Walk to the Belén market and floating city with a local guide - approximately 2 hours.
- 2 hours
- Spanish
Description
Meeting point at Malecón Maldonado with Napo street, 1 block away, we walk a few minutes towards the most exotic market in the city of Iquitos and then take a local canoe to navigate the Itaya River and observe the floating city of Belén. The tour starts from Joaquín Abensur boulevard. We will visit the busy Belén market (high area), where we will find a wide variety of jungle products, such as chonta (jungle spaghetti), suri (a type of insect), and more. Also, exotic fruits like aguaje, camu camu, cocona, carambola, and others, as well as a wide variety of fresh and dried fish like paiche, docella, dorado, paco, sábalo, piranhas among others. You will get to know the mapachos (jungle tobacco cigars). We visit the port and the other part of the Belén market (low area), where you can see seasonal products and fruits that arrive from Amazonian communities in riverboats. Canoe rides to observe the floating city, also known as the Loreto Venice.
Other cities after visiting Iquitos
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