Belen Market Tour in Iquitos with Paquito Passage
From €78 per person
See availability →A guided Belen Market tour in Iquitos on foot and by canoe: Amazonian fruit, fish and crafts, Paquito Passage and its traditional remedies, then the stilt and floating houses of Lower Belen.
This Belen Market tour in Iquitos begins at the Boulevard and walks five blocks to one of the most traditional markets in the Peruvian Amazon. Your local guide leads you past stalls of Amazonian fruit, fresh fish, regional food and handicrafts, then to the products tied to traditional medicine: medicinal plants, resins, natural oils, herbal tonics, amulets and perfumes, each explained as part of local culture.
Paquito Passage is the area best known for herbal remedies, and there you taste exotic drinks. The market also shows foods eaten locally, including game and some reptiles. Everything is observation only: the tour does not include drinking or trying ayahuasca, rapé, psychoactive substances or remedies.
The second half goes to Lower Belen, often called the Venice of the Amazon. At high water the streets turn into waterways and a canoe slips between floating and stilt houses, while you hear how families live with the changing river. In the dry months, especially from August to November, parts may be done on foot. When conditions allow, optional piranha fishing is possible.
- Pickup only from the DoubleTree by Hilton
- Return to the start by motocar or tuk tuk