Amazon Basin Travel Guide

I did a trip up the amazon river right from the start in Peru when it still is river Urubamba. Tip: Don't book a guide, you don't need them. Bring your hammock for sleeping on the boats and the strongest insect repellent, maybe even a moskito net. Bring time... some days you are waiting for the next boat on the river bank but its not coming, and sometimes they tell you the boat is leaving but it leaves the next day... Bring enough cash - there are no ATM in the amazon. If you want you can bring little gifts for the village kids...

Pucallpa es una ciudad en medio de la selva amazónica de Perú está en el departamento de Ucallaly y es puerto del rio Ucallaly, muy cerca hay una reserva indígena "shipivas" ellos pintan textiles autóctonos preciosos. Visiten la laguna de yarinacocha, hay restaurant ´de comida típica (cecina con tacacho delicioso) hay un hotel sobre la laguna en palafito ¡¡soñado!!  

Avoid the hideous shopping centre! If you're just stopping over on your way further south or before heading accross to the national parks, you would do better to stay in Puerto Varas.