By Campbell Plowden (cplowden@amazonecology.org); special report for the Pariwana Hostel Blog In the first part of this series (Travel tips for large lanchas), I offered tips for backpackers traveling between Iquitos and other major points in the northern Peruvian Amazon like the Brazilian frontier, Pucallpa, and Yurimaguas in the large lanchas (ferries) that are slow [...]
By Campbell Plowden (cplowden@amazonecology.org); special report for the Pariwana Hostel Blog Adventures in the Peruvian Amazon often begin in the gateway city of Iquitos. There are daily flights to Iquitos from Lima on LAN, Peruvian Airlines and Star Airlines. Copa Airlines now offers three flights per week between Iquitos and Panama. You can’t reach Iquitos [...]
By Campbell Plowden (cplowden@amazonecology.org); special report for the Pariwana Hostel Blog If you want to visit the Amazon rainforest in Peru, you will probably fly into the gateway city of Iquitos. If you are really savvy, you can get around the city by bus, but it’s cheap to take a “mototaxi” (three-person cab mounted on [...]
By Campbell Plowden (cplowden@amazonecology.org); special report for the Pariwana Hostel Blog Backpackers who want the adventure of traveling through the Amazon have two basic options for sleeping when going beyond hostels with beds – a tent or a hammock. Many rural people and backpackers (mochileros) in Peru bring a tent or squared-off mosquito net with [...]
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