DJCat

I am trying to decide where to book my Amazon jungle experience and would like to be as far into the jungle as is possible, is there a map showing where all of the lodges around Iquitos are located?

Thanks

pezzi686

My wife and I have just returned from a 7D/6N jungle tour in Iquitos with Maniti Expeditions (http://www.manitiexpeditions.com). We paid $650 per person and it included everything (transport, food, bungalow in the jungle, tours, even airport pickup and drop off).

Our guides name was Miguel and he was excellent. We saw all kinds of wildlife; snakes, monkeys, exotic birds, dolphins, butterflies. The lodge took about 3 hours via boat to get to, it was pretty deep in the jungle. Food was excellent. All of the staff was excellent.

Before we booked with them we did a bit or research on the company, they are fully registered with iPeru (the official tourism board in Peru) and they get great reviews on TripAdvisor.

We also spent 3 days in the city of Iquitos but i wish we would have just stayed in the jungle, you need only 1 day in Iquitos, there is not a whole lot to do there.

Enjoy Peru~!

Amy

I've traveled with Explorama three times; I really love the Peruvian Amazon. Their "deepest" camp is Explortambos, where you sleep on a draped, raised platform. My favorite of their sites, though, is Explornapo, about 100 miles in from Iquitos. Here's a map of their locations: http://www.explorama.com/areamap.php

My all-time favorite moment was probably when we were swimming in the Amazon and the pink river dolphins came to join us.

Here are some pictures of the whole Explorama experience:
http://travel.webshots.com/album/578377317YUPbkI

I had the privilege of traveling to take supplies to the village schools: http://travel.webshots.com/album/561024042uUQIiq

My first trip there: http://travel.webshots.com/album/178913732cYcXFU

DJCat

Thanks everyone

DJCat

pezzi686 did you book directly with Maniti on their website?

pezzi686

I didnt book with them by paying through their website but I did book with them before i arrived to Iquitos by sending them an email and addressing a few questions that I had.

I personally dont like paying for something without some form of communication from the company first.

They were very attentive and they ended up sending me an invoice to my email and I paid that way. We had out optioned narrowed down to a few but the customer service Maniti offered was excellent so we ended up booking with them...all around very pleasant experience.