Peru's Peruvian Amazon
Iquitos
This gateway to the northern Amazon is also Peru’s largest and most developed jungle town. Formerly the haven for rubber barons, Iquitos offers intriguing heritage along with its unique opportunities for fantastic jungle excursions. Some of the Amazon’s best jungle lodges, many approaching their fifth decade of ecotourism, are located in Iquitos, and the flight required to arrive here quickly proves well worth the effort.
Visit the humbling Belen District, where the stilted and floating houses radiate an ambiance much more fitting for the steamy Far East, than for its Peruvian home on the banks of the Amazon River, or simply revel in the intoxicating ambiance of this jungle town before heading off to unfold the mysteries of the Amazon
