Visit Amazon

Visiting Amazon usually necessitates many hours on the road or even a flight to a remote location. This trip is often not cheap, but it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that you should not pass up. The Amazon base covers 7,000,000 km2; of this, 5,500,000 km2 is a rainforest, and Peru owns 13% of this square footage, ranking second only to Brazil. The Peruvian Amazon is home to some of the world's most pristine rainforests. The incredible biodiversity provides endless opportunities for wildlife spotting, with jungle lodges, rainforest treks, and riverboat cruises catering to the adventurous visitors who visit this fascinating part of Peru.

The Peruvian Amazon is distinct from the rest of the country for reasons other than geography. The Amazon is also distinctive culturally. The scattered jungle cities are often a heady mix of fun, frivolity, and river port activity, with Peruvians having a laid-back but friendly attitude, always ready to drink and dance. Then there's jungle cuisine, with its seemingly endless array of strange fruits, fish, and aphrodisiac liquors. Beyond the cities are indigenous communities, many of whom cling to their traditions, including the sacred knowledge of the shamans and their jungle medicine.