Join us for fun Amazon tours and day trips from Iquitos Peru with Dawn on the Amazon.

If you are visiting Iquitos Peru you spent a lot of money to get here. Make it a good investment. It doesn’t cost much to stay an extra day.  Don’t leave without discovering the people, personalities, and places of Iquitos. Don’t spend all of your time at the lodge. Come visit us. Give us an extra day or two to entertain you while learning about the undiscovered side of this charming city surrounded by rivers and rainforest.

If you spend a day or two with me, my crew, and Dawn on the Amazon, we will give you unforgettable memories, stories and photos to take back home to your family and friends.

I’ve written and published several articles about our Amazon tours and day trips but they are scattered all over my blog and hard to find. I am using this article to bring all of those stories together to build a page devoted to the subject of Amazon tours and day trips so they are easy for you to find and to evaluate your options. Below are links to the appropriate articles. I provide valuable information about how to spend an extra day or two in Iquitos. I encourage you to use this information to help make your stay in Iquitos the best part of your trip or vacation.

I wish everyone that comes to Iquitos could visit the Butterfly Farm and the Belen Market. In my opinion they are as unique and interesting as any places anywhere. We combine those two places with looking for Pink Dolphins and it makes a fun day trip you won’t want to miss.

Please send an email to bill@dawnontheamazon.com to let me know your preferred method of advance payment to book your day trip and receive your $10 discount.

About the Amazon Animal Orphanage and Pilpintuwasi Butterfly Farm

Butterfly Farm, Iquitos Peru;

Our Amazon Tour To The Butterfly Farm, Iquitos Peru;

Pilpintuwasi, With And For Nature;

Pirate Monkeys Board Boat On Way To Butterfly Farm;

Monkey Wars;

Belen Market;

The Fresh Safe Belen Market, Learn About It Here;

The Top Ten Tips To Explore The Belen Market;

A Cruise On Three Rivers, The Iquitos Ports, The Floating Village Of Belen, Birdwatching, Pink Dolphins

Lets Go On A Day Trip With Dawn on the Amazon;

A Day Trip With Dawn on the Amazon, Another Perspective;

Fundo Pedrito, at Barrio Florida, the Caimen Farm, hand feed the paiche, an old fashioned rum still

Get Personal With Paiche;

Monkey Island requires a minimum of 3 in the group

Monkey Island;

A Haven For Eco-Tourism; Monkey Island, La Isla de Los Monos;

Amazon Golf Course

Golfing Amazon Style, From The Fringe;

Amazon Golf Course, Iquitos Peru, Open Under New Management;

General Interest

You Could Love Iquitos Peru;

Top Ten Things To Do In Iquitos Peru;

The Details

Price

The price is $74.75 per adult, ($65 per adult, 15% off, when there are two adults and you pay 48 hours in advance) children 6 to 12 half price, under 6 for free. The price includes everything. You will only need your wallet if you want to purchase souvenirs, personal items, extra beer or extra champagne.

Includes

Includes a knowledgeable, nice, charming, English/Spanish speaking guide, an experienced boat pilot, a safe boat, with quiet 4 stroke Johnson engine, all boat expenses, all transportation involved in the day trip, all the purified water you can drink, a large delicious picnic lunch, snacks, a complimentary bottle of champagne for every two guests, or two large beers or all the soda pop you want. You should bring your own sun screen and insect repellent.

Contact me

Please send an email to bill@dawnontheamazon.com to let me know your preferred method of advance payment to book your day trip and receive your $10 discount.

Itinerary

Your English-Spanish speaking guide will meet you in the lobby of your hotel at 9:00am. Depending on which Amazon tour and day trip you are on, the day will go something like this.

The adventure begins when you hop into a motocarro, arranged and paid for by your guide, and race through the city streets to my home port at the Hunting and Fishing Club on the Nanay River, where the boat will be waiting. You will meet your experienced Amazon boat pilot, cast off and make yourself comfortable by around 9:30.

You will cruise to your first destination in the morning, enjoy at least a couple of hours there, return to the boat for the picnic, which usually consists of three types of ripe, hand chosen seasonal tropical fruits, the best we can find. French bread and cheese sandwich, two if you want, and either a tamale or humita, with two choices of sauces. This can vary according to availability but it will be something similarly delicious and lots of it. This could be a good time to pop the cork on your complimentary bottle of champagne, or if you prefer, beer, soda pop or purified bottled water. The time will depend on the distance to the destination but you will probably finish the picnic by 1:00 or 1:30 and be ready for your second destination shortly after lunch. You will spend another hour and a half or two enjoying your second destination and then leisurely return back toward Iquitos specifically looking for pink dolphins and interesting birds and wildlife. I estimate we see Pink Dolphins on 85% of our day trips. No guarantee but the odds are good. Then the boat returns to the Hunting and Fishing Club, and your guide assists you back to your hotel lobby in a motocarro that she arranges and pays for, tired but happy.

Everything included

The only reason you will need your wallet would be to buy some souvenirs along the way. All other expenses are covered in the price of admission. I emphasis this because other tour suppliers may advertise a lower price, but you will definitely need your wallet to pay for the surprise charges, like boat rental, gas, entrance fees, transportation, food and drinking water.

Single travelers welcome

We welcome single travelers to add to scheduled day trips. Please contact me with the information in the contact subtitle below to ask about available day trips for solo travelers to join. Thank you.

Payment

Payment can be made on the internet by credit card, (Visa adds a three and a half % international service charge, Master Card three %), or MoneyGram, Western Union, a deposit in our bank account in Banco de Credito from nearly any city in Peru, or by credit card, dollars or soles paid at our office here in Iquitos. Remember 48 hours in advance to get the discount and to give us time to get our boat ready, the picnic lunch organized, the cooler packed and hopefully to find another guest or two to accompany you.

Save 15% by booking 48 hours in advance, a nearly $10 discount per person

When there are two or more adults we offer a 15% discount when booking 48 hours in advance. The price drops from $74.50 to $65, nearly $10 per person. This is a mutually beneficial arrangement that gives us advance preparation time, and a chance to find another guest or two to accompany you.

Contact me to arrange your fun day trip with Dawn on the Amazon. You’ll be happy you did.

Please send an email to bill@dawnontheamazon.com to let me know your preferred method of advance payment to book your day trip, and I will send you the appropriate information back to you. For my postal address, phone number and another map click my Contact Bill link here. Thanks.

Best regards, from Captain Bill Grimes

Join us for fun Amazon tours and day trips from Iquitos Peru with Dawn on the Amazon.

Join us for fun Amazon tours and day trips from Iquitos Peru with Dawn on the Amazon.

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