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Welcome to a world of extraordinary
biodiversity - 500 species of birds, 250 species of fish and a 100
species of mammals, including a dozen species of monkeys, live in this
isolated region of Peru.
From Iquitos, Manu or Puerto Maldonado, you have your choice of
wilderness adventures. Some river lodges are more than a hundred
miles up the Amazon River or its tributaries. On your journey,
you may see pink dolphins, black caimans and the Amazon manatee.
Several of the lodges are close to clay licks. Gorgeous macaws,
parrots and parakeets come to the licks to eat clay: the clay
neutralizes toxins in unripe fruit, allowing the birds to eat the
fruit before it becomes attractive to other species.
The Explorama Lodges offer a rainforest canopy walk. You can hike
across a cable bridge suspended 120 feet above the rainforest.
Another canopy walk is being planned by Reserva
Amazonica.
Image of Red-faced monkey
copyright Patrick Roherty.
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AMAZON LODGES
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