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Peruvian Amazon Rainforest  Vacations packages to Peru

 

Exploring the Amazon Rain Forest   5 days visiting La Ceiba, Explorama, Hanging bridges and more....

 

Manu Wildlife Adventure  5 days...Exploring the magnifecent Manu National Park

 

Sandoval Lake Lodge & Macaw Clay Lick: 5 day deep in the amazon

 

Deluxe Amazon River cruise -Dolphin 5 and 4 days superb river cruise with all excursions, meals and more...

 

Amazon River Cruise -Amatista, Zafiro & La Perla  3, 4, & 7 night river cruises with all meals, excursiones, lectures...

THE DOLPHIN RIVER CRUISE

Peru amazon river cruises vacations and deals

4 day/3 night cruise

Day 1 IQUITOS-DELFIN III
Arrive in Iquitos where you will be met by the guides of the Amazon Discovery. Continue with a tour of the city and embarkation. Board the DELFIN III. Welcome lunch, orientation, and intro to the Amazon presentation.
ALL MEALS INCLUDED IN THIS CRUISE AS WELL AS ALL TOURS.

Day 2  DELFIN III
AM Yacapana: skiff exploration & dolphin spotting
PM Yarapa River: skiff exploration & night safari, Pisco sour class, dinner and movie

Day 3 DELFIN III
AM  Piraña Caño: villiage visit and jungle walk (dry)
PM Santa Ana: visit to shamanic healing center, entertainment and music onboard

Day 4 AMAZON-IQUITOS
AM Manatee Rescue Center: disembarkation & visit to ACOBIA manatee center. Transfer to airport.

2025 RATES:
Cost per person for the 3 night Cruise: Suites DBL US$4,100 (for upper Suite add US$140 pp)
Cost per person for the 4 night Cruise: Suites DBL US$5,560 (for upper Suite add US$200 pp)
Does not include local airfare Lima-Iquitos-Lima (about US$350-420)

Departure dates: 2025
For the 3 or 4 night cruise  - Please call us or email us at: tara@taratours.com

The brand new DELFIN III, offers guests an immersive rainforest experience while simultaneously treating them to the highest levels of luxury. This brand new vessel is also the largest in the Delfin fleet, with capacity for up to 43 passengers. The ship has been beautifully finished with the finest details, hardwood floors, designer furniture, and handmade Peruvian artifacts. The itineraries have been carefully planned and are set to offer an unforgettable experience. Guests will have no shortage of up close rainforest experience and gourmet food to compliment.
Guests have the option of four room classes. On the first deck there are 8 Suites complete with floor to ceiling panoramic windows as well as 2 spacious Corner Suites facing the front of the ship. The second deck is comprised of 10 Upper Suites and the largest of all, the Owners Suite. The top deck features beautiful indoor and outdoor lounge, a sundeck with plunge pool, a spa and gym, and of course the bar.

TRANSPORTATION: Your cruise package includes transfers from/to the Iquitos Airport to/from the port of Nauta, where the vessel will depart and arrive.

SINGLE SUPPLEMENT
Single Supplement is + 50% in addition to the adult rate on all vessels.

CHILDREN POLICY
7 years old minimum on all departures.
Children aged 11 or under are eligible for a 20% discount from the adult rate.

INCLUDING:
All meals while on board (arrival day: dinner, cruise days: all meals, departure day: breakfast & lunch)
All excursions & equipment (including rubber boots & rain ponchos)
Transfers to/from vessel when arriving on recommended flights to Iquitos.
Entrance fee to Pacaya Samiria National Reserve
Natural juices, soda, coffee, tea, water; beer and wine.

NOT INCLUDED: Air tickets to/from Iquitos; Travel & Health Insurance. Cost of medical emergencies (including evacuation); Gratuities (amount suggested per guest: US$ 120.00); Any additional transportation services; Any additional bar consumptions; Boutique purchases.

 

Exploring the Amazon Rain Forest

Peru amazon vacations and tour packages

Special - Ceiba Tops, Canopy Walkway & Explorama Lodge Excursion

 

5 day / 4 night Program

DAY 1 ARRIVE IQUITOS - Ceiba Tops
Reception at the airport or hotel, brief city orientation and transfer to the Explorama dock. Twenty-five mile journey down the Amazon River to Ceiba Tops where private rooms with air conditioning provide Amazon adventure in comfort. Afternoon hike in the beautiful primary rainforest reserve surrounding Ceiba Tops that includes many huge trees festooned with epiphytes. After dinner your guide will take you on a short walk to a small lake where caiman can be spotted at night and where you can find some of the insects and frogs that produce the cacophony of sounds that begin after dark.
MEALS: Lunch, Dinner

