You’re invited on a private, 28-passenger custom Journey up the Amazon River into the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve and to the Amazon headwaters. Travel dates are January 9-17, 2026. The trip is all-inclusive live-aboard experience with meals, accommodations, entrance fees, guides, tours and local transportation with a pre-tour experience. The cost is $3876 per person based on double occupancy for a standard cabin, and $4200 for a premium cabin. The tour begins in Iquitos, Peru where you’ll fly in and out of. YOU MUST ARRIVE in Iquitos before 5 pm on January 9.

All cabins have private bathrooms with hot and cold running water, air conditioning, and ceiling to floor windows offering panoramic views of the Amazon River.

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The Amazon rainforest contains some of the most vibrant and exotic wildlife in the world. It is home to pink and grey river dolphins, three-toed sloths, jaguars, macaws, a variety of monkeys, anacondas, to name just a few.  During our time on the Amazon River, we’ll motor in small skiffs into small tributaries for intimate wildlife viewing, walks on lush rainforest trails, identify edible and medicinal plants, watch pink dolphins playing, and visit village communities.

One unexpected highlight of the Amazon is the lovingly prepared traditional dishes made with fresh, locally sourced ingredients from the surrounding environment. You can expect to sample a variety of fish, meat and vegetable dishes, accompanied by cocktails and desserts made with exotic tropical fruits.

This part of the Amazon is also home to a diverse population of Amazonian tribes in 94 communities, many of whom retain traditional lifestyles. Those communities who share their culture with visitors, invite us in to meet their residents and learn about their culture. Our private guide grew up on the River and will share his first-hand experiences and knowledge of the River, wildlife and River people.

Jan 9 - Day 1

Arrive in Iquitos, Peru, a place that can only be reached by plane or boat. You’ll be met at the airport and taken by van or bus to your hotel. You’ll be driven in the evening to your boat transfer to the remarkable El Frio y al Fuego Restaurant for dinner.

• Overnight in Iquitos.

Jan 10 – Day 2

You’ll be picked up from your hotel after breakfast and board a skiff for a visit to Belen, a floating neighborhood that ebbs and flows with the Amazon River. This is a community that relies on canoes instead of cars, a place where residents live a unique riverside existence that has led to the moniker “The Venice of Peru.” Later, you'll be taken to the pier where you’ll board the M/V AGUA MARINA for your welcome drink and orientation. You’ll enjoy lunch onboard and meet your naturalist guides, receive your cabin assignment, and learn about the adventure ahead. The afternoon will take you to a canopy walkway for a closer experience with the Mother Nature.  

• Lunch and dinner and overnight onboard.

Jan 11 – Day 3

You’ll get an early wake-up call with time enough to grab a cup of coffee or tea before exploring of birds and other wildlife on the Momon River. Breakfast is back onboard followed by a visit to a Bora Village. Lunch is back onboard the ship followed by an afternoon on Centro America Creek for spotting huge rainforest trees, birds and monkeys, and river people.

• All meals and overnight onboard.

Jan 12  – Day 4

We’ll have an early breakfast, then travel along the banks of the Ucayali River to explore the Yucuruchi region of the Amazon, and see the Victoria Regia waterlily, the largest lily in the world. Your naturalist guide will point out unique species of medicinal plants, orchid, bromeliads, different insects, and other natural attractions of this area. Lunch is back on board the Agua Marina, before a Marañon riverbank exploration by skiff and land excursion in the rainforest.

• All meals and overnight onboard.

Jan 13 – Day 5

After breakfast, you’ll explore the Nauta Caño Creek area by skiff in search of birds, monkeys, sloths, and other wildlife. Your post lunch experience gives you the opportunity to cast a line into the dangerous Amazon waters as you fish for ferocious Piranhas. These fish are a dietary staple for the Amazon rainforest´s indigenous people and are esteemed as one of the best eating fish in South America.

• All meals and overnight onboard.

Jan 14 – Day 6

It’s another early morning wakeup for bird watching before breakfast. Later we’ll have the opportunity to meet a shaman who with his wisdom in ancestral medicine will teach us the secrets and powers of plants, trees, roots and flowers that he uses to cure the different diseases. We’ll take a walk in terra firme after lunch, to get a closer look at the rainforest flora and fauna and travel into the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve. We’ll take a night skiff cruise to explore witness the Amazon become a different domain, keeping on the lookout for bats, night birds, frogs, caimans, and poison frogs.

• All meals and overnight onboard.

Jan 15 – Day 7

You visit a River People village where you’ll experience how these people live in harmony with the jungle - fishing, farming, and hunting. Following your visit to the village, you’ll head to a local hut to enjoy a delicious lunch with River family, sampling a delicious “leaf roasted fish”, roasted ripe and green bananas, delicious vegetables salad, and fresh tropical fruits. Later your naturalist will explain about the ingredients and spices that were used to prepare these regional dishes. You’ll go on an exploration to the Marañon river in the late afternoon.

• All meals and overnight onboard.

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Jan 16 – Day 8

Between breakfast, lunch, and dinner, you’ll spend the day wandering mazes of small tributaries by skiff, where there's dense p;ant life and wildlife not seen in from the main river. In the evening, the upper deck is an ideal place to sit back and enjoy a wine or pisco sour, and watch the colorful Amazon sunset and starwatch.

• All meals and overnight onboard.

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Jan 17 – Day 9

You’ll be transported from the Agua Marina to the airport after breakfast.