Amazon Basin
About 140km upriver from Iquitos on the Río Yanayacu, this intimate lodge is surrounded by 10 well-conserved lakes in a remote area less colonized than…
Must-see hotels in Amazon Basin
Amazon Basin
These spacious premises crest a hilltop about 30m above Lago Sandoval and are surrounded by primary forest. The big draw is the lake itself, which…
Amazon Basin
One of those rare jungle lodges catering to mochileros (backpackers), this rustic refuge in Baltimore is 90km from Puerto Maldonado up on a cliff by a…
Amazon Basin
About 40km northeast of Iquitos downriver on the Amazon, this is still probably the area’s most well-appointed lodge and resort. There are 75 luxurious…
Amazon Basin
The closest lodge to Puerto Maldonado on the Río Madre de Dios is traveler friendly and upbeat. Only 5km from town, this lodge offers 27 comfortable,…
Amazon Basin
Roughly 30km from Puerto Maldonado this lodge sports a huge, thatch-roofed restaurant and bar, with fine river views from the 2nd floor. Guides speak…
Amazon Basin
In an old colonial hacienda in the Andean foothills, Amazonia provides travelers with slightly different environs to bed down: and agreeable ones, too,…
Amazon Basin
About 80km from Iquitos on the Amazon, near its junction with the Río Napo, this was among the first lodges constructed in the Iquitos area (1964) and…
Amazon Basin
There are 11 double rooms here, eight with shared bathrooms and three with private. Both rates include meals; only the five-day option is a tour with all…
Friends of the Amazon Jungle Lodge
Amazon Basin
Friends of the Amazon Jungle has cornered the budget jungle tour market. As well as offering dirt-cheap digs at its Iquitos office, it has neat bungalows…
Amazon Basin
Some 70km from Puerto Maldonado, this lodge is run by the effervescent French Anny and her English-speaking Peruvian partner, Daniel. An open, relaxing…
Amazon Basin
A cheap option, and a good journey-breaker, is this rustic lodge around 10 hours from Cuzco near Pilcopata (you could almost hit the village nightlife…
Amazon Basin
Just before the mouth of the Río Yarapa, a tributary of the Ucayali on the edge of Reserva Nacional Pacaya-Samiria, this lodge remains surrounded by water…
Amazon Basin
Adrenalin-pumping adventures take priority over wildlife watching here. This popular lodge near Lago Sandoval, with its two spick-and-span blocks of…
Iquitos
A blast of icy, air-conditioned air welcomes guests to this comfortable hostelry. It has excellent beds and sizable rooms that include fancy reading…
Puerto Maldonado
This lodge is a striking complex of comfortable wooden bungalows overlooking the Río Madre de Dios (and its flash bridge!). Higher tariffs are for air-con…
Amazon Basin
Rustic Cumaceba Lodge, in operation since 1995, is about 35km downriver from Iquitos. It has 15 screened rooms with private showers, and focuses on local…
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Iquitos
Iquitos
With a prime plaza location, this modern hotel is the town’s priciest (undoubtedly) and best (hmm… possibly), now switched to become part of the Hilton…
Iquitos
This bright new hostel-cum-guesthouse has a dorm room and three comfortable private rooms (two of which have private bathrooms). The guys in charge have…
Amazon Basin
This lodge, run by Cumaceba, has an extensive botanical garden showcasing rainforest plants and herbs. It has a lodge office in Iquitos. There are 18…
Amazon Basin
The Treehouse looks very cool – the 10 luxurious apartments perched high up in the branches here above the Río Yarapa are some of the Amazon's most…
Amazon Basin
One for the budget hunters! This lodge is very nice for the price, offering basic but clean rustic wood-built rooms in blocks raised on stilts above the…
Río Huallaga Hotel & Business Center
Amazon Basin
Courteous service; spacious, clean, well-designed rooms; a swimming pool and bar; a three-floor restaurant (perhaps the best in town) with cracking Río…
Amazon Basin
Avatar makes no claims to guarantee you the best wildlife sightings: instead, in pleasant secondary jungle you can stay in comfort in well-appointed…
Iquitos
Hard to believe, but across the way from Iquitos' most expensive hotel, you could save a sweet 400 nuevos soles and stay in a place with the same plaza…
Amazon Basin
Bandying about a lime-green colour scheme to support the 'tropical' part of its title, this is the only hotel in town with sufficient height to write its…
Iquitos
This company has been in business since 1995 and operates two lower-end lodges, Cumaceba Amazon Lodge and Cumaceba Botanical Garden. Guides speak English,…
Amazon Basin
Near the Manu Wildlife Center, rustic Tambo Blanquillo Lodge has rooms with shared and private bathrooms.
Puerto Maldonado
It's quite expensive as hostels go, but it's quite nice, too, with a prime central location with the benefit of the on-site pool and tour agency offering…
Puerto Maldonado
A relatively flash, central place, the Paititi has a series of spacious, airy rooms, many full of attractive old wooden furniture, along with telephones…
Amazon Basin
This sizeable central hotel is not nearly as flash as it fancies itself, but it’s comfortable. Set around a swimming pool, the somewhat old-fashioned…
Amazon Basin
Six to seven hours' drive from Cuzco, Manu Cloud Forest Lodge is a basic 16- to 20-bed lodge providing six rooms with hot showers, a sauna (!), a…
Iquitos
Quickly growing in clout as a backpacker hangout because of a combination of reasonable prices and well-maintained rooms, Hospedaje Golondrinas manages to…
Iquitos
The Flying Dog, part of the same hostel chain you’ll find in Lima and Cuzco, is leader of the pack for traditional backpacker digs: clean, bright rooms,…
Amazon Basin
Just about the best of La Merced's hotels and formerly known as Hotel Heliconia, the air-conditioned rooms here are ginormous and all come with fridges…
Iquitos
Lodge office for Avatar Amazon Lodge, a budget lodge that focuses as much on leisure and outdoor activities more than it does on giving you a true jungle…
Iquitos
Lodge office for Amazon King, who run adventurous low-budget trips out to the Río Marañón in Reserva Nacional Pacaya-Samiria, where sleeping is either in…
Amazon Basin
This is a great rustic retreat right by the river. Simple, snazzily decorated rooms have shared bathrooms. Tours are offered both to local sites and the…
Amazon Basin
A popular place, this old stalwart has been in the midrange accommodations game for awhile. Bright, inviting hallways (public phones on each) lead to…
Iquitos
A secure, hammock-strung courtyard leads back to this decent budget choice, a halfway house between a hostel and a guesthouse. The colonial rooms show the…