OVERNIGHT: Ceiba Tops

DAY 2 Ceiba Tops - Explorama Lodge - Ceiba Tops
Early morning birding excursion. After breakfast board boats to continue down the Amazon River to the rustic Explorama Lodge and hike the "Bushmaster Trail" where scientific studies by the Missouri Botanical Gardens have found the world's highest biodiversity of trees per square hectare. Continue on to visit a small village of Yagua Indians where your guide will explain their culture and how it has been affected by the passing of time. There will be an opportunity to trade for or purchase some of their local crafts and for a demonstration of the use of the blowgun which some of the Yagua elders still use for hunting. After lunch walk along a local Amazon River trail stopping at a "ribereños" house, corner store and sugar cane rum factory. Return by boat to Ceiba Tops.
MEALS: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner -----------------

OVERNIGHT: Ceiba Tops


DAY 3 Ceiba Tops
Early morning birding.
Morning boat excursion to "Monkey Island", a private reserve where more than five species of tropical primates including small tamarins, saki, titi and large woolly monkeys are protected. Afternoon boating excursion in search of sloth, found in Cecropia trees at the water's edge, and the two species of freshwater river dolphin, pink and grey, found in Amazonian waters. Weather permitting, enjoy a beautiful Amazonian sunset on the river.
MEALS: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

OVERNIGHT: Ceiba Tops

DAY 4 Ceiba Tops / Canopy Walkway / Ceiba TopsPeru amazon tour packages
Early morning departure from Ceiba Tops by boat to the narrow motorcar crossing connecting the Amazon and Napo Rivers to continue by boat to ExplorNapo Lodge for breakfast. Hike to the spectacular Canopy Walkway spanning over 500 meters (one-third of a mile), connected by tree platforms, and reaching a height of over 35 meters (115 feet) but accessible without any type of climbing skill or equipment. After lunch, visit the "ReNuPeRu" Ethnobotanical Garden where over 240 medicinal plants are cultivated by a local shaman who will explain the nature of Amazonian natural healing and the uses of some of the plants. Return to Ceiba Tops in time to enjoy the pool or hammocks before dinner.
MEALS: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner -----------------

OVERNIGHT: Ceiba Tops

DAY 5 Ceiba Tops - Iquitos - DEPART
Boating or walking excursion to further enjoy the rainforest surrounding Ceiba Tops, or if you prefer, time to relax at the hammock house or enjoy the pool and lodge gardens. Afternoon journey back to Iquitos and on to the airport or to a local hotel.
MEALS: Breakfast, Lunch (if departure flight permits)

*Due to the everchanging nature of the rainforest, day-by-day activities may vary due to local conditions*
Please be sure to plan your arrival and departure during mornings or early afternoons.             

2025 LAND TOUR RATES Per Person
DBL US$ 1,222 . SGL $1,420
Call us for Single Travelling alone

Plus local airfare Lima-Iquitos-Lima about US$300-350 pp

INCLUDING: 4 nights jungle lodge accommodations with all meals, excursions, visit to Indian tribes and English speaking naturalist guides (as per itinerary); All transfers by car & by boat from/to Iquitos; room taxes and service charges. Assistance of our local representatives 24/7 by phone. 

NOT INCLUDED:  INTERNATIONAL AIRFARE or Local airfare to Iquitos. Travel & Health Insurance.• Tips to tour guide or bus driver. •Any other service not mentioned in itinerary. •  Airport departure taxes (Lima and Iquitos $5.00 each)

 

 

 

 

Manu Adventurer Photo Safari
Tour packages to Manu, Peru

Manu National Park - Manu Wildlife Center
Cusco – Puerto Maldonado – Cusco by commercial airplane

5 day/4 night itinerary
Departs every Thursday

This itinerary offers the complete lowland rainforest experience, taking us by air and then motorized canoe to Manu Wildlife Center, This lodge is located east of the Manu River on the north bank of the Madre de Dios River and offers the Amazon’s finest, in-depth wildlife safari. The lodge is famous for its abundant and varied wildlife, with its own Tapir clay lick, a nearby macaw and parrot clay lick, two nearby oxbow lakes and two tall canopy viewing towers among its impressive highlights. The Lodge contains 22 double-occupancy fully screened private bungalows with hot showers, a large fully screened dining room, and a bar with hammocks for relaxing with the comfort of the our Amazon’s finest wildlife lodge, next day in our rustic, Manu Wildlife Tented Camp in the heart of the Manu Biosphere Reserve. In Manu we navigate the waters of an isolated oxbow lake, home to Giant Otters, caimans, monkeys and an endless variety of birds. Our trip ends downriver with the Amazon’s finest wildlife viewing opportunities, at Manu Wildlife Center. This lodge offers the finest Tapir viewing in the entire Amazon, as Tapirs are nightly visitors to the lodge’s mud wallow. After a canoe and van journey we return to Cusco aboard in a commercial flight.

