Must-see hotels in Amazon Basin

  • Boulevard 251 Riverside Apartments

    Iquitos

    We'll tell it to you straight: there is no better place to stay in Iquitos, either for the exceptional location, high above the banks of the river, or for…

  • Otorongo Lodge

    Amazon Basin

    Travelers give great feedback about this rustic-style lodge, 100km from Iquitos, and no wonder. It's set down a peaceful tributary off the Amazon and…

  • Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica

    Amazon Basin

    Down the Madre de Dios, almost 16km from Puerto Maldonado, this top-end lodge offers a luxurious look at the jungle. About 40 rustic individual cabins…

  • Anaconda Lodge

    Puerto Maldonado

    The most original airport hotel in South America? Cocooned in its own tropical garden on the edge of town, and with its own Thai restaurant, too, this…

  • Ulcumano Ecolodge

    Amazon Basin

    A birders' paradise in Chontabamba district, 10km outside Oxapampa, this lodge is perched in the forest and is named for the endangered Ulcumano tree. The…

  • Gad Gha Kum Lodge

    Amazon Basin

    This is the nicest of several good lodges on the La Merced–San Ramón road: vast peaceful grounds, its own private waterfall trail, large well-appointed…

  • Samiria Ecolodge

    Amazon Basin

    It's not significantly more 'eco' than other lodges, but this beauty on the Río Marañón is significantly flashier. Shiny, dark-wood 56 sq meter cabins,…

  • Carolina Egg Gasthaus

    Amazon Basin

    Across from Oxapampa's bus station, this is an oasis of pretty wooden cabins and rooms run by descendants of one of the town's original German settlers…

  • Manish Hotel Ecológico

    Amazon Basin

    Escape Pucallpa's dusty thoroughfares in this serene expanse of leafy grounds, dotted with terra-cotta-roofed cabins. For families, taking one of the…

  • Manu Wildlife Center

    Amazon Basin

    A two-hour boat ride southeast of Boca Manu on Río Madre de Dios takes you to Manu Wildlife Center. This is a lodge owned by Manu Expeditions and co-run…

  • Tambopata Research Center

    Amazon Basin

    About seven hours’ river travel from Puerto Maldonado, this important research facility and lodge is known for a famous salt lick nearby that attracts…

  • Explorer’s Inn Tambopata Ecolodge

    Amazon Basin

    About 58km from Puerto Maldonado (three to four hours by river) and featuring 15 rustic double and 15 triple rooms, sleeping 70 people, all with bathrooms…

  • ExplorNapo Lodge

    Amazon Basin

    On the Río Napo, 157km from Iquitos, this simple lodge has 30 rooms with shared cold-shower facilities. The highlights are guided trail hikes in remote…

  • Hacienda Concepción

    Amazon Basin

    This bright, enticing lodge is one of the southern Amazon’s best. Facilities might be classic top-end Inkaterra but the big draw is that its prices are…

  • Explorama Lodges Office

    Iquitos

    This is a well-established and recommended company that owns and operates several lodges in the northern Amazon, including Explorama, Ceiba Tops and…

  • Wasai Alto Tambopata Ecolodge

    Amazon Basin

    Just after Baltimore, this reasonably priced lodge is one of the furthest from Puerto Maldonado along the Río Tambopata. Unlike most others hereabouts, it…

  • La Casa Fitzcarraldo

    Iquitos

    Sequestered within a serene walled garden 3km north of the city, this is most interesting accommodation. The house takes its title from Werner Herzog’s…

  • Tahuayo Lodge

    Amazon Basin

    This lodge, 140km from Iquitos, is the only one with immediate access to the 2500-sq-km Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve, an area of pristine jungle where a…

  • Heath River Wildlife Center

    Amazon Basin

    This simple, 10-room lodge is owned by the Ese’eja indigenous people of Sonene, who provide guiding and cultural services. Trails into the isolated Parque…

  • Refugio Amazonas

    Amazon Basin

    This lodge is a fairly lengthy (80km) boat ride upriver, meaning a three-night tour is recommended. It’s on a 20-sq-km private reserve in the buffer zone…

  • Bonanza Ecological Reserve

    Amazon Basin

    Past Itahuanía toward the community of Bonanza, this family-run 40-person capacity lodge has cabins abutting a large clearing that also has a large…

  • Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge

    Amazon Basin

    A few minutes’ walk from a lek (mating ground) for cocks-of-the-rock, this lodge offers exceptional cloud-forest bird-watching at 1600m elevation. The…

  • Sotupa Eco House

    Amazon Basin

    The first lodge on the Río Tambopata, accessible by road, is close enough to Puerto Maldonado for a one-night break. Perched on a pea-green grassy expanse…

  • Huarayo Lodge

    Amazon Basin

    Handsome Huarayo Lodge enjoys the closest position to Lago Valencia, about halfway between this lake and Lago Sandoval. It has use of its own private…

  • Estancia Bello Horizonte

    Amazon Basin

    A superb getaway 20km from Puerto Maldonado on the east side of the Río Madre de Dios. Accommodations, which comprise of bungalows with smallish,…

  • TaKuRaNiCha

    Amazon Basin

    This beautifully located rustic lodge, accessible via a fun jeep ride along a rough track coiling up from the La Merced–Oxapampa road, nestles around…

  • Casa Sandoval

    Amazon Basin

    The friendly owners are proud that it took two years to construct this lodge, Lago Sandoval's newest, because the materials were brought in along a 3km…

  • Manu Paradise Lodge

    Amazon Basin

    Around six hours from Cuzco and overlooking the scenic Río Kosñipata valley, this lodge sleeps 16 people in spacious rooms with private hot-water…

  • Hotel La Época

    Iquitos

    At the apex of the colonial boutique sector of Iquitos' many luxury sleeps, Hotel La Época is great value for all that guests get. There are the high…

  • ACTS Field Station

    Amazon Basin

    Around 150km northeast from Iquitos, near the Canopy Walkway, with 20 rustic rooms. Book ahead: accommodations are often used by researchers and workshop…

  • Casa Morey

    Iquitos

    This former mansion of the rubber baron Luis F Morey dates from 1910 and has been renovated to its former elegance, with 14 extravagantly large suites,…

  • Casa Matsiguenka

    Amazon Basin

    Built in traditional style by the Matsiguenka tribespeople, this 19-room rustic lodge is the deepest into the reserved zone of any, on the other side of…

  • Casa Andina Select

    Amazon Basin

    Spick and span, spacious and quiet as a tomb, Casa Andina Select is a bit of a novelty for Pucallpa, but has raised the game as far as accommodations go…

  • Manu Learning Center

    Amazon Basin

    This smart new lodge on the Río Alto Madre de Dios is owned by Crees, and where its week-long volunteer programs are based. Shorter trips, without the…

  • Cabañas El Trapiche

    Amazon Basin

    On the western entrance of town is this smart and spacious complex of 20 wooden cabins, dotted across a swath of lush, spacious parkland. Cabins have…

  • Huarayo Lodge Office

    Puerto Maldonado

    Lodge office for Huarayo Lodge on Lago Valencia, with tours to the lodge and to surrounding activities often organized under the names Huarayo Expeditions…

  • Tahuayo Lodge Office

    Iquitos

    Lodge office for Tahuayo Lodge, 140km from Iquitos, with immediate access to the 2500-sq-km Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve.

  • Posada Amazonas

    Amazon Basin

    About two hours from Puerto Maldonado along Río Tambopata, followed by a 10-minute uphill walk, this posada (hostel) is on the land of the Ese’eja…