Day 1: IQUITOS – NAUTA – EMBARKATION – MARAÑON RIVER

Arriving on a noon flight, receive a warm welcome at Iquitos International Airport by our crew. Board our private transfer to downtown Iquitos, for a panoramic city tour and a welcome lunch. Then transfer to Nauta port for embarkation. Settle into your generously sized suite as you begin one of life’s greatest adventures. Following an introduction to our naturalist guides and a routine safety drill, gather at the restaurant for the first of many Amazonian cuisine experiences created by Aria Amazon’s renowned consulting chef, Pedro Miguel Schiaffino.

Day 2: CLAVERO LAKE – UCAYALI RIVER – YARAPA RIVER

We start the day searching for incredible wildlife along the Ucayali River, including parrots, egrets, hawks, and monkeys. After breakfast, choose to go fishing for Amazonia´s notoriously ferocious piranhas, canoe, kayak, or swim in the black water Clavero Lake, or visit an Amazonian village where you can interact with native riberenos (people of the river). After dinner, take a leisurely evening walk in the floodplain forest of San Jose de Paranapura.

Day 3: AMAZON RIVER – TAHUAYO RIVER – SAN PEDRO FOREST

As the day begins, embark on a morning wildlife excursion on the extraordinary Amazon River. After breakfast, explore the Tahuayo River, a black water tributary of the Amazon River, while our naturalist guides share stories of Amazonia. After lunch, we take a jungle walk at San Pedro or Puerto Prado’s forest to learn about the Amazonian flora and fauna. At dusk, explore the Amazon River in search of exotic nocturnal wildlife.

Day 4: NAUTA TOWN – VILLAGE VISIT – BIRTHPLACE OF THE AMAZON RIVER

This morning, visit the local fresh market with your guides who can identify the day’s catch by the Amazonian fishermen as well as the region’s exotic fruits. After breakfast, take a short boat ride along Marañon River where you will have the opportunity to visit a group of Amazonian artisans and learn the art of weaving palm fibres, as traditionally done in the Peruvian Amazon. In the afternoon, visit a beekeeper in the community on San Francisco before heading out on skiffs to witness one of the great spectacles of the Southern Hemisphere, the birthplace of the Amazon River. At night, meet the new passengers who have signed on for the four-night trip, as we start our journey along the Marañon River.

Day 5: MARAÑON RIVER – YANAYACU PUCATE RIVER

Get an early start to the day with a bird-watching excursion along the Marañon River. After breakfast, explore the black waters of Yanayacu Pucate River with a possibility to see sloths, great egrets, parrots, and Taricaya turtles. Visit an Amazon village to witness a demonstration of Aguaje palm harvesting. After lunch, head out on skiffs for a piranha fishing excursion. Finally, at night time, sail along Yanayaquillo River in search of nocturnal wildlife amidst a sky full of stars.

Day 6: SAMIRIA RIVER – PACAYA SAMIRIA NATIONAL RESERVE

The rewards of our early start today are plentiful, including a picnic lunch under the Amazonian shade, orchestrated to the sound of the jungle symphony. Go fishing along the black waters of Samiria River and choose to go on a jungle walk, canoeing, kayaking, or swimming inside the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve. Later, cruise along the Ucayali River and enjoy the sunset.

Day 7: PUERTO PRADO FOREST – AMAZON RIVER

After breakfast, embark on a morning skiff excursion on the Marañon River. Make sure to bring along your binoculars as we try to spot sloths and birds along this majestic river. In the afternoon, we sail along the river to go to Puerto Prado, an indigenous village where there’ll be an opportunity to see giant water lilies.

Day 8: NAUTA TOWN – MANATEE RESCUE CENTER – TRANSFER TO THE AIRPORT

In the morning, take a guided visit to the local market and marvel at the regional produce of the Peruvian Amazon. Return to Aria Amazon for breakfast before disembarkation. En route to the airport, visit the Manatee Rescue Center, where orphaned Amazonian manatees rehabilitate before they are released back into the wild.