Iquitos - "window to Amazon" or "Pearl of the Amazon" - one of the most important cities on the Amazon. In addition, this is the main starting point for travel on the jungle. There are still buildings of 19th-century rubber magnates.
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How to get here
From the capital of the country, Lima, you can only fly (on the way 1, 5 hours, 6 flights a day). In addition, Iquitos can be reached by ferry from any port of the Amazon.
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Climate
Cloudy, rain, thunderstorms +28 ° C in the afternoon +24 ° C at night ° С water |
Partly cloudy, heavy rain, thunderstorms +26 ° С in the afternoon +23 ° C at night ° С water |
Cloudy, rain, thunderstorms +29 ° С in the afternoon +23 ° C at night ° С water |
| Iquitos weather forecast for 10 days | ||
Kitchen and restaurants
In Iquitos, a wonderful local cuisine, in which Peruvian, Colombian and Brazilian gastronomic traditions are fancifully mixed, and authentic dishes of the Amazonian settlements are preserved. In many local institutions can offer dishes of "wild meat" - antelope, caiman, turtle, etc. Note that such an exotic meal is better to abstain, since in the vast majority of cases animals are killed illegally.
From drinks it is worth trying honey "pair-pair" and "aguahinju" from the same fruits.
Book popular Iquitos hotels at the best prices
| El Dorado Plaza Hotel & Business from 12 311 rubles Iquitos Calle Napo 258/266 - Plaza de Armas, Iquitos | ||
| Samiria Jungle Hotel from 6 156 rubles Iquitos Ricardo Palma 159 | ||
| Victoria Regia Hotel from 6 156 rubles Iquitos Ricardo Palma 252 | Atlantis from 1 601 rubles Iquitos Jr Prospero 644 | Amazon Eco Tours & Lodge from 12 927 rubles Iquitos Calle: Pevas # 227 |
| La Casona from 1 724 rub. Iquitos Jirón Fitzcarrald 147 | Hotel Ari's III from 1 970 rub. Iquitos Ricardo Palma 219 | Hotel Sandalo from 1 232 rubles Iquitos Jr. Próspero 616 |
Entertainment, excursions and attractions of Iquitos
The center of urban life is the picturesque Plaza de Armas with a mass of colonial architecture surrounding it, including the famous "Casa de Fierro" iron house, designed by the untiring Adept of the Eiffel (it's not known what he thought when he built it: live in the house it became possible only very recently, with the invention of air conditioners). In the city - the gallery of Cesar Calvo de Araujo, an artist-native of the neighboring town of Jurimaguas, depicting his native places and their inhabitants.
84 km from Iquitos there is the river port of Nauta, where you can see the unique confluence of two rivers, Maranion and Ucayali - the birthplace of the majestic Amazon River.
The port and the village of Belen, located on the left bank of the Itaya River, are interesting for their architecture .Some houses here stand on wooden rafts, some on stilts .In the rainy season, the village is called "Venice Loreto", because the lower floors and streets are flooded, and the locals move by boat and canoe .In the city itself it is worth to go to the school of capoeira (plague graffiti) and the zoo: with tapirs, capybaras, ocelots, jaguars and monkeys, who walk calmly along the paths .On the territory of the zoo there is an excellent sandy beach .
Ayapuayo-Mishana
The national reserve of Allapahuayo-Mishana is 26 km from Iquitos, in the midst of the Peruvian Amazonian jungle, also called Variyalez. There are 1800 plant species, 520 species of butterflies, 155 species of fish, 83 amphibians, 120 reptile species, 750 bird species, 145 mammal species.
The Institute of Amazonian Studies of Peru (Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonia Peruana) has developed amazing excursions to the jungle, which are conducted at night. It is at this time of day you can see some species of frogs, rodents, earthworms, snakes and insects. The cost of the excursion is 22 USD, for an additional 11 USD you can stay in the reserve for the night already outside the organized tour. To visit the reserve at night, you will need rubber boots, trousers and a shirt with long sleeves of dark colors, so as to merge with the environment as much as possible.