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 primary forest, bird-watching, an ethno-botanical garden of useful plants (curated by a local shaman) and a visit to the nearby canopy walkway (a half-hour walk away). Run by Explorama.
A major highlight of any trip to the Peruvian Amazon, the canopy walkway is suspended 35m above the forest floor to give visitors a bird’s-eye view of the rainforest canopy and its wildlife. Bear in mind that because of the distance involved, you spend the first and last night of a five-day/four-night package at the Explorama Lodge.
The other cool thing about ExplorNapo is the chance to combine a stay here with a visit to the ACTS Field Station where wildlife sightings are that much better; this costs an extra US$130 per person per night spent at ACTS.
Sample rates are given; contact Explorama for other options and combinations – and discounts.
