I booked a 4-day Amazon forest trip…
I booked a 4-day Amazon forest trip through them, but unfortunately it was not what I expected. It felt like 4 days of vacation wasted.
We stayed in a forest lodge that was only about one hour from the city, so it didn’t really feel like the Amazon rainforest. It was close to towns and villages, and most of the tours were just short walks around the lodge—morning and evening—with a guide. To me, it felt quite underwhelming and disappointing.
We also had two excursions: Monkey Island and a butterfly place. Both were disappointing. Monkey Island was just a small rescue center where a few monkeys are kept—you basically see them like in a zoo. The butterfly place was like a small school project, with a tiny greenhouse where maybe 4–5 butterflies were flying around in a very small space.
The lodge was all-inclusive. Breakfast was mostly omelets and basic coffee—surprisingly something like Arabic coffee, even though we were in the Amazon. I would have preferred local Peruvian organic coffee. Lunch and dinner were mainly chicken and fish. The food tasted good, but it didn’t feel very local. I asked them to serve local food one day, and they did—that was actually one of the few highlights.
The only time I really enjoyed the trip was during a boat tour on the lake, which was beautiful.
The tour guide had poor English and talked too much, often very loudly, which made it hard to relax and enjoy the experience.
Overall, this was not the Amazon experience I was hoping for. I would instead recommend going to Iquitos, staying at a proper forest lodge, and experiencing a more authentic Amazon lifestyle. Don’t buy this kind of packaged tour.








