Far away from the snow-covered peak of the Andes we admire the most powerful river of the world. Here we undertake on board of a luxurious river cruise with only 7 cabins a voyage down the Amazon and the Ucayali. The wild life in Pacaya Samiria, the largest protected natural area in Peru, is abundant. Followed by pink and gray dolphins, we observe innumerable exotic birds, river otters, sloths and storks. A new own paradise reveals itself when we experience the Amazonian authentic life, navigating and such way being able to enjoy total privacy, luxury and a gastronomical cuisine.

IQUITOS – PACAYA SAMIRIA RESERVE – IQUITOS  5 DAYS / 4 NIGHTS
DAY 1 MONDAY
05:00 PM. ARRIVE IQUITOS

After arriving at Iquitos International Airport, you will be assisted by our guides and transported by bus for about 1 ½ hours, heading northwest towards the city of Nauta, where the DELFIN is waiting for you.
Upon arriving at the port of Nauta, we will board the DELFIN. We settle in our wood-paneled, comfortable twin-bedded cabin provided with orthopedic mattresses and natural cotton sheets and towels, silent A/C units and private bathrooms with fine wooden furnishings, hot showers and a variety of environmentally friendly amenities for your ultimate indulgence.

Dinner is served in our cozy dining room located at the back of the ship’s second deck.
Because of its cultural diversity, Peruvian cuisine is considered one of the world’s finest, making the country an attractive culinary destination. Aside from providing you with your first rainforest adventure, the DElFIN is also a unique culinary experience, offering the best of Amazonian-Peruvian cuisine in a cosmopolitan gourmet setting. Our chef prides himself in serving dishes in different styles and seasoned with a wide variety of herbs and spices, as well as exotic fruits.
On the top observation deck, our guides will use charts and short videos displayed on our flat LCD screen to conduct a brief orientation, outlining details of your journey, including the places you will visit, the wildlife you will see, as well as a summary of the history and geography of the Amazon basin.
Finally, under the beauty of an Amazonian night, our staff will entertain you with a little live music, while you enjoy an after dinner drink and a fine Amazonian cigar.

DAY 2 TUESDAY
YANALLPA RIVERY
(Activity in the rainy season Dec – May)
Dawn and dusk are ideal times for nature observation, and an early rise is therefore highly recommended. Breakfast.
After breakfast we aboard the skiffs. We will explore the Belluda black water stream and start learning about the rainforest. You are now in the Pacaya-Samiria national reserve, where you will have the chance to see its amazing wildlife. From the skiff you can easily spot parrots, macaws and monkeys, such as the monk Saki monkey with its gray and black body, naked face and long shaggy tail. You might also see the saddle-back tamarin monkey, whose high chirping notes can easily be confused with those of a flock of birds.

It’s also a good spot to see the beautiful morpho butterfly that flaps lazily along open corridors through forest or along river edges of lowland forest on sunny days. Different species of hawks will also be found and if we are lucky we’ll see the noisy “laughing falcon,” named after its loud falsetto call as it sits solitary in secondary forest and plantations.
THE COMMUNITY OF YANALLPA + FLOODED FOREST (Activity in the dry season Jun – Nov)
During the dry season, we visit the community of Yanallpa and explore two different kinds of ecosystems: flooded forest and terra firm forest. This walk affords excellent opportunities for spotting transitional species such as the snail kite, black tailed ant bird, manikins, tanagers, hummingbirds, woodpeckers, nun birds, orioles, blackbirds and the peculiar crested hoatzin bird... There’s a good chance of spotting the smallest monkey in the world, the pygmy marmoset, seen only at its sap-sucking sites low on tree trunks. We will continue upstream towards our next destination. Lunch.
EL DORADO RIVER
We will head for this spectacular spot within the Pacaya-Samiria Reserve In the skiffs, where you will also experience an unforgettable encounter with gray and pink river dolphins. Enjoy a unique opportunity to swim among the dolphins. Prehistoric looking iguanas laze in the sun while we travel along the shoreline searching for whatever the jungle has to offer us. Squirrel Monkeys are very active at this time of the day, when they move in large noisy troops at mid- to upper-levels of primary and secondary lowland forest. We will continue to navigate towards our next destination.
Dinner and relax.

DAY 3 WEDNESDAY
Breakfast
ATUN POZA LAKE BY SKIFF
(Activity in the rainy season Dec – May)
We cruise in our skiffs along lake Atun Poza, where we will surprise several species of egrets, herons, hawks, long-legged neotropical cormorants fishing for their dinner, and unusual and loud horned screamers. We will also have a chance to explore other black water lagoons linked to this huge lake, where wattled jacanas compete with a wide variety of spiders, grasshoppers, dragonflies, butterflies, moths, beetles, etc. living along the grassy edges and lily pads of freshwater swamps and marshes. We will have an excellent opportunity of seeing social spiders and how their webs embrace huge parts of a tree.
WALKING THROUGH THE ATUN POZA ECOSYSTEM (Activity in the dry season Jun – Nov)
During the dry season we will hike through the Atun Poza ecosystem, passing through a classic tropical rainforest with emergent trees and canopy trees reaching up to 55 mt in height. Biologically, this kind of forest is probably one of the richest habitats on earth, supporting the most species of plants and animals per unit area. If we’re lucky we’ll also see giant otters with their large bodies, dark fur with spotted throat and noisy calls. This forest is also very good for spotting birds such as the bluish-fronted jacamar seen in pairs in middle and lower parts of forest edges, or collared trogons, red-capped cardinals, etc.We will continue towards the Pacaya River. Lunch.
PACAYA RIVER.
We have reached our main goal, the Pacaya River, the very heart of the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve, Peru’s largest protected area with a mean annual rainfall of nearly 3,000mm, by far the largest protected wetland reserve in the world.
Filled with lakes, palm swamps and streams, the reserve becomes a flooded forest in the rainy season and is one of the most beautiful places you have ever visited. This will be very rewarding: you’ll see parrots, macaws, toucans, kingfishers, black collared hawks, southern swallows, white winged swallows, and manikins. Aside from the large variety of birds, you’ll also see troops of squirrel monkeys and red howler monkeys
Once it is dark, you’ll hear the second installment of the jungle symphony. Armed with powerful spot lights, we’ll start our night safari in search of night herons, pauraques, spectacled owls, up to a dozen species of croaking from the river’s edge, and fish bats flying over the water scooping up fish. Spectacled and black caimans are found in these pristine waters, and our guides will point them out to you. Stargazing at this time is unique while fireflies light up the jungle around us.
Dinner and relax.

