Day 29 - Amazon River
IquitosThursday, 19 September 2013
A 5am knock at the door was our alarm this morning. Straight on the boat and an hour and a half later we were at the ExplorNapo Lodge where we had breakfast. This is part of the chain we are currently staying in. It shows an authentic Amazon River lifestyle with kerosene torches and lamps and palm thatched houses in the rainforest.
We hiked for 50 minutes through the rainforest to the spectacular Canopy Walkway which covers 500m in the treetops at a height up to 35m. Only 4 people per platform in the treetops and no more than 3 on the walkways. The walkways were made out of aluminum ladders with planks of wood on them. On each side were nets going up to the suspension cables. This was a great experience. It certainly gave us a different view of the rainforest.
After lunch we went to the ReNuPeRu ethnobotanical garden with over 240 medicinal plants cultivated by a local shaman. He explained the healing process and the use of the different plants.
 | Canopy Walkway [Map] |  | Canopy Walkway [Map] |
 | Canopy Walkway [Map] |  | Canopy Walkway [Map] |
 | Canopy Walkway [Map] |  | Canopy Walkway [Map] |
 | Canopy Walkway [Map] |  | ReNuPeRu medicinal garden [Map] |
 | ReNuPeRu medicinal garden [Map] |  | ReNuPeRu medicinal garden [Map] |
 | Amazon River [Map] |
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