Delfin 400
Experience the heart of the Amazon Rain Forest
with lust, class and comfort
Iquitos – Pacaya Samiria National Reserve – Iquitos
4 days / 3 nights
(Rates expressed in US$)

Day 1 (Friday) Arrival to Iquitos (breakfast – lunch – dinner) 05:00 pm. Arrival to Iquitos City Soon after you arrive at Francisco Secada Viñeta, Iquitos International Airport, we will be hosting you and take you by bus to our private embarkation port in the city, then in our traditional wooden canoe boats to “Islacocha” our floating VIP lounge and Embarkation Port only 5 minutes away from Iquitos through the shallow water of the Itaya River. Once on Islacocha, you will be hosted and checked-in by our friendly and local staff, while enjoying our comfortable lounge. With a cool and exotic drink in your hands, enjoy your first encounter with the true Amazonian Wilderness, while you catch sight of the “Delfín”, our casual style but luxurious, classy and comfortable river vessel, waiting to take you to the rainforest experience of your life Once your check-in process is completed, you will board the “DELFIN”, where you will be personally assisted by our experienced crew. You will be set in an all wooden handmade first class cabin, furnished with comfortable orthopedic mattresses, all prime high quality pure natural cotton fibers sheets, 100% latex pillow, cotton bathrobes, silent A/C split system units at your own set-up temperature and private bathroom of fine wooden furnishings and hot shower heads Spanish type. It will become clear that you are traveling where few have gone before. In fact, you will become one of only a handful of seasoned world traveler who has ever visited the remote Pacaya Samiria Reserve, five million acre reserve, really a flooded forest, roughly the size of a Central American country. A world of flora and fauna will meet you in this wonderful experience. 07:00 pm. Happy Hour Just before dust, while the DELFIN starts its journey into the rainforest, cruising up the Amazon River, you will enjoy a breath taking Amazonian Sunset view from the comfort of our third deck (Top Observation Deck) while our experienced barman and staff provide you with a wide variety of drinks and cocktails including the finest and most famous Peruvian traditional cocktail called “PiscoSour”, made out of Pisco, a genuinely Peruvian grape- based liquor made from more than 5 different kinds of grapes grown on the south pacific coastal valleys of Perú. Fine regional cigars will also be available. 08:00 pm. Dinner We will calm your first night appetite, serving dinner at our cozy dining room located at the backside of the second deck of the ship. Mainly due to its wide cultural diversity, Peruvian cuisine is considered as one of the best cuisines in the world, making of Peru one of the most attractive culinary destinations. This is why, we at the DELFIN, besides taking you to your first rainforest adventure, you will also have a unique culinary experience, enjoying the best of the Amazonian Peruvian cuisine, with dishes cooked in different styles and seasoned with the widest variety of herbs and spices, as well as exotic fruits, rich in color and taste, all delicately prepared on board by our highly qualified Chef and kitchen staff who will spoil you during your whole journey. For those who are on a diet or are allergic to certain ingredients, the kitchen will also consider a specially prepares alternative menu, always in the same gourmet style. 09:30 pm. Briefing and relax time At the third Deck (top observation deck), with the use of charts and short videos displayed on our flat LCD screen, our guides, will conduct a brief orientation, outlining details of your journey, including references of the itinerary, places you will visit, animal wildlife as well as of the historical and geographical background of the Amazon Basin. Finally, under the beauty of an Amazonian night, filled with hundreds of stars or perhaps a full moon, the sweet gentle breeze of the rainforest, our multitalented staff would briefly entertain the rest of the evening with a little live music, while you enjoy a cool after meal drink and a fine Amazonian cigar. Day 2 (Saturday) TamishiYacu Creek and Tahuayo River (b – l – d) 07:00 am. Breakfast – Buffet In your first morning with us, our experience kitchen staffs will indulge you with a really Amazonian breakfast. The aroma of coffee and a hot breakfast fill the air…You will be introduced to the wonderful and exotic fruits these region offer, but also different natural juices, very flavourish meats, omelet’s, pancaques, cereal, yogurts, different kind of breads. 08:00 am. TamishiYacu Creek Expedition It´s time to start the day exploring the very heart of the world, this will be our first introduction into the wilderness of the rainforest, and we will board our two well equipped and comfortable excursion skiffs, and take you to this first adventure. This small tributary of the Amazon is a “black river water” river, while we explore this creek our guides will be pointing you all the great variety of wildlife around, variety of birds, the best time of seeing them is when they are more active and singing frequently, during early morning or late afternoon, such as terns, Oreos, blackbirds, black collared hawk, king fisher´s, who leaves in open vegetation along large rivers, lakes and mangroves. Share this lush environment with us. We will get to a beautiful lagoon were chances of bird spotting are very good. Life preservers, ponchos and rubber boots will be available for you when boarding, every time we will go out in an excursion. 