Amazon Adventures

Peru Tours and Travel

Amazon Lodge Tours and Cruises in Peru

We offer the best variety of Amazon tours to the celebrated jungle areas of Peru. Whether you just want a "taste" of the jungle or you want an exciting expedition, we can help. We are familiar with the various lodges in the different areas and can help you to choose what is best for your interests and desires. We can even help with Amazon options that aren't listed here!

Amazonia Rainforest Lodge - Named among "25 Trips of a Lifetime" by Outside Magazine in March 2002 (only Amazon tour included). Audubon Magazine editorial describes this trip as one of the 50 recommended eco-tours in the world. Rated by National Geographic as among the top 160 outfitters in the world. The 2009 National Geographic Ratings for Adventure Travel Companies are out and for the 3rd straight year this is the top rated Amazon tour outfitter in Peru, again for the 3rd straight year scoring a perfect 100 in the category of client satisfaction; one of only 12 companies worldwide to get a perfect score in client satisfaction.

Luxury Cruise - The new M/V Aqua is the first true luxury vessel ever to cruise the northern Amazon. Its 12 oversized guest suites, including four 180° panoramic master suites, feature en suite sitting areas and generous outward-facing panoramic windows. Each of the handsomely decorated, air-conditioned suites measures between 230 to 240 square feet and is designed by noted Peruvian architect Jordi Puig. Four suites can be interconnected to cater to families. You can socialize in the dining room, indoor lounge, on the observation deck, and in the outdoor lounge. M/V Aqua was chosen and voted as Best Expedition Cruise in Latin America at World Travel Market by the most important tour operators and agencies in the United Kingdom who are part of LATA. It is an honor to be awarded best expedition cruise considering other fabulous nominees from the Galápagos and Antarctica. LATA (Latin American Travel Association) is a travel trade organization in the United Kingdom that was founded to promote travel to Latin America. The association brings together over 200 companies, including tourist boards, tour operators, hotels, wholesalers, media, airlines and overseas members.

Deluxe Cruise - A remarkable voyage of exploration to travel up the Amazon river and beyond its confluence of the Ucayali and Marañon Rivers into the remote Peruvian Amazon. Our classic early nineteenth-century styled vessel is home for a week with first class elegant service.

4or 5 day Cruise on the Delfin I or II (English , Spanish )- 2011 = 4 days Pacaya Samiria National Reserve(US$3000 per person double on Delfin 1 with Friday departure, $2131 per person on Delfin II in standard cabins with Sunday departures), 5 days Discovering the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve (US$3643 per person double on the Delfin I with Monday departures or $2789 per person on the Delfin II in standard cabins with Wednesday departures).See video

Amazon Voyage on Historic Riverboats - This cruise is designed to give you a unique Amazon experience that combines travel on historic boats restored to their Victorian splendour, wildlife and wilderness experience in pristine forests and rivers, and encounters with indigenous Amazon villages where locals are helping to conserve the rainforests. Our cruises have a strong historic component to them. The boats are restored and furnished with many of the elements used when they were new and navigated the Amazon as rubber boats. We are all naturalists with many years of experience in the very areas we take our guests to. Other companies offer luxury expeditions, we offer natural history expeditions aboard historic river boats. Folks that wish to go on a luxury cruise would not come with us, and folks looking for what we offer would not take a luxury cruise.

Cruise on the Arapaima or the Jungle Discovery - These are new 15 cabin cruise ships built in 2005-2007 with programmed itineraries and charters to the frontier cities of Leticia (Colombia) /Tabatinga (Brazil), Pacaya/Samiria National Reserve, and Tapiche River system among other areas in the Peruvian Amazon. The itineraries feature 2 to 3 daily excursions such as bird-watching, fishing for piranhas, short and long day and night jungle walks into primary and secondary forests, and visit to local indian communities and small Amazon villages as well.
New departure: sailing to the Pacaya/Samiria Reserve on the DISCOVERY the week of January 07-13, 2012 at our special last minute cruise rate of U$1865.00 in double (includes RT transfers and entrance fee to National reserve) and U$2,425.00 in single.

