The world's largest and most diversified rainforest is a paradise for nature lovers. Here seems another world, impressive and fascinating where everything is gigantic, an explosion of colors, smells, and unknown sounds, in short, we are on another planet.
Venture in the jungle, we enter another dimension, the giant trees can reach 40 meters high with a trunk 3 meters in diameter, the flowers, the leaves are immense, the cacophony is permanent, the jungle never sleeps.
The total area of the Amazon Jungle Peru is 6 million km2, almost the surface of Australia and 1 ½ times the European Union. In Peru, it represents more than half of the territory but only 13% of the population despite some important cities.
The cuisine of the jungle is also special. Of course you can try the local specialties such as suri, a large white worm or giant ants, but the typical dishes are sometimes more "civilized" like the juane, chicken, rice and vegetables cooked inside a bijao leaf (a tree local), the tacacho with cecina, a puree of bananas with dried meat and excellent fish and in particular the paiche and piranha. They also prepare rich liquors made from local plants with evocative names such as the breakers, warm atmosphere assured.
Stays in the jungle are usually made in lodges, rustic wooden houses built in the middle of the jungle on the edge of a river, where daily walks on foot or boat leave to take advantage of the enormous diversity of fauna and flora.
The scientists still do not understand the purpose of this ritual, but they have noted that it also serves as a social gathering. This colorful show exists in other places in the jungle, but Tambopata is the most impressive.
Venture in the jungle, we enter another dimension, the giant trees can reach 40 meters high with a trunk 3 meters in diameter, the flowers, the leaves are immense, the cacophony is permanent, the jungle never sleeps.
The total area of the Amazon Jungle Peru is 6 million km2, almost the surface of Australia and 1 ½ times the European Union. In Peru, it represents more than half of the territory but only 13% of the population despite some important cities.
The cuisine of the jungle is also special. Of course you can try the local specialties such as suri, a large white worm or giant ants, but the typical dishes are sometimes more "civilized" like the juane, chicken, rice and vegetables cooked inside a bijao leaf (a tree local), the tacacho with cecina, a puree of bananas with dried meat and excellent fish and in particular the paiche and piranha. They also prepare rich liquors made from local plants with evocative names such as the breakers, warm atmosphere assured.
Stays in the jungle are usually made in lodges, rustic wooden houses built in the middle of the jungle on the edge of a river, where daily walks on foot or boat leave to take advantage of the enormous diversity of fauna and flora.
Iquitos
Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve
Only 20 km southwest of Iquitos begins this small Amazon jungle Peru, impressive for its diversity and world records as the largest number of varieties of trees per hectare (300), the largest variety of reptiles (140), amphibians (112) , of primates (17) and birds (600) to within a locality. The park also has nearly 2,000 species of plants including a hundred endemic of Peru as well as a dozen vertebrates and more than 28 endangered species such as the giant otter, the harpy eagle, the black stump, the handsome red monkey and the giant armadillo.Reserve of Pacaya Samiria
Called the jungle of mirrors, it is the largest flooded forest in the Amazon jungle Peru. This park starts in Nauta, a small town 106 km from Iquitos along a paved road and is the largest reserve in Peru with 20,000 km2. It has numerous species of animals in route of extension such as the small turtle charapa and the median terecay, the marine cow, the black alligator and the giant otter or river wolf, as well as 56 indigenous communities.Pucallpa
Pucallpa Natural Park
Located on the outskirts of the city, towards the airport, this park has a lake, a rest area, a park with typical animals of the region and a small museum with textiles and handicrafts shipibo-conibo with its geometric patterns on a background beige.Yarinacocha Lagoon
At 7 km from Pucallpa, you can see pink dolphins and numerous fish in this lake of clear waters. You can also fish, enjoy the beaches in the dry season (April to December) and take a boat ride to go in the Shipibo villages that line the lake.Manu National Park
Called Manú Biosphere Reserve, this immense park located northeast of Cusco was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1978. It extends from the Amazon jungle Peru at 300 m altitude and up to the Andes at 3,800 m. Manú is one of the places in the world where the largest variety of plants and animals are found. More than 20,000 species of plants, 1,000 birds, 1,200 butterflies, 200 mammals and 14 monkeys have been counted, including the smallest lion in the world with a weight of 100 g.Puerto Maldonado
National Reserve of Tambopata
To the south of Puerto Maldonado, this reserve is one of the most interesting in the country and like the others, it enjoys enormous diversity. The macaw clay lick is the most outstanding attraction of the park. Around 6 am, hundreds of parrots gather here to ingest the clay in a mud wall on the side of the river.The scientists still do not understand the purpose of this ritual, but they have noted that it also serves as a social gathering. This colorful show exists in other places in the jungle, but Tambopata is the most impressive.
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