Wilderness Camping 8 Days / 7 Nights

Total Land cost: USD $1,995 per person

  • For this trip you will take along food, water, and camping gear, this will give you more time to explore the rainforest and learn about several survival techniques. We will provide all the camping gear, equipment, and supplies.
  • (Recommended 8 days / 7 nights but shorter or longer trips available)
  • Includes all in Amazon (all transfers, lodging, meals, private guide, excursions customized to your liking, gear such as jungle boots, wifi, entrance fees, conservation fees, port taxes, etc.).
  • Optional expenses only: cola or beer drinks, souvenirs, tips, and laundry

Day 1 (trip starts after the arrival of people on LA 2240, scheduled to arrive just past noon)

  • Transfer in from airport or hotel
  • If airport: Look for our booth in the baggage area of Iquitos Airport, by the restrooms, with our logo (head of a hoatzin bird in a diamond shape).
  • If hotel: please let us know the address for where to pick you up.
  • Evening room in Iquitos

Lunch, Dinner

 

Day 2-3

From Tahuayo Lodge

  • Acclimation to the Amazon rainforest and getting to know your guides; your guides getting to know you. A Long hike in varzea forest; exploring flood forest and the canopy experience.

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

 

Day 4

Boat to the trailhead in terra firme forest 

  • Hiking to the interior of the wilderness to establish a campsite
  • NOTE: We choose a site for camping where we will not disturb wildlife. Also the movements and noise we create while camping will keep wildlife at some distance. So, while this is a great adventure in the Amazon wilderness, it is not the best wildlife viewing option. 

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 5-6

At established campsite 

  • Exploring the remote wilderness of the Amazon with your private guide and an assistant guide.

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

 

Day 7

Boat to Main Lodge 

  • Morning exploration, then breaking down the campsite and returning in the afternoon by boat to the main lodge.

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

 

Day 8

  • Morning excursion
  • Afternoon boat to Iquitos
  • Transfer to airport or hotel

Breakfast, Lunch

 

A note on our two lodges

The Tahuayo Lodge (main lodge)

  • Cabins have private bathrooms
  • A greater variety of activities

The Research Center Peru Lodge (ARC)

  • Cabins have shared bathrooms
  • Better hiking, over 50 miles of trails through a variety of ecosystems
  • More wildlife
  • The lodge is more remote, in more pristine forest