Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Emergency
Clínica Ana Stahl
(
25-2535;
www.caas-peru.org
;
Av La Marina 285;
24hr)
Good private clinic.
Tourism police
(Poltur;
24-2081; Lores 834)
Money
Several banks change traveler's checks and give advances on credit cards.
BCP
(cnr Pros-
pero & Putumayo)
has a secure ATM.
26-0251; Main Hall, Francisco Secada Vignetta Air-
port;
whenever lights are arriving/departing)
City Center
(
23-6144; Napo 161;
9am-6pm Mon-
Sat, to 1pm Sun)
English spoken at the airport branch.
Reserva Nacional Pacaya-Samiria Office
(
22-3460, Pevas 339;
8am-4pm Mon-Fri)
Entry to the reserve
for three days costs S60, payable at Banco de la Nación around the corner.
Getting There & Around
Air
Iquitos' small but busy
airport
(code IQT)
lies 7km from the center. There are daily flights
23-2421; Próspero 232)
and
Star Perú
( 23-6208; Napo 256)
.
Charter companies at the airport have five-passenger planes to almost anywhere in the
Amazon.
Boat
Puerto Masusa
(Av La Marina)
is where the city's numerous riverboats dock. It's 3km north
of the town center.