IQUITOS CITY TOUR
IQUITOS CITY TOUR
TOUR DETAILS:
FROM 1 TO 3 PEOPLE
PRICE : $ 70 PER PERSON.
FROM 4 TO 10 PEOPLE
PRICE : $ 60 PER PERSON.
INCLUDE:
Car/van with air aconditioned.
We pick u up from Iquitos airport & hotel at 9:00 am.
Bilingual tourist guide
Iquitos history and knowing some heritage houses from the rubber era
Visiting by riverboat Belen the floating houses in wet season and and in dry season the outdoor market on foot.
Drinking water .
Entrance fee to amazon manatee rescue center.
DOES NOT INCLUDE:
Personal expenses
Tips.
Lunch.
Hat.
Cámara.
Sunscreen.
Insect repellent.
IQUITOS HISTORY
Iquitos is the capital city of Peru's Maynas Province and Loreto Region. It is the largest metropolis in the Peruvian Amazon, east of theAndes, as well as the ninth-most populous city in Peru. Iquitos is the largest city in the world that cannot be reached by road due to its location,being considred a pininsula, it is only accessible by river and air.
It is known as the "capital of the Peruvian Amazon". The city is located in the Great Plains of the Amazon Basin, fed by the Amazon, Nanay, and Itaya rivers. Overall, it constitutes the Iquitos metropolitan area, a conurbation of 600,186 inhabitants aproximately consisting of four districts: Iquitos, Punchana, Belén, and San Juan Bautista. And it was established around 1757 as a Spanish Jesuit reduction on the banks of the Nanay River. In the late 19th century, during the Amazon rubber boom, the city became the center of export of rubber production from the Amazon Basin and was the headquarters of the Peruvian Amazon Company
BELEN THE OUTDOOR MARKET.
Belén District is one of thirteen districts of the Maynas Province in Peru. Belén lies at the edge of the city of Iquitos, in the floodplain of the Itaya River, a large, open-air marketplace where vendors sell produce, meat, fish, spices, flowers, folk medicine, prepared foods, and manufactured goods. Brick-and-mortar storefronts also line the streets of the marketplace.
An estimated 75,000 people live in the district,across the river in outlying areas, also without electricity, water, or sanitation. Most homes either float or are built on stilts, as the river level rises 5–6 meters from February through june.Belén is known as“Venice of Latin America.
MANATEE RESCUE CENTER
It is located approximately 30 minutes from Iquitos at KM 13 of the road to Nauta. The Manatee Center's main focus is caring for orphaned manatees, with the aim of releasing them back into their natural habitat.
SAMMARA ECOLODGE HEALING RETREAT