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Jewish Singles New Years
Amazon Peru Adventure Make your reservation early to enjoy a night of flowing champagne, a week of adventure and memories to last a lifetime. Iquitos is the starting point on our Explorama's Peruvian Jewish Amazon Adventures to this Biodiversity Capital of the World. A unique feature of the rainforest surrounding Iquitos is its lack of a specific rainy or dry season. There is a high water period from December through May which is caused by the melting of snow as the Andean summer begins and from the rainy season in the upper jungle. While the water level can fluctuate more then 45 feet, the warm and humid climate remains relatively constant throughout the year, giving this area its botanical category of "Everwet Tropical Forest". Normal daytime highs are 88° F and nighttime lows are 72°F Download Jewish Singles New Years Amazon Peru Adventure Brochure
The Lodges
Originally built in 1964 and located in an extensive Primary Rainforest Reserve 50 miles down the Amazon River
from Iquitos, the Explorama Lodge has undergone a facelift
for its 45th anniversary. The 55 typical palm-thatched jungle lodge rooms now have private bathroom facilities!
But don't worry, the Lodge has maintained its jungle atmosphere with kerosene lamps and torches for lighting,
mosquito-netted beds and covered walkways to the Tahuampa Bar and Hammock House where you can relax surrounded
by a myriad of rainforest sounds.
On the Napo River, 100 miles from Iquitos, Explornapo provides access to the pristine forest of Explorama´s Sucusari
Reserve, as well as access to the adjoining Amazon Canopy Walkway, one of the longest treetop walkways in
the world. This adventure offers the opportunity to live in an authentic Amazon River style. palm-thatched
houses with kerosene lighting and open-hearth cooking in a rainforest surrounding. Shower and toilet
facilities adjoin each house., This location provides the opportunity to take special rainforest treks and
excursions into the surrounding primeval forest in an area named by scientists as the “Biodiversity Capital
of the World”. You can even stay in touch with your home via FREE WIFI Internet.
CEIBA TOPS, the newest of Explorama’s lodges is located
on the banks of the Amazon River just 25 mi from Iquitos. Ceiba Tops offers all the comforts of home,
air conditioned rooms with private bathrooms, in the most luxurious of Amazonian Rainforest settings.
At Ceiba Tops, elaborate gardens, a swimming pool, water slide, hammock house and the Esmeralda lounge
all complement the surrounding exotic environment and you can stay in touch with your home via free
WiFi Internet.
Itinerary
Day 1 - December 24: Arrive Lima
Upon arrival in Lima you will be met at the airport and transferred to our hotel. Free time to relax before we start our Amazon Adventure. Meet your group host and join the group for an optional dinner at 7:00pm.
Day 2 - December 25: Lima - Iquitos - Explorama
Lodge
Afternoon hike along the "Lake Trail" through lowland rainforest which is seasonally flooded. This trail is traversed by open boat during high water months. Day 3 - December 26: Explorama Lodge Morning hike along the "Bushmaster Trail" where scientific studies by the Missouri Botanical Gardens have found one of the world's highest biodiversity of trees per square hectare. Your guide will point out many examples of native plants used as remedies by local people. Afternoon canoe trip along the Amazon in search of either of the two species of freshwater dolphin found in the river. Day 4 - December 27: Explorama Lodge - ExplorNapo Lodge After breakfast, a boat ride down the Amazon and up the Napo River to the ExplorNapo Reserve and ExplorNapo Lodge. Afternoon hike through primary, terra firme rainforest. Evening excursion by open boat along the Sucusari Stream in search of caiman and to enjoy the night sounds and stars of the Southern sky. Day 5 - December 28: ExplorNapo Lodge Morning hike to the Canopy Walkway, a suspended bridge spanning one-third of a mile, connected by tree platforms and reaching a height of over 115 feet above the forest floor. Here there is time to observe a part of the rainforest rarely seen by man but accessible without any type of climbing skill or equipment. Afternoon excursion to a black water oxbow lake formed when water from the Napo River became separated from the main flow of the river. These lakes are often covered with giant Victoria Regia water lilies and can offer a view of the elusive