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  AQUA - LUXURY CRUISE - IQUITOS 8 days / 7 nights
From $ 4900.00 - S/. 13965.00
 
   
 

PROGRAM INCLUDES ALL MENTIONED ON  ITINERARY + AIRTICKET LIMA - IQUITOS - LIMA  (NOT INCLUDED IN PRICE GIVEN) DEPENDING ON DATE TO TRAVEL


Itinerary

Day 1: Saturday

IQUITOS / RIO AMAZONAS

5:00 p.m. Arrival

The guides are waiting for you, while his flight from Lima, swept by the skies, landing at the International Airport of Iquitos.
After having collected their baggage, will board a bus with air conditioning to be transferred to the main dock of Iquitos, where our ship, the AQUA, remains anchored, waiting for his arrival.
While installing in his spacious room, the boat will begin the trip across the Rio Yanayacu, deep in the Amazon. Within the next few days, you will also sail along the two largest tributaries of the Amazon River, the Ucayali and Maranon, as well as the mighty Amazon itself. You will embark on a spectacular adventure, to a place visited only by some of the most experienced
Passengers of the world.

8:00 PM Guidance on Security on board
Before dinner, we will meet on the upper deck to report on the safety board. Then, the Director of Cruise and naturalist guides will give you a brief orientation talk about life on board, on the places you go and what we will see during her trip through the Amazon.

8:30 PM Welcome Dinner.
Peruvian cuisine is considered one of the best in the world. This is presented here with a touch of European maridando dishes with a fine selection of South American wines. While enjoying these delicacies, watch the river and surrounding area through our panoramic windows. Before retiring to rest, we encourage you to enjoy a cocktail on the upper deck under the stars.

Day 2: Sunday

Amazon / YANAYACU / LAKE CURRENT / RIO YARAPA

6:30 a.m. Breakfast
Wake up early and enjoy the beautiful view of the sunrise. Enjoy our delicious breakfast daily, which presents a wide variety of dishes, plus Peruvian specialties and fresh fruit juices.

8:00 a.m. Exploration by the Rio Yanayacu
This morning will address a comfortable boat to start our first adventure through the dark waters of the river - the Yanayacu. Life jackets, ponchos, rubber boots, and fresh water are always available in our boats. As we sail, we see some fishermen paddling their canoes and we will have the opportunity to view a wide variety of wildlife, including swallows, tropical songbirds, blackbirds, black-necked hawks, monkeys and sloths. The guides also provide large amount of
Details of the wildlife along the river while traveling through the banks of the same.
Upon our arrival at the lake Corrientes, you'll have a chance to catch the sharp teeth of fierce piranha, highly valued as food among the residents of the area.

Around noon, we'll begin our journey back.

1100 Return to AQUA

Refreshing towels waiting for you, while he moves back aboard the AQUA. As the boat continued its trip down the Amazon River, you will have time off to rest or take a nap before lunch.

1:00 p.m. Lunch
Enjoy a light lunch in our dining room with air conditioning.

4:00 p.m. Exploration by the Rio Yarapa and Night Tour

After the nap, will board the boats again to explore the narrow River Yarapa.

Here in the heart of the Amazon jungle, you will appreciate squirrel monkeys, herons, wading birds and an unusual type of bird that emits encrestada sounds funny.
As the sun set, you can hear the rich and varied sounds of the creatures day marking his territory. As soon as completely dark, we will go in search of wild night hawks, frogs, marsupials, tarantulas and alligators, which are easily visible along this part of the river.

7:30 PM Return to AQUA

8:00 PM Dinner

Day 3: Monday

RIO MARAÑON / RESERVE NATIONAL Pacaya Samiria (Nauta Cano and YANAYACU - PUCATE)

6:30 a.m. Breakfast

Today, you can choose between two options:

Option 1: A full day excursion, with a lunch - picnic at the Ranger Station No. 2

7:30 a.m. A full day excursion to the Ranger Station No. 2
Travel by boat from the stream of Yanayacu Chingana toward the remote, a small stream where the giant river otter usually nest. These beautiful animals were slaughtered in large numbers for their skins and now are in danger of extinction. On this trip, you can also appreciate howler monkeys and capuchin, monkeys - squirrel, pink river dolphins and gray and a variety of birds.

