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LA CASA FITZCARRALDO, birthplace of the Werner Herzog films Fitzcarraldo & Aguirre, offers a premier, unique and unrivaled housing and jungle oasis leisure refuge for tourists and locals alike within Iquitos, Peru — a large one-of-a-kind jungle island city situated at the inner web of three mighty rivers in the Peruvian Amazon. Whether you are coming to Iquitos for volunteer work, a jungle adventure, a medicinal Ayahuasca quest or just to get away from it all, we offer like-at-home accommodation within the city, including the best (naturally cooled and very clean) swimming pool around. If you are already in Iquitos, we charge only five Soles for admittance to the grounds and are open from nine to six daily. Come enjoy our great food, drinks, & lounge about, even in our impressive tri-level treehouse with panoramic views and great sunsets. We also have a small lake and island in the back infused with lotus flowers, our friendly ducks and our other, more elusive creatures. A dense and diverse arrangement of indigenous plants and plenty of orchids highlight the property. Birdwatchers are often impressed with the species they come across, especially up top our tree house. At night you can hear our jungle chorus, unlike any hotel in Iquitos. We are conveniently located on Avenida La Marina towards the port Bellavista Nanay (where you can find Huerequeque at his bar) — just minutes from downtown.
accommodations: the Blue room • the Green room • the Small room • the Bungalow
photos: la casa • pool • tree house • flowers • ducks • plants, etc. • more plants
sun & sky • hawk eagle • et cetera • vintage Fitzcarraldo photos | Iquitos links
LA CASA FITZCARRALDO is the birthplace of the legendary Werner Herzog film with Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale and Huerequeque, the drunken cook played by the local celebrity Enrique Bohorquez Liguori. In this house a small group of young and determined filmmakers organized from 1977 to 1982 the production of an extraordinary film that made history and is still alive even today — 25 years after its opening. Fitzcarraldo, together with "Aguirre, The Wrath of God" (that was shot ten years earlier) certainly help put the Peruvian Amazon on the map of the world. Many have been inspired to visit here and Iquitos after seeing these films.
LA CASA FITZCARRALDO is owned by Micaela Helvecia Saxer Gonzales MacPhale, daughter of Gloria Gonzales Sandoval
and the film’s Executive Producer Walter Saxer, who was involved in almost all
of Herzog’s feature films. She was born here in Iquitos
during the production of “Fitzcarraldo” and is now with her husband, David, back in the place of her
origin. A small jungle oasis within a chaotic and noisy
city, La Casa Fitzcarraldo has the tendency to let you forget the rest of Iquitos. Iquitos is
a place where cement means progress, politicians are mostly concerned
with bribes, and priests and missionaries obsess about their tax-free
donations. Educating the population about the danger of losing the lung
of the planet and its irreversible consequences sadly is not much of a
priority here. In Iquitos you can see the battle for the jungle, the
incessant grab and exportation of resources with little benefit for its
inhabitants. This frantic, oddly peaceful, old-west style frontier town is a one-of-a-kind gateway for your Amazonian adventure.
LA CASA FITZCARRALDO is only 5 minutes away from the center of Iquitos. Here you can get some sun (or shade), swing in a hammock, take a stroll out back by the lake or absorb a bird's-eye view from our tri-level treehouse overlooking a pool of crystal clear water that is cooled down to a perfect 25 degrees Celsius. Here the eco system has been respected and reforestation is not just a word. We probably have the biggest cedar tree in Iquitos and have planted some 40 more on the property along with palms and fruit trees as well as decorative jungle flowers, orchids and medicinal plants.
LA CASA FITZCARRALDO
has shady huts around the pool where we offer a variety drinks and
local food specialties like ceviche, cecina, dorado, barbeque chicken,
patarashca de corvina or tucunare, as well as Italian dishes on
request. We also have the only Argentine and American steaks in
Iquitos. And unlike most Restaurants in town, here you can have a
normal conversation and relax over an exquisite meal, away from the
30,000+ Motokar drivers who terrorize this city.
LA CASA FITZCARRALDO has beautiful blue and green rooms upstairs with mahogany parquet floors and private bathrooms.
They have queen-sized beds, minibar, ceiling fan,
telephone, & satellite TV. Wireless Wi-Fi internet access is
available not only in the rooms but also around the pool and malocas
and even up to the top level of our treehouse. We also offer a small
room on the lower level plus a bungalow.