Epoca – Majestic River Program 6D/5N (City and Jungle)

CITY FIRST DAY:

• Reception and transfer from the Airport to Hotel.
• Overnight at Hotel Epoca.

ECOLODGE SECOND DAY:

• Breakfast at Hotel.
• Transfer in a fast boat for three hours, 140 kms. upriver from Iquitos, on the Amazon River.
• Distribution of bungalow and guidance.
• Leoncito Hike, where you appreciate the immense variety of flora around the area. You’ll also be amazed at how huge the ceiba tree is. In addition, you will see the world’s smallest monkey, the pigmy marmoset, the squirrel, the tamarin and the howler monkeys, whose deafening roar can be heard many miles away.
• After watching a sunset over the forest of mirrors, back to Lodge.
• In the evening, boat ride to see caimans, nocturnal birds and mammals.

ECOLODGE THIRD DAY:

• Breakfast very early.
• Boat trip to Lake Sapote watching different birds, like parrots, jacanas, kingfishers, herons, panguana, partridges, pigeons, cormorants, horned screamers, and then move to the other end of the Lake Moena where you can see sloth and monkeys, as the night monkey, squirrel, monk, stump, etc.
• Lunch.
• Boat trips to the lakes Purura and Corriente and catch different kind of fish, including the famous piranha.
• Dinner.
• At night, take a night walk in search of huge frogs, anaconda’s favorite food. Also observed several species of tarantulas.

ECOLODGE FOURTH DAY:

• Breakfast.
• Expedition to look for the white monkey. In this remote place you would walk or use canoes, depending on the level of the river. Also, you can observe different kind of birds, sloth and many monkeys.
• Lunch.
• Boat excursion to Jorge Caño to look for different species of monkeys, specially the howler monkey. During the way back, we will share a special afternoon with the friendly San Juan de Yanayacu village.  The visit is very spontaneous and sometimes you can play soccer, voley or walk around the village.
• Dinner.
• Canoe excursion to feel the sounds in a closer way.

ECOLODGE FIFTH DAY::

• Breakfast.
• We will take you to the Amazon River, where you will experience the most magical moment of your trip, which is to swim in the same river where the pink and gray dolphins live. You can see them, but, don’t expect to touch. On the way back to the lodge, you will see the biggest aquatic plant in the world, the famous Victoria Regia. It is also easy to see iguanas.
• This is an area that has many strangler vines, being the favorite spot of the bird “hoatzin” or shansho. This colorful bird looks like a prehistoric bird because it has three claws on the middle joint of the wing.
• Lunch.
• Excursion by boat to the lake Juanachi. In this place, you’ll see birds and animals closely.
• Dinner.
• Free choice night excursion.

ECOLODGE SIXTH DAY:

• Boat trip to Casha Lake which is not easily accessible. Here you will row or walk, depending on the level of the river, looking at different species of birds and monkeys.
• With your guide, you will be able to count all the animals seen in your Animal Check List.
• Your experience of the jungle comes to an end and you will sail three hours back to Iquitos and take you to the hotel or airport.