Traveling to Iquitos a Luxury Experience on Peru

Iquitos is a jungle city located between three rivers and extends next to the largest river on the planet, the Amazon River. This City ignites the imagination of travelers, due to its amazing landscapes, extensive and almost infinite jungle, and river waters. Famous because it can only be accessed after several days of sailing or by plane, from the air, you will have one of the most impressive views of Iquitos city that seems to float in a green ocean. Although the Amazon is the most famous of its feeders, Iquitos is also crossed by the Nanay and Itaya rivers, in addition to Lake Moronacocha. The city of Iquitos is one of the largest cities found in the jungle of ​​Peru. This city is located in Maynas province of Loreto, and is the capital of the region to which it belongs.

The Plaza de Armas of Iquitos or main square is also a beautiful place that is surrounded by the main government buildings of the city, as well as the Cathedral of Iquitos, which dates from the first decade of the 20th century and has an interesting neo-Gothic design.

It has a warm, humid, and sunny climate, which possibly explains the friendly, fun, and mischievous nature of its inhabitants. Its intense economic activity makes it attractive from many points of view, where culture, mining, lumber, fishing, agriculture, and of course, the gastronomic movement that ranges from the most traditional to the most avant-garde. To which is added an intense nightlife. Iquitos has a tremendous range of activities that goes from exploring the jungle, bathing in the waters of its rivers, extreme sports, amazing luxury cruises, navigation tours, going through its markets, and enjoying its gastronomy with Amazonian products, which you have surely not seen in other places. You will get filled with curiosity, in some cases, or some others you will not dare to try. Anyways you will simply be hooked forever, in this city, everything, absolutely everything, challenges the senses, there is so much to see and do that you will always want to come back for more.

Different cultural places can be visited by travelers, among those the Amazon Museum which was built in the early sixties of the nineteenth century and in which beautiful sculptures represent different cultures from the jungle of Peru. The Town Museum is also another cultural space available to visit in Iquitos, this museum concentrates its collection on the exhibition of handicrafts made by the inhabitants of the city (throughout its history and distinguishing its ethnic groups); as well as different samples of the animals found in this area of ​​the Amazon.

During your visit to Iquitos, you will not let go of your camera because there are so many subjects to capture in a photo, before landing you will begin to take them and you will not be able to stop until your departure. Let us know your needs and we are sure that you will have an extraordinary luxury experience visiting Iquitos on your next vacation to Peru.