
Meals | Place | Description | |
Wednesday AM | Lunch | Iquitos | Welcome lunch at DoubleTree by Hilton Iquitos |
Wednesday PM | Dinner | Nauta / Ucayali River | Transfer to Nauta city. Boarding and orientation. Welcome dinner. |
Meals | Place | Description | |
Thursday AM | Breakfast Lunch | Ucayali River / Yanallpa del Ucayali / Tapiche River | Outing on skiff. Peruvian cooking demonstration on board. |
Thursday PM | Dinner | Dorado River | Outing on skiff and fishing. Nighttime outing. |
Meals | Place | Description | |
Friday AM | Breakfast Lunch | Ucayali River / Yarapa River | Outing on skiff. Source of the Amazon. |
Friday PM | Dinner | Amazon River / Tahuayo River/ Huasi community | Outing on skiff. Visit to community. Swimming and sunset. Live music. Presentation by the crew and farewell dinner. |
Meals | Place | Description | |
Saturday AM | Breakfast | Disembarkation / Iquitos | Disembark in Iquitos. Visit to the Amazon Rescue Center. Airport. |
You’ll be picked up at the airport and brought to the DoubleTree by Hilton Iquitos hotel where you’ll enjoy a delicious lunch before being transferred by private vehicle to Nauta to board the cruise ship.
Our staff will show you to your suite, which will be equipped with comfortable beds, 100% Peruvian Pima cotton sheets, cotton bathrobes, air conditioning and a private bathroom with a shower and amenities.
Before breakfast, we’ll head out on a skiff to the Yanallpa area of the Ucayali River in the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve, where we’ll see many native animal species.
After breakfast, we’ll head out on a skiff to the Tapiche River in search of wildlife.
Before midday, we’ll head back to the boat for a cooking demonstration by the executive chef.
After breakfast, we’ll set out to explore the Yarapa River, where the famous pink and gray river dolphins swim in its black waters.
Back on the Zafiro, we’ll see the confluence of the Ucayali and Marañon rivers, which give rise to the Amazon River.
After lunch, we’ll take the skiff out on the Amazon River to visit the Huaysi community. There, we’ll see how the locals live and learn more about their customs with our guides, who will act as interpreters.
After breakfast, we’ll begin disembarking. On the way to the airport, we’ll stop by the Amazon Rescue Center (CREA), where biologists and volunteers take care of manatees – an endangered species – rescued by the authorities. We’ll see how the manatees are cared for and prepped for reinsertion into their natural habitat. We’ll also get to see other animals that have been rescued from attempts to turn them into pets and other dangerous situations.