Dates: November 24 to December 9, 2022
Duration: 16 days / 15 nights
Number of participants: 5 – 8
Cost per person:
- USD 3 990 subject to 7 – 8 participants, or
- USD 4 290 subject to 6 participants, or
- USD 4 650 subject to 5 participants, based on twin/double accommodation.
10% early booking discount (in case you book before June 24, 2023)
Everything is included except for:
- international flight to Lima,
- medical insurance,
- lunches and dinners in Lima and Iquitos.
Estimated flight cost from Paris / Madrid / Amsterdam to Lima roundtrip: 800 – 1200 USD.
Estimated flight cost from Moscow to Lima roundtrip: 1800 – 2200 USD.
Estimated total cost for lunches and dinners in Lima and Iquitos is about 200 USD.
Single supplement: 390 USD (provided in Lima and Iquitos).
TRAVEL PROGRAM: TOUR TO AMAZONIA
Day 1. November 24, 2023. Arrival in Lima
Arrival in Lima. Accommodation in a 3* Hotel Diamond Lima in the area of Plaza de Armas, the very heart of Lima.
Dinner in the authentic local cafe, where you can try kui - traditional Peruvian meal, the ordinary guinea pig and drink pisco, local spirit.
Meals included: no
Accommodation: Hotel Diamond Lima 3* or similar
* Recommended flights to Lima:
— with LATAM Chile from Bogota, arrival in Lima at 21:30 on November 24,
— with KLM from Amsterdam, arrival in Lima at 19:15 on November 24,
— with Copa Airlines from Panama City, arrival in Lima at 12:45 pm on November 24,
— or any other flight with arrival in Lima any time on November 24.
Day 2. November 25, 2023. Lima
After breakfast we start our saturated with activities day. We will see Lima old culture pyramid, museum of History and archeology of Peru, walk around Lima historical center and, at your wish, see local favelas.
Meals included: breakfast.
Accommodation: Hotel Diamond Lima 3* or similar
Day 3. November 26, 2023. Flight to Amazonia
After breakfast set out for the airport. Peru is a wonderful country, it takes only one hour and we move from dry seashore to humid evergreen tropics. Flight to Iquitos, the capital of Peruvian Amazonia. Accommodation in Hotel Jungle House 3* with the swimming pool.
Getting into acquaintance with the town. Meeting with the guide who will lead us to Galves river. Discussion of the further expedition plan. Taking rest in the hotel. In Iquitos we can leave the stuff that we don't need during our trip to Matses in the jungles.
Meals included: breakfast.
Accommodation: Hotel Jungle House 3* or similar
Day 4. November 27, 2023. Iquitos
After breakfast and sorting the luggage (we will take to the jungle only the most urgently needed), we will walk around Iquitos, visit ethnological museum of indigenous peoples of Amazonia, local market and the huge village ща Belen Baha on Amazon river where people live in the dwellings on stilts. In the evening we will meet our guide to jungle, have a nice time together in a cozy cafe on the quay of the old Amazon stream bed, enjoying sunset and local cuisine.
Meals included: breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel Jungle House 3* or similar
Day 5. November 28, 2023. Getting to Javari basin
Flight by charter hydroplane, performed by Peruvian Air force, from military airport of Iquitos to Colonia Angamos, small village, situated on Javari river. Here we start the main part of our expedition. We can learn everyday life of Matses Indians who live together with mestizos in Colonia Angamos. Accommodation in a typical Amazonian "hotel": plank floor and walls, bed made of planks with a mosquito net over it, rain water shower. In the evening we can walk out to Javari river bank and enjoy the view.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: local house.
Day 6. November 29, 2023. Travel along Galves river
Early in the morning we load our baggage to the boat and together with Matses guides set out up the river Javari and its tributary Galves. The river trip takes at least 8 hours. We can stop in one of Matses villages situated on the river banks and see their life. By the evening we reach Matses village Buen Peru, where we will stay for the night in the house of our captain.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: local house.
Day 7. November 30, 2023. First acquaintance with Matses
We spend half day in Buen Peru village, where we can learn today life of Matses.
In the afternoon we set out for the river trip again. We will enter a small left tributary of Galves – Loboyaku river. The river trip takes about 3-4 hours. There is Matses maloka in its upstream, which is the goal of our travel. Loboyaku is not more than 20 meters wide. On its banks we will see gorgeous rainforest, animals and birds of Amazonia. In the afternoon we will reach the maloka, meet Matses living there. We can accommodate in the maloka together with Matses or in a shack nearby.
This is the last generation of Matses in Peru, living in a completely traditional way.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: maloka or hut
Days 8 – 12. December 1 – 5, 2023. Living in maloka of Matses Indians
We will spend a few days in the heart of the great Amazonian forest together with Matses. Time will stop for us. We will communicate with Matses, learn their culture. We can go to the jungle with hunters, some of them still hunt using only bow and arrows. We will go for fishing on canoe made of a whole wood, learn how they grow the garden, make traps and, catch caymans and, if we are lucky, even anaconda. In the dark around a bonfire we will listen Matses stories of their history and everyday life.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: maloka or hut
Day 13. December 6, 2023. Travel along Loboyaku and Galves river back to Angamos
Today we are leaving Matses maloka and go downstream Loboyaku and Galves rivers up to Javari and coming back to Colonia Angamos. The river trip takes the whole day. We have quick lunch en route. We stay for the night in the local house.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: local house
Day 14. December 7, 2023. Back to Iquitos
Today we return from Colonia Angamos to Iquitos by hydroplane with charter flight, performed by Peruvian Air force. We'll take off from Javari and land on Amazon river!
Again accommodation in Hotel Jungle House 3* in Iquitos. Well-deserved rest around the swimming pool, walks around and chance to buy souvenirs on local market.
Meals included: breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel Jungle House 3* or similar
Day 15. December 8, 2023. Come back from Amazonia
Today we return to Lima. Accommodation in beautiful Hotel Casa Suyay 3* in Miraflores district. Miraflores is a modern touristic area, located on the shore of the Pacific Ocean. Walk around the evening Miraflores, dinner in one of the typical restaurants of the district. At your wish you can go for the ocean shore.
Meals included: breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel Casa Suyay 3* or similar
Day 16. December 9, 2023. Return flight
After hot and humid jungle we are on a seashore. After breakfast, we will walk along the picturesque quay and swim in cool water of the Pacific Ocean.
Transfer to the airport and afternoon flight home from Lima.
Meals included: breakfast.
Accommodation: no
* Recommended flights back from Lima:
— with KLM to Amsterdam, departure from Lima at 21:15 on December 9,
— with Air France to Paris, departure from Lima at 21:50 on December 9,
— with LATAM Chile to Bogota, departure from Lima at 8:20 on December 9,
— or any other flight with departure from Lima any time (but better in the afternoon) on December 9.
*The participant of expedition to Matses must be motivated to be respectful to Matses culture, be aware of the goals of the trip and possible program changes depending on weather conditions, be in a good shape and able to adapt to the new environment and culture.
** It should be noted that, although the flight from Iquitos to Colonia Angamos is charter one performed by Peruvian Airforce, it is always subject to weather conditions and can be rescheduled.