Experience the Amazon like few others do — on a fully private 4-day tour guided by members of a native community. Enjoy personalized jungle activities adapted to your pace and interests, with your own guide and boat driver.
Stay in a rustic lodge in private room, located across from the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve, run by the local community as part of a sustainable tourism initiative. By booking this tour, you're directly supporting Amazonian families and their conservation efforts.
Over 4 days and 3 nights, you’ll explore rivers and trails, listen to the sounds of the jungle, and spot wildlife like monkeys, exotic birds, caimans, and even pink river dolphins. This is not just a tour — it’s an authentic immersion in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon.
From your accommodation in Iquitos from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM. From the airport at your flight arrival time (between 6:00 AM and 3:00 PM).
The guide will pick you up at your accommodation in Iquitos or at the airport at 10 AM. In case your flight arrives earlier, let us know, so we can arrange earlier pick-up.
We will then head to Nauta on a two-hour tour car ride. Once we arrive there, we will embark on the boat that will take us to our lodge.
After the boat ride, we will get to the lodge, located in the Ucayali river, right in front of the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve. During the boat ride, the guide will explain all the activities that we will be able to enjoy. These are all the available activities: Piranha fishing Swim with pink dolphins, Jungle hike, Boat ride, Monkey watching, Bird watching, Night boat expedition to see caimans, Night walk to see nocturnal animals, Overnight stay in the jungle in the open air (with hammocks and mosquito nets).
As the tour is a private service, you will be able to customize it and choose the activities you want to do at each moment. In order for you to better understand the adventure you will live, we have written this 4 days itinerary, which is the most chosen by our travelers, please take it only as an example: Upon arrival at the lodge, you will be accommodated in your private room and after lunch, the adventure will start riding a boat on the Amazon, enjoying the wonderful sunset and swimming close to the famous pink dolphins. We will return to the lodge for dinner and in the evening we can participate in an expedition in search of the nocturnal animals that live in the jungle.
Jungle walk - After having breakfast and getting our strength back, we will start our second day in Iquitos with a jungle walk. You will be able to appreciate firsthand the spectacular nature of the Amazon while the guide explains everything our eyes see. Bird and monkey watching We will return to the lodge for lunch, you will have time to rest and later we will go out by boat for bird watching. We will approach an area where we will see monkeys, if we are lucky, some will even approach the boat to say hello.
Night boat expedition to see caimans - We will return to the lodge to enjoy a relaxing dinner and then we will have the chance to go out in the boats to look for caimans with our flashlights and see in the darkness of the night the reflection of their bright and lively eyes. Quite an adventure!
Piranha fishing - After breakfast at the lodge, we will leave once again with the boats to continue discovering the beautiful virgin nature of the Iquitos jungle. Today we will have ahead of us a unique activity that you can only do in the Amazon : fishing for piranhas.
Night walk to see nocturnal animals - And after the beautiful sunset, we will go out around the lodge with flashlights to discover the nocturnal animals of the jungle. Soak up every sound and experience the Amazon as we had never imagined.
Boat ride - Last day in the jungle! We will wake up early to enjoy the sounds of the jungle during the morning, which is when the animals are most active. After breakfast, we will get on the boats and go for our last boat ride. Together with the guide, we will go in search of the impressive Amazonian Victorias, the giant water lilies.
Return to Iquitos city - We will say goodbye to the community and leave the lodge at 2:00 PM. In Iquitos, we can take you to your accommodation or directly to the airport.
If you cancel at least 3 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.
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