Yanayacu River Tour from Iquitos with Piranha Fishing and Lunch
From €108 per person
See availability →The Yanayacu River tour from Iquitos is a full day by pamacari boat: the Nanay and Amazon meeting point, a jungle walk, piranha fishing and lunch at a lodge.
The Yanayacu River tour from Iquitos opens with a pamacari boat from the Bella Vista Nanay pier. A first stop shows where the Nanay meets the Amazon and the two rivers run in different colours. Then comes about 1 hour and 40 minutes downstream to the town of San Juan de Huashalado, followed by a five-minute walk across it to the river itself.
Yanayacu means black-water river, and the guide takes you along it by boat to look for monkeys, sloths and birds among the treetops. A walk deeper into the forest explains medicinal plants, though the tallest trees, over 40 metres, steal the show. Then comes piranha fishing, done the traditional way.
- Pamacari boat on the Amazon
- Birdlife and wildlife on the Yanayacu
- Piranha fishing and a jungle walk
- Self-service lunch at Cabaña Amazon Lodge
Lunch features fish, heart-of-palm salad and jungle fruits, and vegetarian or special diets are possible if you ask ahead. On the way back you may see pink and grey dolphins and watch the sunset on the river before being taken to your hotel. The day lasts about 8 hours and includes hotel pickup. It is not suited to people with mobility impairments or insect allergies.