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Tour Duration : 3 Nights And 4 Days
Destinations Covered: Iquitos - Yacapana Island - Pacaya
Package Inclusions:
| • All meals while onboard |
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• All excursions |
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• All beverages (alcoholic and non alcoholic with exception of premium brands) |
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• Transfers to/from vessel when arriving on recommended flights |
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• Pacaya Samiria entrance fee |
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Package Exclusions:
| • Domestic air tickets |
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• Personal expenses |
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• Tips and gratuities |
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• Early check in, Late check out |
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• Optional tours |
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• Services or meals not indicated in the program |
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| Day 1 – Saturday IQUITOS/AMAZON RIVER |
| Arrival at Iquitos International Airport. Transfer to Iquitos’ main wharf, Embarkation and check-in.
Welcome Dinner and overnight on board.
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| Day 2 – Sunday AMAZON/TAHUAYO RIVER/CHARO LAKE/YACAPANA ISLAND |
Early Morning Skiff Expedition on the Amazon River before the breakfast.
Continue with Tahuayo black water River Exploration and Fishing Trip at Charo Lake. See a vast variety of wildlife: terns, orioles, blackbirds, black collared hawks, monkeys, and sloth.
Afternoon, Yacapana Islands Exploration with its huge population of Iguanas, Dolphin Sighting, and Night Excursion
Locals call the Yacapana Islands the “Iguana Islands,” because of the huge population of these reptiles—like tiny dinosaurs—crawling over the ground and resting in the tree tops. We will pass by in the skiff, giving you a chance to snap good photos. As the sun sets, you will have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see and photograph both gray and pink freshwater dolphins. The people of the Amazon believe that these dolphins turn into humans to steal handsome men or pretty women from their villages during celebrations. Once the sun sets and the jungle is dark, we begin our search for caiman, frogs, and different kinds of nightlife.
7:30 p.m. To the Headwaters
We will return to the M/V Aqua vessel and continue our journey upstream, toward the headwaters of the Amazon River, where the Ucayali, Marañon, and the Amazon Rivers merge.
Perhaps sip a pre-dinner Camu-Camu sour on the Upper Deck, while you watch the sun set.
8:00 p.m. Dinner
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| Day 3 – Monday MARAÑON RIVER/PACAYA-SAMIRIA NATIONAL RESERVE |
6:30 a.m. Breakfast
Today you can choose between two options:
Option 1: Full-day excursion with a Picnic Lunch at Ranger Station No. 2
7:30 a.m. Full-day excursion at Ranger Station No. 2
Travel by skiff from Yanayacu Creek all the way to remote Yarina – Park Ranger Station No. 2. On this excursion, you may see howler and capuchin monkeys, the squirrel-sized monkeys called tamarins, pink and gray river dolphins, and a vast variety of birds. We will also take you deep into the jungle, where you will encounter wildlife and learn first-hand about the important medical value of jungle plants. And we will show you famous Kapok Trees (ceiba pentandra), the tallest trees in the Amazon Basin. Enjoy a generous picnic lunch at the Park Ranger Station No. 2, before we begin our journey back to our vessel.
5:30 p.m. Arrive at the M/V Aqua.
Option 2: Guided Jungle Walk/Siesta/Monkey and Dolphin Expedition
8:30 a.m. Guided Jungle Walk at Ranger Station No. 1
This morning your Park Ranger will tell you all about sustainable resource management projects in Amazonia. You will visit one of the projects, where villagers are planting palms to obtain oil.
11:00 a.m. Return to the M/V Aqua
12:30 p.m. Lunch, followed by a Siesta
4:00 p.m. Monkey and Dolphin Expedition
On this late afternoon expedition, you are likely to see the two different kinds of freshwater dolphins—including the unusual pink ones—found in the Amazon. Later, keep your eyes directed toward the jungle canopy, where you can spot at least several kinds of primates—among the 13 species of monkeys resident in the National Park. Perhaps you will catch a glimpse of tamarins and howlers, dusky titi monkeys and pigmy marmoset monkeys. Watch for alligators, and keep your binoculars at the ready, as you are likely to see more than 200 species of birds.
6:00 p.m. Return to the M/V Aqua
7:00 p.m. Briefing – Our Cruise Director and Guides recap the past few days for you and tell you about the following day’s adventure.
8:00 p.m. Dinner
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| Day 4 – Tuesday BIRTHPLACE OF THE AMAZON/PUERTO MIGUEL VILLAGE/NAUTA CAÑO |
7:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Birthplace of the Amazon
This morning, the M/V Aqua skirts the edges of the vast Pacaya-Samiria Reserve, a flooded forest covering five million acres at the headwaters of the Amazon basin. Rise early and be on your skiffs at 8:00 a.m. to view one of the great spectacles of the Southern Hemisphere: the sun rising over the birthplace of the Amazon River. Here—where the union of two major tributaries, the Ucayali and the Marañon, form the world’s greatest waterway—nature is at its most dramatic. Your dawn excursion will be accompanied by abundant bird song, as you glide in small boats past river banks populated by large-billed terns, laughing falcons, gray tanagers, sandpipers, five kinds of parakeets, the exotic short-tailed parrot, and dozens of other birds.
8:30 a.m. Puerto Miguel Village
We will travel by skiff to Puerto Miguel native village, where you can meet and interact with local villagers from this most remote part of the world, and can learn a bit more about their culture, traditions, and folklore. You will also have the chance to purchase local handicrafts. On the way back to the Aqua we will navigate on a small connector canal between the Ucayali and Marañon Rivers, where you will have a chance to see the world’s largest aquatic plant, the giant water lilies or “Victoria Regias.”
12:00 p.m. Lunch
Share a last lunch with your fellow passengers who have taken the three-night journey.
3:30 p.m. Afternoon Excursion to Nauta Caño
Nauta Caño is also part of the Pacaya Samiria Reserve. It is known as the mirrored forest, due to its glistening black water lagoons. You will certainly enjoy observing different species, such as: toucans, parrots, macaws, iguanas, and more. On the way back to the M/V Aqua you will see a glorious sunset reflected in the waters of the mirrored forest.
6:00 p.m. Return to the M/V Aqua
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| TOUR RATES & DATES | | |
| Currency | From | To | Tour Category | Twin | Single | Single Supplement |
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01-Mar-11
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30-Nov-11
| Suite Category |
2,400.00
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1,200.00
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01-Mar-11
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30-Nov-11
| Master Suite |
2,550.00
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1,275.00
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