “Trichechus Inunguis”.”
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How to get there:
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– By motorcar and the price is S/15-20 soles (Peruvian soles) one way
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– By taxi the price is around S/25 soles (Peruvian soles) one way
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Opening hours:
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Between 9:30am – 2:00pm
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Entrance fees: S/5
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Can go from Bellavista to Playa Nana (It’s nice, but don’t swim. Strong currents)
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Visit El Boulevard, which has an amphitheatre for live entertainment most nights
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Where to eat:
- Yellow Rose of Texas; Putumayo Street 180; 51-65-23-1353; (via NYT)
- Al Frio y Al Fuego: upscale floating restaurant; Avenida La Marina 18; 51-65-96560-7474 (via NYT)
More info:
- http://www.lonelyplanet.com/peru/amazon-basin/iquitos
- http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/travel/iquitos-peru-wet-and-wild.html
- http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g294315-Iquitos_Loreto_Region-Vacations.html
- http://dawnontheamazon.com/blog/2008/11/16/top-10-things-to-do-in-iquitos-peru/
- http://camirifloatinghostel.com/2-cool-things-to-do-in-iquitos/
- http://theonlyperuguide.com/2013/06/5-best-attractions-in-iquitos/
Photo Credit: Chris Abney