Amazon Iquitos
EXPLORAMA LODGE CON EXPLORNAPO
04 Days / 03 Nigths
code IQT.04
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Day 01
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IQUITOS -
EXPLORAMA LODGE |
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Reception at the airport, brief city
orientation and transfer to the Explorama dock. Fifty mile journey down the
Amazon River to Yanamono Stream where Explorama Lodge is located. Afternoon
hike along the "Lake Trail" through lowland rainforest which is seasonally
flooded. During the high water season, this excursion is done by open boat!
After dinner, there is a chance to visit the Lodge's "Bar Tahuampa" where
local musicians often play guitar and flute music or guides will also be
pleased to have you invite them to relate some of the many legends of the
Amazon rainforest
Includes :
Lunch,
Dinner
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Day 02 |
EXPLORNAPO |
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After breakfast, a boat ride down the Amazon and up the Napo River to
the 250,000 acre Amazon Rainforest Reserve and ExplorNapo. Afternoon
visit to the ReNuPeRu Ethnobotanical Garden located next to ExplorNapo
and tended by a local shaman. This garden is used to show visitors
rainforest plants used in modern medicine as well as examples of
native plant remedies which science may utilize in the future. Evening
excursion by open boat along the Sucusari Stream in search of caiman
and to enjoy the night sounds and stars of the Southern sky.
Includes :Breakfast,
Lunch, Dinner
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Day 03 |
EXPLORNAPO
LODGE |
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Morning hike to the Canopy Walkway, a suspended bridge spanning 500 meters
(one-third of a mile), connected by tree platforms and reaching a height
of over 35 meters (115 feet) above the ground. Here you observe a "bird's
eye view" of part of the rainforest rarely seen by man but accessible
without any type of climbing skill or equipment. Afternoon boating
excursion along one of the many Napo tributaries spotting along the way
for birds and sloth. A stop is included for a try at river fishing with
cane poles or a chance to swim.
Includes :
Breakfast, Lunch,
Dinner
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Día 04 |
EXPLORNAPO-
IQUITOS |
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Morning
excursion to a black water oxbow lake formed when water from the Napo River
became separated from the main flow of the river. These lakes are often
covered with giant Victoria Regia water lilies and sometimes offer a glimpse
of the elusive Hoatzin bird. Afternoon boat trip back to Iquitos passing the
town of Francisco de Orellana, where a statue is erected to the intrepid
explorer who became the first European to see the Amazon River in 1542.
Transfer to the airport for departure.
IIncludes: Lunch y
Breakfast
(if
departure flight permits)
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