10:30 am. Back to the vessel We will continue cruising upstream the Amazon River, sit out on the observation deck to watch the jungle pass in slow motion while having a cool and refreshing juice. 12:30 pm. Lunch Our young and innovative chef will surprise your sophisticated palates, while introducing you to the pleasures of Peru´s haute cuisine. This unique culinary gourmet menu have been designed specially to please you, the menu will feature glorious fresh fish and other local delicacies, all prepared with an Amazonian flair. 04:00 pm. Tahuayo River expedition We will board our two skiff and take you to the black waters of the Tahuayo River, as we cruise this river, exploring its rich wilderness habitat, we will occasionally see alone the shoreline, small native villages, these are human outpost of the upper Amazon rainforest, we may visit one of them to learn more about the native inhabitant´s wisdom and spirituality to complete our rainforest experience. Dusk are ideal times for nature observation, so while cruising and the night introduce us to its musical jungle sounds, our guides will get ready for night sighting, common potoos, nightjars, fishing bats, frogs and other nocturnal wild life will be the main target. You never know what the jungle will let you enjoy this night. 07:00 pm. Back to the vessel We will continue our navigation to our next destination. 07:30 pm. Happy Hour At our bar, on the third deck, our skilled barman will be waiting for you, to quencher your thirst with all different kind of cool soft and/or mixed drinks. You must dare to try the exotic local drinks that he will tell you about. 08:00 pm. Dinner We will calm your appetite, serving dinner at our cozy dining room; there you will continue enjoying our special food service and unique recipes accompanied by extraordinary South American wines choices, our waiters will be more than pleased to help you in your personal choice. 09:30 pm. Lazy time at our third Deck Tonight far from civilization, the stargazing opportunities are unique. While enjoying the sweet breeze of the Amazonian night, a superb ”Pisco” shot in your hands, the wonderful symphony of the jungle, you can see stars of the northern and southern constellation. Fine cigars are also available. Day 3 (Sunday) YanaYacu River – Amazon Birth – Dolphin sightseeing (Breakfast – lunch – dinner) 07:00 am. Breakfast – Buffet You will get used to our wonderful breakfast festival, with all natural juices and really exotic fresh food that our kitchen personnel will point you, we are sure that you have never tasted some of them. 08:00 pm. YanaYacu River Excursion – Piranha fishing This morning we will be cruising in our comfortable skiffs to go exploring along the YanaYacu River, you should expect to encounter wild Amazonian fauna such as tanagers, parrots, egrets, the unusual horned screamers who leaves in the marshes and adjacent tree-tops often in pairs making a deep throaty far-caring gulping sound, wattled jacanas who loves the grassy edges and lily pads of fresh water swamps, herons, hummingbirds. Brown throated three toe sloths are one of the species that loves this surrounding forest, restricted to moist lowlands forests or moist riverine forest in the drier areas. Most easily seen in open Cecropia trees along this river, a docile a non aggressive specie active during the day. We will search for squirrel monkeys, whose combination of black snout and white face and ears are unique, they are active during the day in large noisy troops. We will get to beautiful lagoons where we will have our first fishing activity, Amazonian typical fishing rods, plenty of bait, will help us to get our main target, Piranhas, these small carnivorous fish have fearsome reputation, but locals considered them a good source of food. There will be also a beautiful spot for bathing, so please bring along your bathing suit if you feel hot and dare to have this extraordinary experience. 11:00 am. Return to vessel We will continue our upstream navigation towards the formation of the Amazon River. 12:30 pm. Lunch To continue with your unique adventure, our creative chef will continue amaze you with the innovative creations he has designed for you. While explaining every detail of the local food you will learn more and more about life in this pristine and unique area. 05:00 pm. Formation of the Amazon and Dolphin Sighting and Sunset We will be in the formation of the Amazon River; you will be able to see the two powerful tributaries of the Amazon, the Ucayali and the Marañon River. In this spot, and on board of our two skiffs, we will search for the most elusive and exotic fresh water pink river dolphin, medium sized, long snout and little or no dorsal fin you will see that they are really pink, they love this place, because is one of their favorite feeding spot . You will be able to see both kinds of dolphin in the Amazon basin, the gray dolphins, very much alike the sea ones, but smaller, with a distinctive triangular dorsal fin, will join us too, and while trying to take a picture of them you will enjoy their playful jumps. while all these goes around, we will let you experience one of the most spectacular sunset in your life, with a exotic drink in your hands you will be amazed by the beautiful colors of this important place, with dolphins dancing around you, we will wait until the stars begin to shine, and the darkness of the night will embrace us and all the music of its wild nocturnal life comes alive. 07:00 pm. Return to vessel We will continue to our next destination. 