ExplorNapo Lodge

Amazon Basin


On the Río Napo, 157km from Iquitos, this simple lodge has 30 rooms with shared cold-shower facilities. The highlights are guided trail hikes in remote primary forest, bird-watching, an ethno-botanical garden of useful plants (curated by a local shaman) and a visit to the nearby canopy walkway (a half-hour walk away). Run by Explorama.

A major highlight of any trip to the Peruvian Amazon, the canopy walkway is suspended 35m above the forest floor to give visitors a bird’s-eye view of the rainforest canopy and its wildlife. Bear in mind that because of the distance involved, you spend the first and last night of a five-day/four-night package at the Explorama Lodge.

The other cool thing about ExplorNapo is the chance to combine a stay here with a visit to the ACTS Field Station where wildlife sightings are that much better; this costs an extra US$130 per person per night spent at ACTS.

Sample rates are given; contact Explorama for other options and combinations – and discounts.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Amazon Basin attractions

1. Yanamono Rum Distillery

13.4 MILES

For three generations the Guerra family has been operating this traditional rum distillery in Yanamono, in the middle of nowhere in the northern Peruvian…