Itinerary
Day 1: Puerto Maldonado-Colorado -Manu Wildlife Center.

We'll pick you up about 6:00 to 6:30 a.m.  from your hotel in Puerto Maldonado followed with a transfer service by van to Santa Rosa Village, we will get there in about two-hours and a half journey, you will cross the Inambari river for a 15 minutes boat trip to Puerto Carlos, here you will start your overland journey to Boca Colorado for 45 minutes by car, followed by four hours and a half motorized boat journey ride upstream the Madre de Dios river. We arrive to Manu Wildlife Center for lunch.
Later we make our first acquaintance with the rainforest, exploring some of the 30 miles of forest trails that surround the lodge. We have an excellent chance of encountering some of the 12 species of monkeys, including the Spider Monkey and Emperor Tamarin, which inhabit the surrounding forest.
After dinner there will be an enchanting night walk along the trails, in search of the nocturnal birds and animals of the rainforest (L, D)

Day 2: Manu Wildlife Center to Manu National Park (Manu Wildlife Tented Camp)

An early start (inevitable on wildlife expeditions), a delicious breakfast is followed by boat journey in the motorized canoe trip up the Madre de Dios River. We make a short visit to the village of Boca Manu, riverside capital of the remote and sparsely populated Peruvian province of Fitzcarrald. The main activity here is building dugout boats for travelers on the river. Logging is prohibited here, so the resourceful villagers work entirely with lumber brought downriver by floodwaters.
Now we turn northward up the chocolate-brown waters of the Manu River into the lake-rich lower Manu National Park. The pristine quality of the forest is instantly apparent, with abundant birdlife and no signs of outside development. We check into the park at Limonal ranger station and then proceed upstream, as our boat driver steers skillfully through shallows and driftwood snags. Orinoco Geese and Horned Screamers strut on the beaches, Capped and White-necked Herons patrol the shoreline, and countless sunbathing turtles dive off their log perches as we approach.

After some six hours on the river we reach the Manu Tented Camp, a simple but comfortable low-impact lodge nestled almost invisibly in the forest.
If time permits us, we will take a short walk before dinner to stretch our legs and enjoy our first encounter with virgin rainforest. (B,Box Lunch,D).

Day 3: Manu National Park (Manu Wildlife Tented Camp): Cocha Salvador & Cocha Otorongo.

Today we visit two lakes near our camp. Park authorities determine the time of our visit to Cocha (Lake) Salvador; depending on this schedule, we will visit Cocha Otorongo earlier or later in the day.

Our trail to Cocha Otorongo begins some 30 minutes downstream from the camp. This brief river journey to the trailhead can always offer the chance of a thrilling wildlife sighting. Perhaps we will spot a family of capybaras, the world’s largest rodent, looking like giant Guinea Pigs as they browse on the riverbank, or if we are very lucky, a solitary jaguar might stalk slowly off an open beach into the forest, flicking its tail in annoyance at our intrusion.

On the short trail to the lake we may spy one or more of the park’s 13 monkeys species leaping through the canopy high above. And some of the trees, which form that canopy -- such as kapok, ironwood and figs, will astound us with the vast size of their trunks and buttressed root systems.

These are oxbow lakes, formed when the river changed course, leaving a landlocked channel behind. The lakes are abundant in fish and wildlife, and provide optimum habitat for caimans and the Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis), one of the Amazon’s most endangered mammal species. This lake enjoys maximum protection, and boats are not allowed. However, it features a dock platforms and a 50ft tower from which to scan the trees and marshy shoreline for monkeys, kingfishers, Anhinga (a large, long-necked water bird), and countless other species. We have a good chance of sighting the resident Giant Otter family as they dive for the 4Kg. of fish that each individual consumes daily.

Cocha Salvador is the largest of the area’s lakes, at 3.5 Km, or some two miles long. It is also home to a family of Giant Otters. We cruise the lake on a floating catamaran platform, which offers superb new perspectives of lake and forest. The lakeside trees are often alive with monkeys; Scarlet, Chestnut-fronted and Blue-and-gold macaws beat a path overhead; a variety of herons and egrets scout the water’s edge; and the reptilian eyes and snouts of caimans, motionless as logs, may be spied beneath the branches. Somewhere on the open water or in among toppled bankside trees, we may spot the sleek heads of the shy Giant Otters. These social animals play and fish together, and we may see them sprawled on a fallen tree trunk, dozing or gnawing on a fish. (B,L,D)

Day 4: Manu National Park (Manu Wildlife Tented Camp) to Manu Wildlife Center – Macaw Clay Lick Project and Tapir Clay lick.

