{"id":29595,"date":"2022-02-21T15:00:59","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T19:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.howlanders.com\/?p=29595\/"},"modified":"2024-09-13T05:50:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T09:50:56","slug":"how-to-get-iquitos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.howlanders.com\/en\/peru\/iquitos-jungle\/how-to-get-iquitos\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get to Iquitos"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you travel to Peru and want to live a completely different experience to what you have known, we recommend you to travel to the Peruvian Amazon. Specifically, the city of Iquitos and its surroundings. One of the best ways to visit it is through a 3-day tour of Iquitos<\/a>. If you are already planning to visit it, there is a very important detail that you will have noticed and that you cannot overlook: Iquitos is a city without any kind of land connection<\/a>. And no, we are not talking about an island! Or yes, it is an “island” surrounded by rivers and Amazon jungle. If you want to know more about how to get to Iquitos, here is everything you need to know.<\/p>\n

Where is Iquitos<\/h2>\n

As we mentioned before, the beautiful city of Iquitos is located in Peru. It is the capital of the province of Maynas within the Department of Loreto<\/strong>. Iquitos is a relatively high city, located at an altitude of approximately 104 meters above sea level<\/strong>. Although it is located within a plain that is bordered by the Amazon River, the Itaya River and the Nanay. We leave you an article where you can learn more about the culture of Iquitos<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As you can imagine, the geographical location of this city and the fact that it is surrounded by several mighty rivers, make a land connection with any other city impossible. One of the main attractions of the city of Iquitos is that it is the entrance to the Amazon River itself, considered one of the largest and most impressive bodies of water in the world.<\/p>\n