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The best accommodations are at Hospedaje Rodríguez ( 83-0296; Brasil 30; s/d
with shared shower S20/25) , just down from the Pevas Plaza. Rooms face onto a pleasant
courtyard.
The rustic but attractive Casa de la Loma on a hill in the Pevas outskirts offers
Amazon views and activities including night walks, piranha fishing and visiting nearby in-
digenous communities (mostly part acculturated). Reservations are notoriously problemat-
ic; the owner is contactable only by rarely functioning cell phone. Prices are not fixed, but
start at around S15 for a bed in one of five dark, screened rooms sharing shower facilities.
This is a place to get to know the town's inhabitants by joining in a fiesta or shopping at
the market. Be adventurous and show up: heading down from the plaza to the river, take
the first left down to a bridge. A path then leads up through woods to the entrance.
Francisco Grippa also has basic rooms in his house at the top of town that are some-
times offered to visitors.
Meals are available at Hospedaje Rodríguez and the more popular pool hall-restaurant
El Amigo ( lunch) .
Leticia-bound cargo boats make request stops at Pevas, as do daily (except Monday)
fast boats to the tri-border (the same applies if you are coming from Leticia). These slow
cargo boats (S20, around 15 hours) or fast boats (S170, downriver/upriver 3½/five hours)
also connect Pevas with Iquitos. Tour operators can also incorporate a Pevas trip into
packages. Arriving independently, there's an element of risk − you might get stuck here
for a while − but a boat will eventually turn up.