Amazon
Enormous trees sheltering monkeys and birds, riverboats chugging through steamy jungle, the flash of a parrot overhead... the Amazon never fails to conjour up some of travel’s most evocative images. As a visitor to this unique environment, the humbling scale of nature will reignite your sense of wonder.
Where: The Amazon basin covers close to half the landmass of South America, but the best bases for Amazon holidays include Manaus (Brazil), the jungle lodges of Ecuador and the Peruvian Amazon. Jungle lodges and Amazon cruise boats are the main forms of accommodation.
When to go: Amazonian weather varies relatively little, with heavy rainfall to be expected at all times of year. Simply put, the best time to go to the Amazon is whenever suits your schedule.
How to get there: Manaus is well connected within Brazil, with direct flights from São Paulo and Rio, and many other indirect routes. The Peruvian Amazon is easily accessed from Cusco or Lima, while the Ecuadorian Amazon can be reached from Quito by air or road/river.
Combines well with: The highlights of Brazil, Peru or Ecuador (including the Galápagos).
Length of stay: We recommend a stay of around 4 days in the jungle, plus extra time to explore the region’s other highlights before or afterwards.
Discovery Journeys - Small group tours
15 nights from £3,298 including flights from the UK
Condor-spotting in the Colca Canyon, the world’s deepest. Stay with a local family on the island of Amantani on Lake Titicaca. Cusco: music, markets, museums - Peru’s most dynamic city. 2-day hike and camp to the site of Huchuy Q'osqo - perched high above the Sacred Valley. Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley: the splendours of the Inca heritage. Explore the wildlife and forest of the Amazon, on foot and by boat.
Fully escorted, adventurous group holiday exclusive to families
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12 days from £4,579 for a family of 3
We've created an exciting holiday in Peru for all the family. Explore the hill-top Lost City of Machu Picchu. Visit more awesome Inca ruins and an artisan market in the Sacred Valley of the Incas and discover the legacy of the conquistadores in Cusco. Venture into the Amazon jungle to spot monkeys, alligators and macaws with special programmes for children including kayaking and canopy climbing.
Adventure, history and jungle for the family
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Jungle lodges, rainforest tours and Amazon cruises
A collection of our favourite jungle lodges, rainforest activities and Amazon cruises for your holiday to Peru. We take you to 3 regions of Peruvian Amazonia: Iquitos, Puerto Maldonado (from Cusco) and the Manu Biosphere. Lodges range from basic to very comfortable; we've inspected them all.
Lodges, excursions and cruises in the rainforest
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Refugio Amazonas, one of the most family-friendly and atmospheric lodges in the Tambopata Peruvian Amazon region, offers innovative family programmes for your holiday to Peru.
Exciting jungle adventure programme for children
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4,, 5, and 8 days, from £1,454
Cruise down the Amazon river in style on either of these state of the art, contemporary first class vessels on an adventurous jungle holiday in Peru. This is frontier exploration in luxury.
Luxury Amazon cruising in contemporary style
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13 days from £4,460
Visit two great Latin American waterways in one holiday: the man-made achievement of engineering that is the Panama Canal, and nature’s masterpiece, the Amazon River. Follow a partial transit of the canal with a luxury cruise through Amazonia’s tropical rainforest, then fly down to the south of Peru to explore the Inca “lost city” of Machu Picchu.
Explore the Panama Canal, the Amazon and Machu Picchu: first class cruise; luxury boutique hotels
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Tailor Made
15 days from £2,553
Rio de Janeiro, the Iguazú Falls, Amazonia, the sugary beaches of the balmy northeast: Brazil has more than its share of South American highlights. We've added the gaiety of its music, dance, succulent cuisine and exuberant people, and you have the ingredients for a holiday made in Heaven. We’ve packed in the top sights in this huge country in just 2 weeks but you won’t feel rushed – there is ample time to explore at leisure.
The absolute top sights: Rio, Iguazú Falls, the Amazon, Salvador, tropical beach
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13 days from £3,139
If you are after a rainforest cruise experience, where you can absorb the sights and sounds of the jungle from the deck of a river boat, with guided forays on foot or by canoe into the creeks and lagoons, then an adventurous few days cruising in Amazônia on the MV Tucano will be right for you. 5 day cruises also available.
Explore the river by romantic, old-fashioned riverboat
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If you are after a rainforest experience, where you can absorb the sights and sounds of the jungle, with guided forays on foot along narrow trails or by canoe into the creeks and lagoons, then a few days in Amazonia are right for you. Stay at one of a number of jungle lodges - from basic to luxury - or take an expeditionary cruise down the Amazon or Rio Negro.
Explore the world's greatest river basin
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