So take a deep within the jungle, where you can find wildlife and learn first hand about the importance of the medicinal value of plants jungle. We'll show you the famous tree Ceiba, the highest in the Amazon basin. Enjoy a generous picnic lunch at the Ranger Station No. 2, before beginning the journey back to our boat.

4:00 p.m. Arrival at AQUA

Option 2: Guided Hiking through the jungle / Siesta / Expedition to observe monkeys and dolphins

8:30 a.m. Guided walk to the jungle in the Ranger Station No. 1
This morning, the warden of the park you will about sustainable development projects in the Amazon. You will visit one of the projects, where villagers are planting palm trees for oil. The rangers also will show you created artificial nests in the sand to protect turtle eggs.

1100 Return to AQUA

12:30 p.m. Lunch, followed by a nap

4:00 p.m. Expedition to observe monkeys and dolphins

In this issue you will appreciate the two different types of freshwater dolphins - including the rare pink dolphins found in the Amazon River. In addition you may appreciate a wide variety of primates - among the 13 species of monkeys resident of the national park: aulladores and squirrel monkeys, apes and monkeys, pygmy marmosets. Note to lizards and keep your binoculars ready as you will see over 200 species of birds.

6:00 PM Return to AQUA

7:30 PM Dinner

8:30 PM Additional excursion Night
Tonight board the boats in search of alligators, boas, tarantulas and toads. After this adventure night, the AQUA start navigating downstream on the Rio Maranon, to the tributaries of the Amazon.

Day 4: Tuesday

BIRTH OF AMAZONAS / POBLADO MIGUEL DE PUERTO / RIO MARAYALI

5:30 a.m. Birth of the Amazon

This morning, AQUA cross the boundaries of the vast reserve of Pacaya Samiria, a dense vegetation covering five million acres in the tributaries of the Amazon basin. Get up early and be ready in his boat at 5:30 am to see one of the greatest performances in the southern hemisphere: the sunrise on the birth of the Amazon River.

Here in the union of the two largest tributaries, the Ucayali and Maranon, it forms the most impressive waterfall in the world - nature at its maximum splendor. His trip will be accompanied by abundant morning sounds of birds, while you walk in our boats, crossing the river banks populated by swallows long beak, laughing falcons, exotic short-tailed parrots and dozens of other birds.

7:30 a.m. Breakfast

8:30 a.m. Puerto Miguel Villa

Travel by boat to Puerto Miguel native village, where they can meet and interact with local residents of this remote part of the world and learn more about their culture, traditions and folklore. You will also have the opportunity to exchange goods for local handicrafts.

1100 Return to AQUA

12:30 p.m. Lunch

4:00 p.m. Night Watch excursion to Victoria Regia

Entry afternoon, we travel in boats to a small connector channel between the Maranon and Ucayali rivers, where you will have the opportunity to see the biggest aquatic plant in the world, the giant water lily or "Victoria Regia". You will be among the privileged few who will have the opportunity to see these plants bloom at night. On our return trip to AQUA, you also can see alligators, frogs, fish - bat, among other nocturnal animals.

7.00 p.m. Return to AQUA

8:30 p.m. Dinner

Meet new travelers, who take the route of four nights, and enjoy your dinner while we began our journey through the Ucayali River.


Day 5: Wednesday

RIOS Ucayali / YANALLPA / DORADO / RESERVE NATIONAL Pacaya Samiria

7:00 a.m. Breakfast

8:00 a.m. Issuance by the river Yanallpa

This morning board the boats to explore this fascinating torrent of dark water, part of the vast drainage of the Amazon rain forest. Their guides will talk about while we explore the jungle, what scientists call the "gallery of the jungle" because of its dense vegetation, creating a tunnel of leaves. While fleet by this tunnel, one can easily observe parrots, macaws, monkeys and furry friars Amazon
very close to the boats.

10:30 a.m. Return to AQUA

12:30 p.m. Lunch

4:00 p.m. Exploration of Rio and Dorado Night Tour

This afternoon we make a magical journey through "The Jungle of Mirrors", seeing huge trees reflected on the dark river, while appearing watch dozens Delightful of parrots, macaws and a variety of primates to enjoy nature without immutable before our presence. While we make the journey back to our ship, will also have the opportunity to see alligators, frogs and bats fishermen.