Hoatzin bird. Day 6 - December 29: ExplorNapo Lodge - Ceiba Tops Morning boating excursion along one of the Napo tributaries spotting for sloth, birding and fishing for piranha. Also a chance to visit some of the local river people called "ribereños" whose houses are seen along the river. Afternoon boat trip back to Ceiba Tops where private rooms with electricity and air conditioning begin your return to "civilization". On the return trip you will pass the town of Francisco de Orellana, where a statue is erected to the intrepid explorer who in 1542 at the mouth of the Napo River became the first European to see the Amazon River. Day 7 - December 30: Ceiba Tops Morning visit to the neighboring Yagua Indian Community, an explanation of their native culture, blow gun demonstration and a chance to purchase or trade for their crafts. Afternoon hike in the beautiful primary rainforest reserve surrounding Ceiba Tops where many huge trees are festooned in epiphytes. Day 8 - December 31: Ceiba Tops - Iquitos - Lima
Time to relax before our big New Years Eve Celebration right in our hotel. Welcome in the New Year with your new friends and party all night! Make your reservation early to enjoy a night of flowing champagne. The New Year’s menu has a carving station that features rib eye steak and Virginia ham with orange sesame glaze, along with roast turkey with gravy. All of the stations will include something special such as grilled octopus in olive oil, fresh oysters, filet of pork with spicy Japanese cherry sauce, Patagonia lamb with shitake mushrooms in miso dijon sauce and breast of duck in a carob syrup lemongrass sauce. And of course there will be an array of desserts to start the new year off on a sweet note. Day 9 - January 1: Lima Sleep late, enjoy breakfast.. Today is your free day to relax on the beach, visit the museums, historic sites or now is your chance to shop till you drop. Meet your Singles host at 7:00pm for an optional Farewell Dinner. Day 10 - January 2: Depart Lima It is time to say goodbye to all your new travel buddies as we are transferred to the Airport for our International Flights home or to the bus station to begin another exciting adventure.
Ica and Huacachina - 3 Days / 2 Nights
Nazca Lines - SandBoarding - Wine
Tasting
January 2 - 5
$790*
Day 1 - January 2: Lima / Ica
Enjoy the local scenery on your morning bus (4 hours) to Ica. Upon arrival check into your hotel and then it is
off to the airport for a 45-minute flight over the enigmatic Nazca Lines. These enormous lineal drawings of
animals, birds and geometric figures, remain etched in the desert and can only be appreciated from the air.
Hotel Las Dunas Sun Resort
Day 2 - January 3: Ica /
Huacachina
After breakfast we will drive across Ica’s desert in a 4x4 buggy vehicle, and make  various stops along the way for photos of stunning landscapes, not only
of sand dunes, but also of the Huacachina lagoon. Experience the exhilaration of one of the most popular
sports in Ica, “Sandboarding”. Our driver will take us to the summit of some dunes, from where you will be
able to slide down. Before we start to sand surf, our guide will teach us specific techniques to ensure a
safe ride.
After lunch, we drive to the flat farmlands outside of Ica to see where the
grapes grow, are harvested and converted into liquid. Learn about the fermentation and cooking process that
turns the liquid into wine or pisco. We will visit at least 2 bodegas; a small family-run artesanal bodega and
a large-scale industrial bodega. Both types of bodegas are different and worth seeing. Of course, at the end of
the tour you will be invited to try samples of wine or pisco and then given the chance to buy a bottle or two.
Hotel Las Dunas Sun Resort
Day 3 - January 4: Ica / Lima / Depart
Afternoon bus to Lima where you will met and transferred to the airport for your international flight home. So plan on night flight home.
Ica and Huacachina
Price - $790 Includes
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Early morning flight brings us to
Iquitos where we are met and transferred to the Explorama dock where our fifty mile journey down the
Amazon River to Yanamono Stream where Explorama Lodge is located.
Your choice of open boat ride or hike for the morning or a chance to
relax in a hammock and enjoy the sounds of the surrounding rainforest. Transfer to Iquitos by boat and bus to
the airport for our departure back to Lima. Upon landing in Lima we will be met and taken to our beautiful
Marriott Hotel by the Pacific Ocean
