Muyuna Amazon Lodge: "Amazon Jungle Lodge in Peru" Top 5 Page for this destination Peru Hotel Tip by calcaf38

This is a special treat, an authentic lodge on a tributary of the Amazon, in Northeast Peru.

You get there from Iquitos. In Iquitos, Muyuna has an office and the staff will help you rent rubber boots and a plastic poncho (no umbrella needed in the rain forest).

Once at the lodge, there is a flexible program (i.e. I did less fishing, but more walking in nature than the other guests...)

Magnificent river landscapes, village teachers, huge water lilies, curare trees, tarantulas, caimans...

Unique Qualities: It is not deluxe: the (private) shower in your room is a trickle at room temperature for instance. But after I got used to the smell of the insecticide sprayed on the mosquito net, I had a superb time.

The Muyuna jungle food is actually better than the food in Cuzco.

I only stayed two nights because I was worried it would be just too wild. Now, I wish I had stayed longer.

Even though there are no windows, just screens, and the jungle noises are constant, you will sleep like a baby and wake up in a surreal dawn.

Address: About two hours by speedboat from Iquitos
Comparison: about average
Directions: I booked ages in advance, but the other guests had just popped in. Even in August, Muyuna was not full.

The transportation from Iquitos is included in the price, of course.
Price: US$80-120
Theme: Other
Website: http://www.muyuna.com/