Bienvenido a Perú. Iquitos to Lima

Our speedboat ride ended in Iquitos, Peru. Iquitos is one of the Peruvian amazon gateway towns and is a minimum 1 hour flight from any other city. Your only options for onward travel are planes or more boats...

Iquitos also had almost no cars, using only tuktuk and motorcycles. Car's are expensive to ship downriver, meaning only the army or police use them.

I spent 5 hours in Iquitos before flying to Lima, but it was a crazy 5 hours!Read more