The Peruvian jungle is immense and divides its extension in two: high jungle and low jungle, this causes that each one has different temperatures. The high jungle has a normal high temperature that can reach up to 26 °C and the lowest is 12° C, with a humidity between 80 to 90%.
Get ready, the Amazon Rainforest is the largest rainforest in the world and beholds exciting adventures for nature lovers. Visitors can explore the rivers, trails and canopies to find unique wildlife, vibrant plant life and connect with local communities.
Feel and live the tropics of Peru. The rainforest full of wildlife will allow you to have a deep connection with nature and wildlife. If you are a nature lover, you will definitely fall in love with it.
The Amazon in Peru
It is one of the areas with the greatest biodiversity and endemism on the planet, covering two natural regions: high jungle and low jungle, occupying more than 60% of the Peruvian territory.
Closer to Nature
The lush rainforest covers nearly two-thirds of the country, but is home to only 5 percent of its population. Cruise remote Amazonian waterways, make friends with local communities, enjoy and swim with pink river dolphins, and walk under the canopy tree homes for flitting birds, snoozing sloths and swinging monkeys.
Three unmissable regions of the Peruvian Amazon
A tropical mantle crossed by rivers that look like snakes, hidden among mountains and exotic places, where Madre de Dios, the Biodiversity Capital of Peru, is located.
The Peruvian Amazon has regions such as Loreto, Amazonas and Madre de Dios, which have impressive natural scenery where you can not only experience adrenaline, but also enjoy spectacular waterfalls with panoramic views.
Amazing experiences and tours you can have at the Amazon
Cruises: For luxury cruises, secluded lodge retreats, canopy walkways and plenty of incredible wildlife
The cruises Zafiro, Aqua Nera, Aria Amazon, Delfin I, II and III, Spondias, La Perla and so, flow through this amazing river.
The best Amazon cruises in Peru visit the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve, a protected area of flooded forests commonly referred to as the ‘Jungle of Mirrors’ owing to the impressive reflections one can observe during the high-water period. Covering an area larger than 20,000 square kilometers (5 million acres) the reserve provides a wealth of activities, from piranha fishing and jungle trekking, to indigenous community visits and the chance to meet a local shaman and learn about natural medicine and see first-hand what life in the Amazon is like. Pacaya-Samiria is also home to some of the Amazon’s most abundant biodiversity.
The Jungle Ecolodges
Puerto Maldonado
Tambopata is a place for explorers, for adventurers looking to discover the Amazon rainforest.
The ecolodges are designed for the ones who look for a deep exploration of the Amazon rainforest. They will include everything: land and river transportation to/from Puerto Maldonado airport, activities, and excursions, all meals, and accommodation.
Because of its location, you will have more or fewer chances to find wildlife. Through undisturbed rainforest, you have higher chances to see unique wildlife including the elusive jaguar, a harpy eagle nest, or 4 to 5 species of monkeys including the spider monkeys. check out our how-to choose an amazon jungle lodge for better tips.
Tour able to take in this area
- Visit Macaws
- Climb a canopy tower or visit a canopy walkway
- Visit an oxbow lake
- Join a night walk
- Visit Lake Sandoval.
Be on the lookout for hoatzins, herons and ospreys as you glide across this mirror-like oxbow lake in a wooden canoe.
In the Reserve the surrounding vegetation will be roused on this trip, home to the paiche and black caimans, red howler, brown capuchin and squirrel monkeys; and the extremely rare and endangered giant river otter.
As Inkaterra mentions: Travelling to Tambopata National Reserve offers a rare opportunity to discover a lively biodiversity of birds, mammals, reptiles, insects and trees. Record-setting numbers of animal species are concentrated within small areas, and the variety of plant life is greater than almost anywhere in the world.
