Pacaya Samiria Amazon Lodge 4d/3n

Pacaya Samiria Amazon Lodge

Pacaya Samiria Reserve is one of the best jungle places to visit by people who loves to be in contact with nature. This natural reserve, one of the most beautiful from Peru, has a great variety of flora and Fauna with one special asset: its love at first sight. Its incredible blue sky and landscapes are reflected in the water, leaving us with a comforting and magical sensation as is we were looking at natural mirrors.

Daily departures

Day	City	Description
Day 1	Iquitos / Pacaya Samiria Amazon Lodge	We start our adventure through the Peruvian jungle at the airport in Iquitos, we travel to the town of Nauta, the first town founded by the Spanish conquerors on the banks of the Marañon River; the trip takes about 1.30 hours with a distance of 97 km. In Nauta we board Pacaya Samiria Amazon Lodge boats to visit the confluence of the Ucayali and Marañon Rivers, Ucamara (the source of the Amazon River), then we continue the journey to the Lodge. You will receive a warm welcome with a seasonal fruit drink, they will invite us to go to our rooms to leave the luggage and then have lunch. Lunch included. In the afternoon we will go for a walk of interpretation of flora and fauna in Restinga forest surrounding the Lodge, we return by night tour to try to locate the demdrobates tiny frogs characterized by their bright colors and poisonous peculiarity, some of the famous hylas species due to changing colors experienced during the day and night. We go back to the Lodge so we can have time for personal hygiene. Dinner and overnight stay included.
Day 2	Iquitos / Pacaya Samiria National Reserve	Breakfast at the lodge. After breakfast we go hiking through Restinga jungle with cold lunch returning at about noon, where we can see a variety of timber, a variety of birds native to this forest, we will try to see some primates and mammals until we arrive to a rustic camp to rest in hammocks and if you dare, enjoy the refreshing water of a high gorge, where the Guide will explain about the importance of its existence and the role it plays in the ecosystems. In the afternoon you have time to rest and then follow the program “An afternoon meeting with the world view of the Amazonian man” with respect to Ayahuasca and medicinal plants. Dinner and overnight stay included.
Day 3	Iquitos / Pacaya Samiria National Reserve	Breakfast at the lodge. After breakfast , with cold lunch on board, we go to the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve, Nauta Caño zone where we register and enter the reserve. In our visit we make an excursion searching for pink and gray dolphins by the gorge of the same name, we will also be in touch with the immense variety of flora and fauna the reserve offers. The first thing that will call our attention is the river water that reflects the sky with such a fidelity, the clouds, the streamside vegetation and large trees, that the visitors have the feeling of sailing between endless mirrors, so Pacaya Samiria is also known as “the forest of mirrors”. We will also go for a walk of interpretation of flooded forests, where we will try to see some primates and sloths, during the journey we can identify the variety of birds and experience a traditional fishing practice with the material used by the Amazonian man for subsistence. Immediately after the Full Day in the Reserve we go back to the Lodge, to visit the women’s crafts center (temporary) of San Jorge community, known for their work in natural fiber (Chambira). In the afternoon we leave by boat on the Marañon River bound for Cocha Shiriyacu where we will do fishing activities and hope to see landscapes with the best sunsets which can be seen in this area of flooded forest. Back in the Lodge, we can have time for personal hygiene. Dinner included. After dinner the Guide will invite us to move to other room to share myths and legends of the Peruvian Amazon. Overnight stay.
Day 4	Lodge / Iquitos	Breakfast at the lodge. After breakfast we will visit a riverbank village to observe the natives lifestyle as well as their daily activities such as hunting, gathering, fishing or agriculture, we can also cooperate with the community development by buying typical souvenirs handmade by the natives, made of seeds and an ivory vegetable called tagua. Immediately after, we will go out to the Iquitos City Airport ready to aboard our flight back to Lima City – or transfer to your selected hotel in Iquitos City.
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Special rates valid until December 2011

• Add 5% surcharge to rates for use of credit card.

Price per person

Simple Room	Double Room	Triple Room
–	USD 680.00	USD 570.00

Prices Include:

• 03 hotel nights in Pacaya Samiria Amazon Lodge with daily breakfast included.
• All transfers to airports, bus stations, train stations and hotels.
• All transfers and entrance fees and meals mentioned in the tour.
• Guided visits in shared services prices with English speaking tour guides.
• Professional tour guides.
• Fully equipped transport units with special permits for the tourism industry.

Prices do not Include:

• For the requirement of non English guide (French, German, others). Add USD$ 80.00 per group/per day.
• Alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages when not specified.
• Tips for transport personnel, hotel personnel, etc.
• International Air Ticket.
• Domestic Air Ticket.
• Any other services not mentioned in the tour.

Conditions:

• Free stay for children underneath 2 years old, they will be provided a bed in their parent’s room.
• Children between 2 and 12 years old will pay 50% of an adult price.
• Young people underneath 18 years old will have to be accompanied form an adult which will assume total responsibility for them.
• Foreigners must have the Andean Immigration card and a passport photocopy.
• Quotes for this tour don’t mean confirmation of the tour.

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