Puerto Maldonado<\/strong>, this is often the best choice for a short 2 or 3-day rainforest tour. This is because you can be in areas of high diversity after only 30 minutes of travel time.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe reserve offers continual forest with other protected areas, including the Madidi National Park and Bahuaja Sonene National Park. <\/strong>This allows wildlife to move freely in a vast area of protected tropical forest. On guided tours, you will enjoy an abundance of tropical birds, several different monkeys, tall emergent trees, and many different flowers. There are also many clay licks where you can watch colorful parrots.<\/strong> Our recommendations are the Tambopata Research Center for deep jungle adventures<\/strong> and the best wildlife-watching opportunities, Posada Amazonas for giant river otters, and the Refugio Amazonas in the Tambopata buffer zone. <\/p>\n\n\n\nTamshiyacu Tahuaco Reserve<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Located around 150 km from Iquitos<\/strong>, a port city of the Amazon River in northern Peru, you can find the Tamshiyacu Tahuayo Reserve. The reserve was founded for local initiatives and also to protect the range of the rare red uakari monkeys. These monkeys have red fur and a bald head and live in the middle of the Tamshiyacu Tahuayo area. <\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Tamshiyacu Tahuayo Reserve contains both flooded and non-flooded forests<\/strong> with many different emergent trees, bromeliads, and orchids. Many other monkeys<\/strong> live<\/span> in the reserve. You might be able to spot howler monkeys, capuchins, tamarins, pygmy marmosets, titis, and saki monkeys as well. The reserve is also home to an impressive diversity of birds<\/strong>, including hoatzins, oropendolas, macaws, toucans, and colorful cotingas and tanagers.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPacaya Samiria National Reserve<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Accessed from Iquitos in Peru\u2019s northern Amazon, the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve<\/strong> is one of the largest of Peru\u2019s protected areas. This is a mostly flooded area of the Amazon Rainforest, best experienced on a rainforest cruise. Protecting just over 2 million hectares <\/strong>of tropical forest, within the Pacaya Samiria Reserve, you can find an incredible diversity<\/strong> of animals and plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe affluents here are often blackened by nutrient-rich waters. This causes the water to perfectly reflect the trees and sky giving the Pacaya Samiria its other name of \u2018The Forest of Mirrors.\u2019 <\/strong>In addition to spectacular scenery, you could enjoy watching pink river dolphins<\/strong>, colorful birds, several different monkeys, and tall trees with orchids and bromeliads perched on the branches.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIquitos Amazon Jungle Region<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Iquitos <\/strong>is a city in the northeastern region of Peru and is the largest city in the world <\/strong>that cannot be accessed by road. Travel to the city is only possible via flight or riverboat. Iquitos is a living, breathing, bustling, fascinating example of a jungle city, and the city itself is a tourist destination<\/strong> due to the colorful mansions dotted around the city center, which are leftovers from the millionaires that lived here during the rubber boom of the early 20th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHowever, most visitors to Iquitos would be using the city as a transit point for cruises<\/strong> up the Amazon, or for lodge tours to visit the Amazon Jungle in the region surrounding the city. This region is home to some fantastic high-standard lodges<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nManu National Park<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Manu National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site <\/strong>and contains incredible levels of biodiversity, with over 15,000 species of plants, over 1000 species of birds, and over 400 species of mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. The Manu region is split into three main zones: Manu National Park, the Manu Reserved Zone, and the Manu Cultural Zone.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nAccess to the National Park itself is strictly controlled and is generally restricted to the indigenous tribes that live in the region, park rangers that protect the park, and research scientists. Tourism is restricted to both the Reserved Zone and the Cultural Zone<\/strong> which both flank the park and are part of the wider Manu Biosphere Reserve but are not part of the national park itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhen To Visit The Amazon Rainforest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The Amazon Rainforest can be visited all year round<\/strong>. You can hike through high forest areas (largely on the Colombian side of the border) at any time. In low forest areas, which are mostly on the Peruvian side, and the most popular with visitors, you can get around by boat when the river is high enough, and on foot when it isn\u2019t. The ideal time to visit is from November to February, when you can do a bit of both.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThere are also fantastic cruises<\/strong> to enjoy on the Amazon River! You can contact us<\/a><\/strong> for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n