A&K Sanctuary Peruvian Amazon Cruise (6 Days)

Land in Lima, Peru's culinary capital on the Pacific coast. Abercrombie & Kent’s team will be on the ground to meet and greet guests, and provide a seamless transfer to your hotel.

Travel by plane from Lima to Iquitos and into the Peruvian countryside. In Nauta, a remote village set on the banks of the Marañón River, you will be met by your river guide and welcomed aboard Pure Amazon, an A&K Sanctuary. Once settled on the intimate riverboat, you will meet the expert naturalists who will accompany your expedition, and dine on innovative Amazonian cuisine.

There are more than 400 species of bird in the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve, from scarlet macaws to swallow-tailed hummingbirds. Spot some of the region’s most colorful and curious winged creatures on a guided birding excursion, with an expert answering all your questions along the way. Broaden your knowledge of the area with a midday lecture, then board a skiff for a guided night safari that may reveal the glowing yellow eyes of dozens of caimans and other nocturnal river dwellers.

A visit to a local village community lifts the lid on life in the Amazon Basin: you will meet ribereños, or river people, and learn about their culture. Piranha teeth are often used in local crafts, and you will have the chance to fish for these dangerous omnivores from a skiff, catching and carefully releasing one of the most dangerous fish in the world.

Navigate the Pacaya River on board a skiff for close-up encounters with the lush flora and iconic fauna, scanning the canopy for long-limbed spider monkeys, supine sloths and shy monk saki, another primate.

After a final breakfast onboard Pure Amazon as it returns to Nauta, disembark and relax in a comfortable vehicle en route to Formabiap, an educational project supported by A&K Philanthropy. There, around 200 young people from indigenous communities’ study to become teachers – honing their skills in both Spanish and their local language. After a musical welcome, learn about longhouse-building and participate in a spiritual cleansing session with an elder, then listen to a presentation on the use of medicinal plants. Afterwards fly to Lima, where you enjoy the use of a dayroom until you are assisted to the terminal for your departing flight.