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ADVENTURE CRUISE INTO PACAYA SAMIRIA RESERVE 4 days/ 3 nights LATITUD SUR Jr. Callao #637 Iquitos, Loreto, Perú Tel: 942107005 RPM: #942107005 iquitos@latitudsur.org www.latitudsur.org
ITINERARY Day 1: Reception at the airport or at your hotel in the morning (as early as possible) and transfer to the boat in a taxi or a private minibus. Welcome on board on the M/F Selva Viva and installation in your cabin. We will sail on the Marañon to the confluence with the Ucayali, the birth place of the mythic Amazon River. Lunch on board. Birdwatching on the small Yarapa river during the afternoon with the auxiliary boat. Hike to observe giant water lilies and hoatzins (prehistoric bird). Dinner and night on board.
Day 2: Breakfast on board. Early in the morning, jungle hiking with a local guide who will explain the forest natural resources management by the inhabitants, and particularly the medicinal plants use. We will observe many species of birds and probably monkeys around the lagoon. Possibility of piranhas fishing. Then we will sail to Nauta caño, inside the Pacaya Samiria’s Reserve. The rangers will talk about the conservation of the different species of the region. Excursion hiking or on a small boat to observe the incredible biodiversity of this place. Dinner and night on board.
Day 3: Breakfast on board while we sail to the confluence of the Marañon and Pucate river, where we will observe the grey and pink dolphins around the boat. Visit of the 20 de Enero community, where our NGO produce Buriti oil with the inhabitants. Possibility to swim in the river, to fish with local fishermen or to organize activities with the children. Dinner and night on board in the entrance of the Reserve.