We booked the 4-day Amazon Expedition from Iquitos.Initially, we were concerned because we had read a few reviews that described this as a scam or "bait and switch". We reached out to IZI Peru and they reassured us that the itinerary would go ahead as planned, and that other customers had had a negative experience due to the river being flooded.Sure enough, the expedition did go broadly as advertised, except that the activities happened in a different order (which they tell you in the small print). The way it works is they have customers arriving at the camp on a rolling basis, and each day they take groups out on excursions based on who has done what already.It's worth noting that despite booking through IZI Peru, the tour was actually run by a company called "Amazon Aventour Expeditions", so I guess IZI Peru just subcontracts the tours to a different company?The camp itself is called "Maniti Lodge". The food is a bit basic and the lodges are not particularly luxurious, but the pool was nice and well-maintained. On our first night we found a bat in our room, but thankfully our guide was quick to remove it!Our guide Arci was absolutely brilliant - super helpful and cheerful from start to finish. He honestly made the experience for us.The daily excursions were varied, and some were definitely more exciting than others. My personal favourite was feeding the monkeys, but be warned, the next day a guy got bitten by a monkey and had to be taken to hospital! Apparently the monkeys are checked by a vet every month so the risk of rabies is small, but maybe don't feed the monkeys if you're worried about that.
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