Perú - Iquitos - Amazon River

Peru: magic land with a rare diversity of flora and fauna and unbelievable culture riches. Peru offers tourists the opportunity to connect its history, culture, nature and adventure into a unique experience. Peru (also known as “the land of the Inca”) has a square footage of 1,285,216 km2 and is after Argentina and Brazil the third largest South American country. Situated at the north-central pacific coast Peru has three geographical zones: The narrow coast, the mountains of the Andes and the green amazon area.
In this three zones one can find an enormous biodiversity of exotic plants and animals such as different species of llamas, eagles, piranhas, parrots and toucans. Peru is a nature paradise.

Capital of the Amazonia

Iquitos, capital of the region Loreto is the biggest city of the Peruvian Amazonian area. It has no access by land. The only means of transport are the plan or boat. The climate is humid-warm with temperatures between 17 and 36 C° and a humidity of 84 %. The city was founded by a Jesuit priest in 1754. throughout its history Iquitos was the home of different ethnical tribes (for example: Iquitos, Huitotos, Cocamas, Yaguas) who lived basically from hunting and fishing. Thanks to the caoutchouc boom around 1880 one is able to visit the artful cosmopolitan style buildings. In the centre of the city you will see the European influence of that time. The most famous building is probably the iron house by Gustav Eiffel.
Iquitos is a starting point for expeditions through the jungle to the biggest attractions of the region: the powerful Amazonian and its breathtaking jungle.

The Amazon and its jungle

The Amazon River carries the most water compared to other rivers of the world. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean in the north-east of Brazil. Its wonderful sight, its mythical forests and its natural riches make it one of the nature wonders of the world. The Amazonian jungle is also called “the worlds lounge”.

The reflection of the green jungle in the dark water of the river in combination with the blue sky makes the Amazon River to seem like a creation by god.

The Amazon River is with a approximate length of 6400 km after the Nil the second largest river of the world.
During the rain time the water level climbs up to 9 m. T he difference to other tropical forests lies in the great number of plants and animals. The Amazonian area is the in biologic matters the richest and most multifarious area in the world.