Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Best Places to Stay
» Casa Morey
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» Hacienda Concepción
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» La Casa Fitzcarraldo
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» Ceiba Tops
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» Manu Paradise Lodge
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Need to Know
Allow plenty of time for your Amazon adventure: erratic weather causes delays, in forms
such as landslides, broken boats and cancelled flights. Even on a good day, road and river
transport is prone to overcrowding and severe hold-ups.
SELVÁMANOS
The jungle's new music festival, Selvámanos (
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) near Oxapampa, has a spectacular national park set-
ting worth the trip out alone. Add to that a line-up from electronica to cumbia to reggae and a cultural festival that
runs simultaneously and you have another can't-miss date in your Peruvian fiesta diary each June.
Jungle Checklist
If this is your first jungle voyage, you'll find things far more relaxing than the movies
make out. The jungle, you'll see, has largely been packaged to protect delicate tourists.
With lodge facilities and the below kit list, you should be ready for most eventualities.
» Two pairs of shoes, one for jungle traipsing, one for camp.
» Spare clothes - in this humidity clothes get wet quickly; take a spare towel, too.
» Binoculars and a zoom lens camera, for wildlife in close-up.
» Flashlight for night walks.
