Cumaceba Botanical Garden

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 rooms, all with private bathrooms, raised about a metre above the ground and connected by walkways, as well as a hammock house, dining room and a large maloca, or place for undertaking ayahuasca ceremonies.

The lodge is 80km downriver from Iquitos.


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