Peruvian Amazon Tours
Sail from Iquitos into Pacaya-Samiria by small ship or wake up in a Tambopata jungle lodge on Peru Amazon tours of 3 to 7 days, always with naturalist guides.
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Two nights in the Tambopata rainforest, a road over a 4,750 m pass, then the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu: Peru in 7 days.
from $ 1,700
Spend 2 nights at Posada Amazonas, the Ese Eja community’s lodge 2 hours from Puerto Maldonado. Climb a 40 m canopy tower and spot giant otters.
from $ 1,700
Watch macaws at dawn, spot monkeys from a 30 m tower, and join night walks at the reserve’s most remote lodge, the Tambopata Research Center.
from $ 4,100
A 4-day Delfin Amazon cruise on the Delfin I or Delfin III: skiff outings in Pacaya-Samiria, kayaking, a village visit, all meals and house drinks.
from $ 4,200
Pink dolphins by skiff, piranha fishing and jungle walks by day, a river-view suite and a chef’s menu by night: the 4-day Aria Amazon cruise in Peru.
from $ 3,860
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Peru Amazon tours: river cruise in the north or jungle lodge in the south?
Covering over 60% of the nation’s landmass (roughly 782,880 km²), the rainforest is home to just 5% of the population. Peru Amazon tours typically begin from one of two main gateways.
Up north, Iquitos serves as the launchpad for river cruises—a isolated city of around 500,000 residents with no road connections to the outside world. To the south, Puerto Maldonado functions as the hub for jungle lodges, positioned 183 m above sea level at the junction of the Tambopata and Madre de Dios rivers.
Up north, cruises depart from Nauta (95 km from Iquitos airport), near where the Marañón and Ucayali form the Amazon River in Peru. Ships explore the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve, a 20,800 km² flooded forest protected since 1982. Options include the Aria Amazon Cruise (32 guests) and the Delfin Amazon Cruise (on the 4-suite Delfin I or 22-suite Delfin III), both offering sightings of pink river dolphins.
In the south, the Tambopata National Reserve protects 274,690 ha of lowland forest. Here, lodge-based Amazon rainforest tours in Peru include Posada Amazonas—owned by Infierno’s Ese Eja community, 2 hours from Puerto Maldonado, with a 40 m canopy tower and giant otters on Tres Chimbadas Lake—and Tambopata Research Center, 3.5–4 hours upriver in the protected core by a massive macaw clay lick, hosting up to 7 guests per guide.
Both regions remain warm year-round, with average temperatures of 27°C (81°F) in Iquitos and 26°C (79°F) in Puerto Maldonado. The northern rivers rise 4–7 m from November to June, while southern lodges observe a dry season from March to November. A 30-minute flight connects Puerto Maldonado to Cusco, simplifying Andean combinations. Alternatively, our 7-day Machu Picchu and Amazon tour travels overland from Tambopata across a 4,750 m pass to the Sacred Valley.