DAY 4 THURSDAY
Breakfast. This morning we will start very early in order to see as much wildlife as possible.
FISHING AT CARO CURAHUAYTE (Activity in the rainy season Dec – May)
On board our excursion skiffs, we will head for a beautiful lake to a spectacular spot, where we expect to catch some fish, mainly piranhas. During the rainy season, the forest is flooded and many trees flower and bear fruit in conjunction with the flooding. Many fish, including piranhas, swim among the flooded tree trunks devouring the fruit or chewing at their skins.
OBSERVING SHORE-BIRDS (Activity in the dry season Jun – Nov)
During dry season we will search for shore-birds. When the river is very low, broad white sandy beaches emerge and river islands form, creating a special ecosystem that harbors sandpipers, terns that hover and dive to catch fish, black skimmers with their peculiar low flight over the water´s surface, egrets, jabirus, wood storks, and kingfishers. Lunch. Now we visit the community of Yanallpa. You will learn about all fruit trees and how they harvest them.
Dinner and relax.

DAY 5 FRIDAY
YARAPA RIVER AND PUERTO MIGUEL VILLAGE
Breakfast. On board our skiffs we will stop at the village of Puerto Miguel to meet local villagers. After visiting the village, we will continue sailing downstream to the confluence of the Ucayali and the Marañon, birthplace of the Amazon river. Dolphins delight in this special setting.
Farewell lunch. At 13:30 pm we will disembark at our port in Nauta, where a bus will be waiting to take you back to Iquitos.

IQUITOS – PACAYA SAMIRIA RESERVE – IQUITOS  4 DAYS / 3 NIGHTS
DAY 1 FRIDAY
THE SAME AS IN CRU 001.

DAY 2 SATURDAY
THE SAME AS IN CUR 001

DAY 3 SUNDAY
PACAYA RIVER
This morning we will start very early and have breakfast on board the skiffs, in order to see as much wildlife as possible.We have reached our main goal, the Pacaya River, the very heart of the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve, Peru’s largest protected area with a mean annual rainfall of nearly 3,000mm, by far the largest protected wetland reserve in the world.
Filled with lakes, palm swamps and streams, the reserve becomes a flooded forest in the rainy season and is one of the most beautiful places you have ever visited.
An early rise is very rewarding: you’ll see parrots, macaws, toucans, kingfishers, black collared hawks, southern swallows, white winged swallows, and manikins. Aside from the large variety of birds, you’ll also see troops of squirrel monkeys and red howler monkeys
Lunch
ATUN POZA LAKE BY SKIFF (Activity in the rainy season Dec – May)
We cruise in our skiffs along lake Atun Poza, where we will surprise several species of egrets, herons, hawks, long-legged neotropical cormorants fishing for their dinner, and unusual and loud horned screamers. We will also have a chance to explore other black water lagoons linked to this huge lake, where wattled jacanas compete with a wide variety of spiders, grasshoppers, dragonflies, butterflies, moths, beetles, etc. living along the grassy edges and lily pads of freshwater swamps and marshes. We will have an excellent opportunity of seeing social spiders and how their webs embrace huge parts of a tree.
WALKING THROUGH THE ATUN POZA ECOSYSTEM (Activity in the dry season Jun – Nov)
During the dry season we will hike through the Atún Poza ecosystem, passing through a classic tropical rainforest with emergent trees and canopy trees reaching up to 55 mt in height. Biologically, this kind of forest is probably one of the richest habitats on earth, supporting the most species of plants and animals per unit area. If we’re lucky we’ll also see giant otters with their large bodies, dark fur with spotted throat and noisy calls. This forest is also very good for spotting birds such as the bluish-fronted jacamar seen in pairs in middle and lower parts of forest edges, or collared trogons, red-capped cardinals, etc. Dinner and relax.

DAY 4 MONDAY
YARAPA RIVER AND PUERTO MIGUEL VILLAGE
Breakfast. On board our skiffs we will stop at the village of Puerto Miguel to meet local villagers. After visiting the village, we will explore the Yarapa river, where there’s a good chance that you’ll see squirrel and capuchin monkeys, herons, egrets and green iguanas. We will reach a beautiful lagoon called Uvos, named after a fruit that grows wild along its shores. Pink river dolphins ply its waters in search of fish. We will continue sailing downstream to the confluence of the Ucayali and the Marañon, birthplace of the Amazon river. Dolphins delight in this special setting.
Farewell lunch. At 13:30 pm we will disembark at our port in Nauta, where a bus will be waiting to take you back to Iquitos.