Iquitos sits in the jungle of northern Peru and is the largest city on Earth unconnected to any other by road. This means that to access the city, the majority of visitors arrive at the small Iquitos airport ready to begin their tour of the Amazon Rainforest. There are some great Iquitos Amazon lodges to […]

The Amazon Rainforest is a fantastic place to visit for nature, adventure, and even relaxation. If you visit some of the top luxury Amazon lodges, you can combine all these with a very comfortable experience and high quality service. As a perfect accompaniment to some of the most beautiful areas of the South American rainforest, […]

Iquitos is a fantastic city to visit in northern Peru. This is Peru’s gateway to the Amazon Rainforest near the famous Amazon River. As this is often a favored entry point for the Peruvian Amazon, we have written this Iquitos Travel Guide to help first-time visitors have the best experience. The first thing to note […]

Given its vast size and often mysterious nature among first-time visitors, we’ve made an Amazon Rainforest travel guide to go over the best areas to visit. We will cover the best adventure tours, nature tours, luxury tours, short tours of 2 or more days, and budget friendly options. Jump straight to our selection of the […]

Peru contains one of the best sections of Amazon Rainforest for visitors. The area has the most clay licks and some of the most beautiful oxbow lakes in Amazonia. Not to mention, this section of the Amazon Rainforest has been reported to contain the most animals and plants. As the Peruvian Amazon is home to […]

The Delfin I & Delfin II are two luxury cruises that voyage deep into the Amazon Rainforest of the fantastic Pacaya Samiria National Reserve. This is Peru’s largest national reserve, which is accessed from the rainforest gateway town of Iquitos. As these are both similar luxury cruises, do you choose the Delfin I or the […]

The largest city unconnected to any other by road, Iquitos is Peru’s gateway to the northern Amazon Rainforest by the Amazon River. As a port city of the Amazon, Iquitos was a very important trade route for the country. The city is also now significant as the base for tourists looking to experience the Amazon […]

Peru is a fantastic choice for a luxury Amazon cruise and there are a few different choices available. The luxury Amazon cruises in Peru depart from Iquitos in the northern Amazon Rainforest. This is a port city of the Amazon River and is just a short flight north from Lima, the country’s capital. From Iquitos, […]

Iquitos makes a fantastic base to explore the Amazon Rainforest on tours of 4 days and over, as despite giving access to a few different protected areas, the wildlife-rich areas where the rainforest is at its most untouched is a few hours from the city itself. As a port city of the Amazon River, if […]

Accounting for around 13% of the entire Amazon, the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest runs down the western side of Peru cradled by the Andean Mountains as the jungle’s spine. These mountains themselves rocket up biodiversity estimates for the forest and their slopes are home to the incredible bird-rich Cloud Forests. It’s these mountains and other factors […]