Excursions and Suggested Itineraries

Our programs, from 3 to 5 days, have the following activities:

• Hikes into the jungle to look for different trees, exotic flowers and medicinal plants.
  
• Night hikes to look for nocturnal animals like tarantulas, birds and others.
• Hikes into the primary jungle in search of certain species of animals such us primates, sloth and constrictor anacondas. This activity may take an entire day with the possibility of spending one night camping in the middle of the jungle.
  
• Visits to river communities.
  
• Boat rides along the many tributaries of the Amazon River.
  
• Fishing for fun especially attempting to catch Piranhas and others.
  
• Birdwatching.
  
• Swimming in the Amazon tributaries river during low levels when the beaches come out during the dry season (July – November).
  
• Boat rides into the flooded jungle areas during high water levels. (February – May).
  
• Observation of the Pink and Grey River dolphins (Ignia Geoffrensis).
  
• Observation of the beautiful and enormous water Lilly flower called Victoria Regia.
  
• Night searching for alligators.
  
• Boat ride to view and enjoy the most beautiful and spectacular sunsets.

Special Activities:

• Shamanic Tourism: The Ayahuasca Ceremony where a beverage prepared from the bark of the Ayahuasca tree is used to cause hallucinations in a person.
• Sport Fishing: Activity specialized for professional fishermen who search the coveted Tucunare (Peacock Bass).
• Birdwatching: Our birdwatching programs combine visits to the Allpahuayo Mishana National Reserve with visits to the islands of the Amazon River specially to the zone of Yanamono, one of the richest places in birds varzea species and other birds of dry land as the Chestnut-crowned Becard (Pachyramphus castaneus) a little weird bird located only in the Amazon. At the Allpahuayo Mishana Reserve 480 species of birds has been registered until now. Twelve are endemic birds of white sand forest as the Iquitos Gnatcatcher (Polioptila Clementsi).