Explorama Lodges - a network of lodges near Iquitos, ranging from luxurious to rustic, including the Amazon Conservatory of Tropical Studies, which provides a research station for scientists in the rainforest and an opportunity for layman to share in their discovery while getting to use the canopy walkway. 2-8 day itineraries using 1 or more lodges.

Manu National Park - is one of the most important tropical parks in the world, and was declared a " World Biosphere Reserve" by UNESCO in 1977. It is home to many different ecological zones between 4,000m (13,120ft) and 300m (984ft) above sea level. Manu harbors a unique variety of wildlife. Over 1000 species of birds, 200 species of mammals, many reptiles and 10% of all the plant species on the planet have been recorded within the park's boundaries. The great altitudinal range within the park means that Manu is home to several different ecosystems, which enormously increases the biological diversity of the area. The most southerly point of the park, Acjanaco, lies at 3500m above sea level and is described as Tropical Alpine Grassland. It has short, scrubby vegetation and the weather is often cold. Lower down is the Elfin Forest, characterised by low trees, cold humid air and very diverse fauna, including a rare species of high altitude Toucan.

Further down, between 1000m and 2500m above sea level, the Cloud Forest begins. This is a unique ecosystem which receives high rainfall and hosts a large number of endemic species such as the Spectacled Bear with glasses and the Cock-of-the-Rock (the national bird of Peru). One of the Manu Biosphere Reserve's many distinctions is that it currently protects the largest area of undisturbed cloud forest in the world.Lower still lies the High Forest, between the Cloud Forest and the Amazon Basin, a diverse landscape rich in fauna. Here many indigenous ethnic tribes have made their homes. The lowland Amazon Basin itself lies at about 350m above sea level. No other park on Earth can compare to Manu in terms of variety of life forms. It boasts 13 species of monkey and one of the world's rarest mammals: the Giant River Otter.. Access is either by chartered air or by a very long drive from Cusco. 3-9 day options for lodge-based, camping or combination tours. 9 Day Manu Wildlife Center and Camping , 7 Day Manu Nature Paradise , 7 Day Discovery Manu , 6 Day Manu Bio Trip , 6 Day Manu Adventure , 6 Day Paradise & Macaws , 4-5 Day Manu Wildlife Center , 3-7 Day Paradise Lodge , 3 Day Cock of the Rock Lodge , 5-7 Day Camping

Tambopata Reserve - convenient to Cusco, this reserve protects the biological diversity of the entire watersheds of the Tavara and the Candamo Rivers and most of the watershed of the Tambopata River.It protects habitats ranging from the Andean highlands around the rivers' headwaters through some of the last remaining intact cloud forests to the lowland rainforests of the Amazon basin. We offer theTambopata , Sandoval Lake, Posada Amazonas, Tambopata Research Center, Heath River, and Reserva Amazonica Lodges.

Rafting - a more exhilarating experience, ranging from a 4 day trip on the Apurimac River, the source of the Amazon, to a 12 day trip on the Tambopata River. Afascinating blend of exotic Peruvian habitats and exciting whitewater rafting

Amazon Expedition - A unique trip down into the steaming Amazon basin of the Manu and Amarakeiri National Parks, far away from any form of tourism, in little boats, on cargo platforms of trucks and classic wooden freighters through Amazonia. Watch exotic wild animals “live“ in one of our earth’s largest rainforest areas, illegal gold seekers and Brazil nuts croppers at their work, participate in mysterious shamanic rites, live together with jungle farmers, take a swim in rivers in the middle of the jungle, ride on freight steamers and open pickups toward the Amazon metropolis of Manaus, jungle walks and visit salsa, cumbia and samba dance bars …There’s still plenty of the freedom of genuine traveling in Amazonia, every new day is still unspoilt and every human encounter awakes curiosity. This is a trip that adapts to the group of travelers and the circumstances in countless little details, something very special arises out of the trip itself!