Amazon River Boat Cruises in Peru

• Amazon river people have always used dugout canoes, sturdy craft hollowed out from select rain forest trees.


• Later, explorers, botanists, biologists, adventurers, and others used the same primitive form of transportation - the only available means of reaching the upper waterways.


• Towards the end of the 1800s, a few larger trading vessels began to reach remote Amazon River tributary locations along the deeper of the "water highways."

How has this opportunity come about?

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Geography of Amazon River Boat Cruise Regions

Much of the jungle or rainforest of the Amazon basin (covering large parts of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil) lies at less than 100 meters (328 feet) of elevation. 

A large part of the Upper Amazon in  Peru is less than 300 meters (980 feet) above sea level. 

To drop to sea level from Iquitos in Northern Peru, the Amazon crosses 1,000 miles to the Atlantic with less than one foot of drop in an as-the-crow-flies mile, causing a slow meandering sinuous river, winding snakelike over vast distances of exotic tropical lowlands.

Amazon River Tours and Cruises

The Ucayali, Amazon River Tributary

Recommended Amazon River Adventure Cruise

Highlights

• Dining on food fresh from the rainforest
• Spotting pink dolphins on the Amazon River
• Looking down into the jungle from a canopy walkway
• Exploring the Pacaya Samiria Reserve
• Interacting with locals.

Description

Hop aboard a riverboat and experience the Amazon in style. The cuisine on board is regional and provides a unique - and delicious - window into local culture.

Led by an Amazon Reserve Naturalist guide, your cruise will include daily excursions by motorized skiff designed to reveal the exotic wildlife that calls the rainforest home - with any luck you'll spot

• sloths,
• toucans or
• pink dolphins!

And, with two full days for exploration in Pacaya Samiria Reserve, you'll have the chance to experience the jungle up close.

Gain a rare glimpse of how life ‘on the river‘ is lived and experience the magic of the Amazon on this once-in-a-lifetime riverboat adventure.

Amazon River Tours and Cruises - Northeastern Peru

Amazon River Tours and Cruises

The "Delfin II"

Amazon River Boat Cruises - Mid-Eastern Peru

Amazon River Tours and Cruises

GreenTracks Riverboat Cruises

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