Iquitos lays up-river from the mouth of the Amazon, and is the capital of the department of Loreto, located in the middle of the Peruvian rainforest and is accessible only by boat or plane. Iquitos promises visitors vast virgin forest and wildlife such as caiman, monkeys and macaws which can be found beyond an 80km radius of Iquitos. Iquitos is a warm city with many activities and is the most important city of the Peruvian Amazon. Enjoy the nature and the natives that live here, while watching the sun setting behind the treetops and marvelling at the endless greenery. Iquitos has a population of approximately 367,000.

See:

• The Jungle – by a river boat and cruise down the Amazon. Enjoy the scenery and relaxation while on a cruise and you may even get the chance for a walk into the jungle and see local villages.
• Bund – where the Amazon River goes along the city side with one side you can see colonial buildings and at the other side of the big river there’s only jungle.
• Puerto Belen – is a floating village over the Amazon River and just by the city. At the market you can find some jungle magical artefacts and medicines.
• Pacaya Simiria National Reserve – is the biggest National Reserve of Peru and is the largest protected flooded forest of the world. It is set in 2,080,000 hectares with 449 tropical bird species, 102 mammals, 256 known species of freshwater fish and much more.

Experience:

• The city with its social and economic life in the Main Square, where around it you will find famous houses of the era of the rubber as Iron House. The Main Square is very near the riverside called Tarapaca and the traditional neighbourhood of Belen with its floating houses on the river.
• Municipal Museum – a small and modest museum with handmade works of the natives, ethnographic and with regional fauna.
• Sunsets in the jungle of Iquitos – unforgettable.
• The local cuisine – plenty of restaurants that offer jungle cuisine and the chance to taste some exotic dishes.

Secrets of the City:

• The direct contact with nature and the friendly, welcoming natives.
• Incredible sunsets, relaxation and endless greenery.
• The Amazon River which is one of the most impressive natural formations in the world. It holds the greatest volume of water in the world and the colour changes along the river. It also has close to 900 species of fish.