7:30 PM Return to AQUA

8:00 PM Dinner

Day 6: Thursday

RIO PUINAHUA / LAKE HATUM POSA / RIO Pacaya

6:00 a.m. Expedition to Lake Hatum Posa

This morning we rise early to cross this beautiful and intricate horseshoe-shaped lake. While we travel along its banks, will be left pleasantly surprised by the variety of monkeys and birds, including swallows, Tropic of cormorants, herons, hawks and our favorite, with some birds Amazon crest that emit sounds funny and sharp. Also we will go to the boats to other lakes in dark waters, coupled with this large lake in the vast Amazon hydrography.

8:00 a.m. Breakfast

9:00 a.m. Walk through the jungle near the town Hatum Posa.
On this hike, the guides will introduce you to native villages, where they can appreciate the people carrying out their daily work and teach them how they learned to cultivate wild plants and trees to generate their income. Within the jungle primary, the guides also teach them the valuable contribution of fruit trees and medicinal plants that are hidden in the jungle.

1100 Return to AQUA

12:30 p.m. Lunch

4:00 p.m. Exploration at Rio Pacaya Night Journey and the Additional Guard Station from 1 to N th Lake Yanayacu
At the end of the afternoon, we will take our boats and sail along the river from the Pacaya Ranger Station No. 1 until Yanayacu Lake, where you will appreciate the abundant wildlife that is hidden deep in the jungle. We have chosen this time of day to observe the activity of wild animals at sunset, including monkeys friars, a Capuchin monkeys and howler monkeys. When the sun falls, listen to the acute and fierce sounds warning issued by the howler monkeys, marking their territory. Into the night, you hear the second symphony of the Amazon rain forest, where other nocturnal animals give their strident appeals through the treetops. AQUA stream it back to the nocturnal creatures, including, perhaps, large alligators.

7:30 PM Return to AQUA

8:00 PM Dinner

Day 7: Friday

RIOS PUINAHUA / Pacaya and CAROCURAHUAYTE LAKE

6:30 a.m. Exploration of the Pacaya and breakfast aboard the boats
Again on the river, when the sun rise, you may appreciate a treasure of wildlife, including parrots, macaws, toucans and a variety of monkeys - as well as some species that we never have seen before. Enjoy a light breakfast on board, consisting of sandwiches and fresh juice. We will make a stop near a place of power where you Dolphins can appreciate a show while you enjoy its unique snack.

1100 Return to AQUA

From this point, we will start sailing downstream, toward Iquitos.

12:30 p.m. Lunch

3:30 PM Lake Carocurahuayte / Fishing Trip

This afternoon we travel to this splendid lake Carocurahuayte, where you can catch some of the more than 3,000 varieties of tropical fish that live in the Amazon basin. Our special focus will be put into piranhas, those small carnivorous fish with a reputation for being frightening.

6:30 p.m. Return to AQUA

Once back on board, the boat will continue its journey downstream, navigating to Iquitos during the
night.
8:00 p.m. Farewell dinner
Leaving the peace and beauty of the jungle behind, we can watch our final dinner, sharing stories about the wonderful experiences shared in the river.

9:00 PM Presentation of the Crew After dinner, the guides will present some of the crew members that you have not known yet who have been assigned to work "after racks" that have helped create an unforgettable journey filled with countless experiences.

Day 8: Saturday

ARRIVAL IN IQUITOS / RECORD OUTPUT AND LANDED IN THE SPRING HOME / WALK TO THE CITY / AIRPORT TRANSFER

7:30 a.m. Breakfast

8:30 a.m. Last boat ride (optional)
For those who wish to spend some last moments in the Amazon, your guides will lead in the boats
to take some last photographs of the special flora and fauna they have seen along the river.

10:00 AM Return to AQUA

Unfortunately, it's time to pack. Please, before lunch, leave your luggage to your room ready to be picked.

12:00 p.m. Light lunch

12:40 p.m. Landing / Walk around the City / Transfer to the Airport

This afternoon, we will take walk in Iquitos, glorious city in the days of the rubber boom. Later, we will make a stop in the Amazonian Indian Market in San Juan, where, if you wish, you can buy some local handicrafts before leaving.

4:00 p.m. Register at the International Airport of Iquitos

The guides will help with registration at the airport and will stay with you until you've addressed his flight back to Lima.

5:30 p.m. Leave for Lima.
Note: All itineraries are subject to change because of weather conditions and other aspects not predictable.
All times listed are approximate and are also subject to change.






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