We set off downriver at dawn. At this hour chances of wildlife encounters are excellent. We return to the Limonal park station, to file our wildlife report before leaving the park. After reaching the turbulent union of the Alto Madre de Dios and Manu rivers we will be near the village of Boca Manu. After ninety more minutes downstream we arrive at Manu Wildlife Center -- the exciting final stop of our journey -- in time for lunch.
After a delicious lunch we walk through the forest for some minutes, where we find the Macaw Lick project. The hide provided with individual chairs and a convenient place for cameras and binoculars to a distance of 15 meters. In groups of two and three the scarlet Macaws come flapping in, landing in the treetops as they eye the main stage below.
Later, we continue to explore and discover the rainforest, its lore and plant life, on the network of trails surrounding the lodge, arriving in the late afternoon at our 34m/112ft Canopy Tower. On its platform we witness the frantic rush-hour activity of twilight in the rainforest canopy, before night closes in. Then we set off along the “collpa trail”, which will take us to the lodge’s famous Tapir Clay lick. Here at the most active tapir lick known in the entire Amazon, our research has identified from 8-12 individual 600-pound Tapirs who come to this lick to eat clay from under the tree roots around the edge. This unlikely snack absorbs and neutralizes toxins in the vegetarian diet of the Tapir, the largest land animal of Latin America. The lick features a roomy, elevated observation platform 5m/17ft above the forest floor. The platform is equipped with freshly-made-up mattresses with pillows. Each mattress is covered by a roomy mosquito net. The 10-m-long, elevated walkway to the platform is covered with sound-absorbing padding to prevent our footsteps from making noise. This Tapir Experience is unique and exciting because these normally very shy creatures are visible up close, and flash photography is not just permitted, but encouraged. The hard part for modern city dwellers is to remain still and silent anywhere from 30 minutes to two or more hours. Many prefer to nap until the first Tapir arrives, at which point your guide gently awakens you to watch the Tapir 10-20m/33-66ft) away below the platform. Most people feel that the wait is well worth it in order to have such a high probability of observing the rare and elusive Tapir in its rainforest home. (B/L/D)

Day 5: Manu Wildlife Center to Puerto Maldonado – Departure day.

We leave our lodge very early on the two hour and a half return boat trip downstream to the Colorado Village. Depending upon the time we must be in Puerto Maldonado, the breakfast will be served at the lodge or on the boat while you enjoying early morning wildlife activity as we go, of course this is a perfect time to take advantage of valuable early morning wildlife activity along the river, in additions this journey allows us to see several lowland native settlements and gold miners digging and panning gold along the banks of the Madre de Dios River. We will stop in the far-west type gold-mining town of Colorado to start our overland journey to Puerto Carlos for 45 minutes, then you will cross the Inambari River for 15 minutes boat trip to Santa Rosa, finally a van or bus will drive us in approximately two-hours and a half to the airport in Puerto Maldonado City, with this assistance your jungle adventure ends... (B)

2025 LAND TOUR COST PER PERSON (in double occ) US$2,999

Important notes:
• Please note that you should stay overnight the night before in Puerto Maldonado in order to start your trip from 6:00 to 6:30 a.m. (cost about $60-70 per person with local transfers)
• The program may vary slightly so as to maximize your wildlife sightings, depending on the reports of our researchers and experienced naturalist guides based at the lodge.
• We strongly recommend to buy Travel Insurance

DOES NOT INCLUDE: Local airfares, Insurance, Tips to tour guides or drivers and any other service not especifically mentioned in this itinerary.

YELLOW fever shot recomended.

 

 

 

RIVER CRUISES AMATISTA, ZAFIRO, LA PERLA

Peru amazon river cruises amatista, zafiro, la perla 

RIVER CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS
• Two or three daily excursions into the Amazon jungle including speed-boat
excursions and guided jungle walks.
• Discover the region’s exotic wildlife through activities like bird-watching and
observing pink river dolphins.
• Experience local culture via cooking demonstrations, piranha fishing, village
visits, and shaman blessing ceremonies.
• Learn about the Amazon rainforest and discover the secrets of the jungle with
our nature guides.
• Taste the flavors of the rainforest by sampling our regional and contemporary
specialties while admiring stunning views of the Amazon

