4-Day Amazon Jungle Tour from Iquitos with Rescue Center

This 4-day Amazon jungle tour from Iquitos gives you three nights on the river and a different theme each day. The first day is about the water and its people: after pickup from your hotel or Iquitos Airport, a boat carries you past pink and grey dolphins to a Kukama village for dances and oral tradition, then to Monkey Island and the lodge, where a swim, a mud bath, a sunset and a night walk follow.

Day two goes to animals. You tour an ethical wildlife rescue center where rescued sloths, monkeys, macaws and toucans live, taste traditional Amazonian drinks, learn about native fish and finish with a night canoe trip to spot caimans. Day three starts with a botanical walk among giant trees and healer's plants, then a boat along the Yanayacu River and the Giant Tree Trail to the Lupuna tree.

• The Yagua tribe, with palm-fibre crafts and the blowgun, called pucuna
• The riverside village of Fatima, with evening tales of the Chullachaqui and Yacuruna
• A butterfly house on the last morning, then the boat back to Iquitos

Accommodation, all meals and an English or Spanish guide are included.