1. Departure from Iquitos by private transport/ Port of Nauta/ River navigation/ Entrance to Pacaya Samiria National Reserve/ Buenos Aires Community/ Jungle hiking expedition/ Night hike
2. Sunrise/ Navigation on the Pucate River/ Piranha fishing/ Pink river dolphin watching/ Swimming in the river/ Jungle hike/ Wildlife viewing/ Lupuna tree/ Iricahua Lake/ Night caiman expedition
3. Primate search/ Botanical hike/ Water rope course/ River navigation/ Animal viewing/ Ravine exploration by canoe/ Night expedition
4. Canoe expedition/ Animal and bird watching/ Primate viewing/ Lake exploration/ Return/ Buenos Aires Community – Nauta – Iquitos
08:00 AM pick up from the airport or hotel we will drive for around 1 hour 30 minutes approximately until Nauta town once in Nauta, we will take a motorboat and navigate the Marañon river for around 3 hours and 30 minutes until the control gate from the Pacaya Samiria Reserve, here we will have our entrance ticket to go inside this National Reserve.
Another 30 minutes more by motorboat until the Buenos Aires Community.
We can enjoy the amazing flora and fauna view during our boat trip. We can see birds, especially herons.
Lunch
In the afternoon we will navigate the yanayacu pucate basin in order to appreciate the gray and pink dolphins and birds (toucan, macaw, seagulls, kingfisher, Camungos) return to the peasant house, at night we will walk in order to appreciate the nocturnal fauna (tarantulas, snake, night monkeys)
Dinner and rest.
Before breakfast we will board our small boat (canoe)and go to Huayllas river in order to see the famous sloths and prehistoric birds (shanshos)
Return and breakfast.
Packing our belongings in order to go to our camping site, we will take our motorboat for 1 hour 30 minutes approximately until Alban ravine (strategic point) Then we will hike through the jungle where the guide will explain about the medicinal plants (Uña de Gato, Sangre de Grado, grapes and others) its properties, also We will know how peasant people live.
During the hike we will appreciate giant tree, (Ceiba, capiruri, Cedro and others).
Lunch At night, we will take our canoe to look for alligators in their habitat.
Dinner and rest. Camping. We will sleep in tents.
05:30 am will be the get up time, so we can enjoy the sunrise and also appreciate the song of the birds and howler monkeys.
Breakfast and we will collect our camping equipment and prepare to continue towards the depths of the Pacaya Samiria Reserve. We will navigate approximately 2 hours to Iricahua lake. We will look for primates and other animals in their natural habitat.
The further we go into the Amazon jungle, the more possibilities we have to see wildlife. Lunch Exploration of a ravine by canoe. At the end of the ravine, we will get off from the canoe and we will walk around looking for animals such as the armadillo (locally called carachupa), bear anthill, rodents such as the Majaz (Paca agouti) and the Añuje (Black agouti), among others.
We will learn to cut and drink from the “Water rope”, a vine that can be used as a survival technique.
Dinner
Night expedition looking for nocturnal animals, including tapir, frogs, snakes, among others.
Camping night. We will sleep in tents.
We will start our fishing tour with a peasant rod, arrow or machete.
We will be able to fish different types of fish (piranhas, catfish, tucunare).
Lunch
Return to the Buenos Aires community, optional visit to the community members to know customs, culture and lifestyle, lunch and return to Nauta – Iquitos – hotel or airport.
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