Peru - The Rough Guide to South America on a Budget - page 815

DAY TRIPS FROM IQUITOS
For those who want to experience a bit
of the jungle without straying too far
from the city, there are several easy
day-trips from Iquitos. It's simple to
hop over to a nearby island for a taste
of landlocked beach life or to experience
wildlife in safe confines; at the Amazon
Animal Orphanage you'll be able to get
up close with many rescued jungle
species. The following sites can all be
done in a day or less, and the Iquitos
iPerú office has good maps of how to
get to them.

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life's work of Austrian expat Gudrun
(she speaks excellent English), this
is a butterfly farm and also a sanctuary
for jungle animals bought illegally and
subsequently confiscated (many of the
jungle's most endangered species are
under one roof here). To get here ,
take a peke peke (river colectivo ) from
the Bellavista Nanay port in Iquitos
heading for Padre Cocha (S3; 20min);
once there, it's a fifteen-minute
signposted walk or a S1 motokar
journey. Some touts at Bellavista - in
order to get you to take a tour with
them - might tell you the place is shut
(ignore their quips).

Amazon Animal Orphanage
One of the most popular day-trips
from Iquitos is to the Amazon Animal
Orphanage and Pilpintuhuasi Butterfly
Farm in Padre Cocha (Tues-Sun
9am-4pm; S20; T 965 932 999,
W amazonanimalorphanage.org). The

River beaches
From the Bellavista Nanay port you
can set out by canoe ferry for Playa
Nanay , a beach resort where bars and
cafés are springing up to cater for the

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AROUND IQUITOS

ExplorNapo Lodge,
ExplorTambos Camp,
ACTS Field Station and
Canopy Walkway

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kilometres

Best areas for spotting
wildlife & adventure
expeditions

Explorama
Lodge

Heliconia Lodge

Indiana

Mazán
Padre
Cocha

Explorama Ceiba Tops Lodge

Cumaceba Lodge

Iquitos

Santa
María

Muyuna Lodge

Nauta

Libertad

N

Clavero
Bagazan

Cumaceba
Creek

Genaro
Herrera

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Lago
Cumaceba

PACAYA SAMIRIA
NATIONAL PARK Requena

BRAZIL

Angamos

Pucallpa