| 03
Days / 02 Nights |
| Day
01 - IQUITOS - EXPLORAMA LODGE
Reception at the airport, brief city orientation and transfer
to the Explorama dock. Fifty mile journey down the Amazon River
to Yanamono Stream where Explorama Lodge is located. Afternoon
hike along the "Lake Trail" through lowland rainforest
which is seasonally flooded. During the high water season, this
excursion is done by open boat! Night walk or open boat ride to
enjoy the sounds of the rainforest and stars of the Southern sky.
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| Lunch,
Dinner |
Overnight
Explorama Lodge |
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Day 02 - EXPLORAMA LODGE
Morning walk along the "Bushmaster Trail", where
scientific studies by the Missouri Botanical Gardens have found
one of the world's highest biodiversity of trees per square hectare.
Your guide will point out many plants used in medicine today and
many that we may use in the future. Afternoon open boat trip along
the Amazon in search of either of the two species of freshwater
dolphin found in the river and a chance for an afternoon swim.
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| Breakfast,
Lunch, Dinner |
Overnight
Explorama Lodge |
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Day 03 - EXPLORAMA LODGE - IQUITOS
Morning walk along a local river trail with stops along the way
to visit the "ribereños" or river people, visit
a river school, see the local sugar cane rum "factory"or
visit our resident American medical doctor in her clinic sponsored
by the Rotary Club. Transfer back to Iquitos for your departure
flight to Lima. |
| Breakfast,
Lunch (if departure flight permits) |
Due to the everchanging nature of the rainforest,
day-by-day activities are subject to change due to weather, trail
or river conditions.
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