2025 Cruise Rates per person

Zafiro Cruise

4d/3n

5d/4n

 Ist deck

 4,100

5,100

Cruise 2 deck

4,100

5,099

Master Suite

4,480

5,450

La Perla or Amatista

4d/3n

7d/6n

Standard

2,257

4,114

Amazon View

2,395

4,392

Superior

3,500

4,530

RATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME
Child under 11 year olds 50% discount (staying same room with parents) Single add 40%

 


Sandoval Lake Lodge & Macaw Clay Lick: 5 day extension

Tour packages to the Amazon Rain Forest

On this journey to the Heath River and then Lake Sandoval we encounter the best pristine rainforest and the most comfortable wilderness lodges that the Upper Amazon Basin has to offer – an unbeatable combination of remoteness, and yet reachable distance by river from an airport with scheduled passenger-jet flights. Our two lodges lie within the Tambopata-Madidi reserve areas of Peru and Bolivia. Bolivia’s Madidi National Park totals 18,900 sq. km./7,297 sq. miles, while the adjacent reserves of Tambopata-Candamo and Bahuaja-Sonene across the border in Peru add up to more than 13,700 sq. km./5,290 sq. miles. Taken together, they form the second largest, and by far the most biologically diverse nature conservation area in all of South America

 

Day 1: Puerto Maldonado to Heath River WildlifeCenter
Arrive and transfer by boat toSandoval Lodge
Now, after brief frontier-crossing formalities, we motor forabout two more hours up narrower and wilder waters, suddenlyenjoying the intimacy of mysterious forest looming close oneither side. Occasional views of native villages andchildren splashing by the banks, are interspersed with long,quiet stretches where we may spot herons, hawks, cormorants,Orinoco Geese, and perhaps a family of Capybaras -- theworld’s largest rodent, weighing up to 55kg./120lb, andlooking like an enormous Guinea Pig. We reach our simple,charming and comfortable quarters at the Heath RiverWildlife Center in time for dinner. (Thelodge is located on the Bolivian shore of the Heath River,so passports are required.)

Day 2: Heath River Wildlife Center
Today we make an early start tovisit the the lodge’s most spectacular feature: the HeathRiver parrot and macaw lick. Here these colorful birdsgather to eat a type of clay from the cliff-like river banksthat neutralizes certain toxins in their diet. Theycongregate early each morning, sometimes by the hundreds,jostling and squabbling over the best eating spots on theclay lick. This noisy and unforgettable show can go on fortwo or three hours, and may begin with up to five species ofparrot and two varieties of parakeet, followed byChestnut-fronted Macaws and their larger, more boisterouscousins, the Red-and-green Macaws. This extraordinarywildlife display occurs at only a handful of sites in theUpper Amazon Basin, and nowhere else on the planet.
After lunch we typically hike or bicycle along a major trailto a point where the forest abruptly gives way to thespacious plains of the Pampas del Heath, part of Bolivia’sMadidi National Park and it is home to rare endemic birdsand mammals, such as the Swallow-tailed Hummingbird and thehighly endangered Maned Wolf..
After dinner some guests may choose to visit one of ourmammal lick hides, in hopes of seeing a Lowland Tapir, therainforest’s largest mammal

Day 3- Heath River Wildlife Center to Sandoval LakeLodge
We leave at dawn for the returntrip downstream. This is peak hour for wildlife so we keep asharp eye on the riverbanks, often spotting families ofCapybara, and perhaps being rewarded with a rare jaguarsighting, or a tapir swimming across the current. We reachthe Madre de Dios River, re-enter Peru, and set off upstreamfor the boat landing near Lake Sandoval Lake Lodge.
After lunch at the lodge and a brief rest to avoid the earlyafternoon heat, we once again set off by boat or catamaranto explore the entire west end of the lake. Here, in theflooded palm forest we drift to the sounds of hundreds ofRed-Bellied and Blue-and-yellow Macaws as they return to thepalm forest for the night. Our viewpoint from the canoeoften allows closer and more extended encounters with birdsand mammals than on a typical forest trail hike, and we maywitness intimate feeding and mating behavior. On LakeSandoval monkeys, in particular, have almost lost their fearof humans.
On clear nights we will have superb vistas of the Milky Way.

Day 4: Lake Sandoval
After a dawn breakfast we short paddle along the palm swampsof the west end of the lake in search of the resident GiantOtter family. Returning once more down the trail to theMadre de Dios River,

Day 5 Sandoval- Puerto Maldonado
We return to Puerto Maldonado to catch the flight to Cuscoor Lima.

2025 Land Tour Cost

Per person based on double: PLEASE CALL OR e-mail us

 


For questions or further information on Peru or about these programs 
Have your Travel Agent call Tara Tours at 1-800-327-0080 or
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