IQUITOS
 

Jungla  too located  at 104 masl / 341 fasl. the weather is hot and rainy all year long. The average annual maximum temperature is 31ºC (88ºF) and the minimum is 21ºC (70ºF). By land:There is no overland access to Iquitos. By air Regular flights from Lima takes  hour ½ hours

*Pacaya Samiria National Reserve, at 183 km /114 miles southwest of Iquitos. To be able to enter, you must request permission from INRENA and pay the corresponding fees, it has an area of 2’080.000 hectares making it the largest in the country and in South America.

It is also known as the most extensive area of protected floodable forest (vareza) in the Amazon Rainforest. It is bordered by two large rivers: the Marañon in the north and the Ucayali – Puinahua Canal to the south.  Inside the reserve, it has a huge biodiversity like:449 bird species, 102 mammal species (among them the pink dolphin), 69 species of reptiles, 58 species of amphibians, 256 fish species, and 1024 species of wild and cultivated plants.

The reserve is a refuge for different endangered species like the charapa turtle (Podocnemis expansa), the spider monkey (Ateles sp.), the giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis), the red macaw (Ara macao), cedar trees (Cederla odorata), and others.