El Secreto de Mama

Top choice in Amazon Basin


This pretty-in-pink bakery offers delectable local treats like empanadas, cuñapes (cheese and yuca balls), bombitas (cream-filled pastries), and sonso (a cheesy yuca bread). Wash them down with hot chocolate made from pure Beni-grown cacao. You'll never look at tea time the same way again!

To find it, walk three blocks east of the plaza and head south along Av Gutierrez.


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