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The beaches of Moronacocha and Santa Clara are appreciated for their white sand.

Twenty minutes by hydro-plane or along the Napo river you can get to the Albergue Explornapo, where from a unique sistem of hanging bridges, you can behold the marvelous spectacle of the jungle world.

Puerto Almendra, located at 15 kilometers from the city of Iquitos. There is the botanical garden Arboretum El Huayo. This place offers ecological round-trips, hikes and visits to the crops of the inhabitants of the zone.

The National Reservation of Pacaya-Samiria, a spectacular source of natural wealth, created in 1982 to protect the "paiche". It is located at 185 kilometers from the city of Iquitos, between the rivers Marañón and Ucayali, in the province of Requena. It comprises 2.080.000 hectares of swampy jungle: the biggest conservation unit of Peru.

More than 30 thousand people and about 20 foresters live in the reservation. They control the over-exploitation of species like the black lizzard, the manati, the charapa, the giant wolf of the river, the anaconda, the sweet-water dolphins, among other species.

 





 
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