07:30 pm. Happy Hour You know who will be waiting for you, yes….our barman who wants to continue indulge you with the flavors of the jungle. 08:00 pm. Dinner We will continue to surprise you with the variety of our menu. Wonderful wines are there also for you. Day 4 (Monday) Yarapa River – Puerto Miguel Village – MaraYali Creek (Breakfast – lunch – dinner) 07:00 am. Breakfast – Buffet The smell of fresh ground toasted coffee will be the wakeup call this morning and as usual you will continue enjoying all the different types of local fresh fruit for a good and happy morning start. 08:00 am. Yarapa River Exploration and Puerto Miguel Village Visit On board of our skiffs we will stop at Puerto Miguel Native Village to let you have you’re first hand experience of interaction with local villagers from this remote part of the world. You will have the chance to acknowledge their culture, tradition and folklore. Here it will be possible to visit one of the villager’s houses, so you will be able to actually see how they live and the simplicity of their lifestyle, it will be possible also to purchase some of the local handcrafted work they manufacture for self – subsistence. Right after this village visit, we will start exploring this narrow river to let you experience the abundant and spectacular deep rainforest wilderness including squirrel and capuchin monkeys, herons, egrets. You will have the chance to see green iguanas with prominent head crest and throat fan, extremely long, mostly arboreal and just laying still on a tree branch. We will get to a beautiful lagoon called “Uvos” a very special fruit that grows wild in the shores of this lagoon; you will be surprised also because of the presence of lots of pink dolphins that loves to go there in search of food source. The primeval forest also boasts abundant flora including a variety of epiphytes as bromeliads’, orchids, untold species of plants and unique trees. Monkeys love these surroundings. 11:00 am. Back to the vessel Continue our sailing downstream to the formation of the Amazon River, at this time you have to gather all your belongings and get all your bags packed. This is time also to make your check out. 12:30 pm. Lunch This will be your last lunch with us, so our chef will treat you to a real feast of flavors and colors, having designed a sophisticated menu featuring the best of the Amazon haute cuisine for you. We hope that the gastronomic experience has been what you expected. 01:30 pm. Disembarking at Nauta City At this time we will board our skiffs towards the city of Nauta, were a bus will be waiting for you to take you back to the city of Iquitos. 02:00 pm. Arriving at Nauta Port Our ground staff will be waiting for you at this point, the bus will be ready and you will start your way back toward Iquitos, a 92 km trip that will take you 1 hour and a half by a very nice road in non flooded areas. 03:30 pm. Arriving at Iquitos Airport Our personnel will help you do your check in. Just after that they will say goodbye to you. 05:30 pm. Flight departs back to Lima Behold The weather in Iquitos is warm and humid with average annual maximum temperature of 33°C (95°F) and minimum of 21°C (70°C) The dry season from May to November The wet season from December to April These feature particular differences in the plant and animal life as well as in the climate. All activities are subject to change due to weather conditions and time of year. River and tributaries level may vary and thus navigation times and excursions may need to be modified at the captain´s discretion. Bring comfortable soft sole shoes, light weight pants and long sleeved tops, hat, sun glasses, lightweight rain gear, sunscreen, mosquito repellant, BINOCULARS, camera and spare batteries. Don´t forget to include some items that you can give away to the locals. (T-shirts, pens and paper are especially prized) Tipping is expected by the crew and the guides, envelopes will be provided at your cabin. Short Version and brief Activities References 4days / 3 night’s program Day 1 (Friday) d 05:30 pm. Arrival to Iquitos and transfer to Embarkation Port 06:30 pm. Arrival to Islacocha and check in 07:00 pm. boarding the vessel 07:35 pm. Happy Hour & orientation 08:00 pm. Dinner 09:30 pm. Briefing Day 2 (Saturday) b- l-d 07:00 am. Breakfast – Buffet 08:00 am. TamishiYacu Creek excursion 10:30 am. Back to the vessel and continue navigation 12:30 pm. Lunch 04:00 pm. Tahuayo River excursion 07:00 pm. Back to the vessel and continue navigation 07:35 pm. Happy hour 08:00 pm. Dinner 09:30 pm. Relaxation Day 3 (Sunday) b – l – d 07:00 am. Breakfast – Buffet 08:00 am. YanaYacu River excursion and piranha fishing 11:00 am. Back to vessel and continue navigation 12:30 pm. Lunch 05:00 pm. Dolphins sighting, sunset and stargazing 07:00 pm. Back to the vessel and continue navigating 07:35 pm. Happy hour 08:00 pm. Dinner Day 4 (Monday) b – l 07:00 am. Breakfast – Buffet 08:00 am. Puerto Miguel Village Visit and Yarapa river excursion 11:00 am. Back to the vessel and continue navigation, time to do your check out 12:30 pm. Lunch 01:30 pm. Disembarking at Nauta Port 02:00 pm. Arriving to Nauta 03:30 pm. Arriving to Airport 05:30 pm. Flight departs to Lima City.

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Rates expressed in US$.
Reservation and payment policy: 120 days prior to departure, a 50% non-refundable deposit is required; if deposit is not made the reservation will be released and 60 days prior to departure, deposit of 50% of the balance is required; if deposit is not made the reservation will be released.