Day 2: IQUITOS / AMAZONAS SINCHICUY LODGE 4D/ 3N DWB
Breakfast
Transfer from your hotel in Lima to the airport to take your flight to Iquitos.
IQUITOS / AMAZONAS SINCHICUY LODGE 4D/ 3N DWB
Our personnel will meet and greet you at the airport.
Transfer to the river dock where you will begin the trip to our lodge.
Along the way you will briefly sightsee Iquitos, looking at the most important tourist sites of this representative Peru's orient city founded in the XIX Century.
Navigate on the greatest world river, the Amazon, aboard comfortable and safe motorboats. The trip will allow you to see a marvelous panorama in which the magnificence of the Amazon makes its way through the exuberance of the jungle, where picturesque villages with their particular color and joy appear on the shores of the river.
Arrival in the Amazonas Sinchicuy Lodge. Our lodge built in the native-style is surrounded by trees, plants and flowers, a true tropical garden where birds and butterflies are abundant.
While your expert naturalist guide explains about the lodge facilities and the activities to come, our staff will serve you with a refreshing "welcome drink" made with some exotic fruit.
ECOCULTURAL PROGRAMME
It starts with a short walk or canoe ride –according to the rain season– to a Yagua tribe community, one of the most ancient ethnic groups of the amazon rainforest. Here you will have the chance to try the "pucuna" or blowgun. Return to the lodge. Lunch.
In the afternoon you will proceed with ethno botanic tour around the lodge, you will be able to distinguish certain species of the plant kingdom. Visit to the "shaman" who will explain about the particularities of the regional flora and its applications.
Tour the Santa María del Ojeal farmlands where you will see the artisanal sugar cane squeeze. You will also visit a fishfarm to observe native ictiological species and walk around a typical village on the shores of the Amazon.
You will delight at the sight of the sunset.
Evening excursion / Amazon legends
At indicated time, evening canoe ride or walk to sense the jungle after dark. Return to the lodge. Supper.
After enjoying a delightful meal, the guide will amuse you with tales and legends from the rich Amazon myths.
Also, if you desire, our personnel will share with you a time for music and singing.
(L.S)