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…
Must-see hotels in Peru
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…
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…
Iquitos
This is a well-established and recommended company that owns and operates several lodges in the northern Amazon, including Explorama, Ceiba Tops and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Machu Picchu
Run by Belmond, this exclusive hotel has one feature no other can match: location. Attention is impeccable and rooms are comfortable, with sober decor,…
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,…
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…
Cuzco & the Sacred Valley
A cozy place in Quellomayo, 30 minutes from Santa Teresa on the alternative route to Machu Picchu, this welcoming family homestay is an organic farm…
Tarapoto
This chic apartment-hotel in the barrio (neighborhood) of Banda de Shilcayo is Tarapoto’s only four-star accommodations. Spacious one- and two-bedroom…
Urubamba
Just like Hogwarts, Tambo del Inka features its own train station – handy for a morning jaunt to Machu Picchu. Stark and commanding, this LEED-certified…
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…
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…
Máncora
This elegant and friendly place is popular with well-to-do Peruvians and offers up modern, slick dwellings with bamboo ceilings and warm tones opening…
Huaraz
Accessed via a green gate at the end of Jirón José Olaya, the Morales has been so successful that it recently commissioned a large but architecturally…
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…
South Coast
Easily the most comfortable hotel in the region, this slick boutique offering on a former slave plantation is the best-preserved historic hotel on the…
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…
Cajamarca
These classy apartments characterized by their sloping ceilings, elegant arches and eclectic paintings combine the convenience of a hotel (there’s a…
Cuzco
Modern and fresh meets colonial in this playful design hotel adorned with painted rocking horses and market carts. Activity centers on an open stone…
Cajamarca
The erstwhile marquis who once owned this handsome house must have reigned over a veritable palace. It's now a smart hotel with 41 rooms. When you've…
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…
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,…
Chiclayo
This polished upstart made an immediate impression on the city's hotel scene, owing much of its success to a sense of style that was previously MIA. Tall…
Huaraz
A midrange traveler's favorite, the Aurora makes a pleasant bookend to a trekking trip where you can wash the dust from your hair (with hot water) and…
Central Highlands
The best choice for accommodations in Tarma city itself, the 'LP' is set in secluded gardens in the west of town. Its refined mustard facade conceals 44…
Lima
Follow the surfer riding the two-story wave up the curving staircase. Mere blocks from the water, this next-generation boutique hotel is elegant without…
Huancayo
The tucked-away Blub has grown from dithering midrange into one of Huancayo's best sleeps. Its well-appointed, inviting rooms each have a big flat-screen…
Cajamarca
The grand covered courtyard with its soft settees makes a perfect introduction, while the sleek rooms with parquet floors, crisp duvets and shiny…
Nazca & Around
Exceedingly tranquil considering its city-center location, this lauded hotel is arranged around a large courtyard complete with lovely swimming pool and…
Lima
Set on a sprawling lawn dotted with palms, this regal hotel occupies one of Lima’s finest buildings, a sprawling 1927 structure built in the Spanish…
Central Highlands
This grande dame of Huánuco hotels is on the Plaza de Armas. Its public areas are airy and pleasant and its high-ceilinged rooms have solid parquet floors…
