2-Day Amazon Rainforest Tour from Iquitos, One Night

If you only have a couple of days, this 2-day Amazon rainforest tour from Iquitos fits the whole river experience around a single night in the jungle. After hotel pickup you reach the Bellavista Nanay port and board a typical boat that winds down the Amazon, with grey and pink dolphins to look out for along the way.

The first stop is a Kukama community, where you can dance with the villagers and hear the stories they tell about their origins. Next comes Monkey Island: the boat enters a stream and several monkey species come to greet you, so you can feed them and take photos. At the lodge you hear the rules that protect the area, eat a jungle lunch, rest, then swim in the Amazon and try the black-mud bath. The day ends with the sunset and a night walk to find insects, tarantulas, frogs, scorpions and nocturnal birds.

• Dawn birdwatching and a look for sloths, macaws, toucans and boa constrictors
• A sugarcane press with camu camu and ginger macerates to taste
• Time by the camp pool before the return

Pickup, one night of accommodation, all meals and an English and Spanish guide are included. The return to Iquitos is in the afternoon of day two.