Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Need to Know
ADVANCE PLANNING
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Five months before
Book your multiday Amazon cruise out of Iquitos - these fill up
fast!
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Three months before
Arrange a stay at a jungle lodge
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One month before
Make sure all of your inoculations are up to date
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One week before
Check that you have necessary gear, such as boots, a hat, repellent and
any required medications
RESOURCES
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Tropical Nature
Authors Adrian Forsyth and Kenneth Miyata make tropical biology
endlessly fascinating - a must-read book for the Amazon traveler
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One River
By Wade Davis, author of
The Serpent and the Rainbow.
Ethnobotany in the
Amazon has never been this gripping
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Tree of Rivers
By John Hemming, this is a highly readable history of the world's most
storied river
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Mongabay
(
www.mongabay.com
)
A website for all things rainforest
GETTING AROUND
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Air
There are daily flights from Lima into Iquitos and Puerto Maldonado; you can also
catch flights to Puerto Maldonado from Cuzco
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Boat
The way to get around the Amazon, whether it's a high-end river cruise or in a little
peki-peki,
the small canoes used as water taxis
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Taxis
Available in Puerto Maldonado and Iquitos, though far more plentiful are
mototaxis
