Iquitos
The dense jungle of Peru was named after a huge generator of river life, legends and illusions: the Amazon, discovered in 1541 by Francisco de Orellana, the most abundant long and the world. Navigating the waters is in direct contact with nature and the wisdom of indigenous people. It is agonizing to see the sun behind the treetops and to admire the green infinity. The Amazon River is a huge, slow-flowing, which looks like a sea, because in some quarters the width of the channel reaches 4 thousand meters. Receives its water flow of all rivers originating in the eastern slope of the Andes, which form bogs, marshes and labyrinth of canals. The ancient inhabitants of the Peruvian jungle, which covers an area of 80'000, 000 hectares and covers a myriad variety of flora and fauna-named Amazon Paranaguasú (Grand River), Paranatinga (Rio Blanco) and Tunguragua (King of Waters). It has been argued also that the name stems from a combination of two indigenous words: love (break) and area (canoe), or Amazon would "break-canoes." On the banks of the Amazon peoples and have been trained cities such as Iquitos, the capital of the department of Loreto, which dazzles by its lush greenery and the thrust of the native communities, such as Cocamas the Witoto, Boras and the Ticuna, people who have inherited secrets and customs milenarias.Iquitos, founded in 1747 by the Jesuit José Bahamonde, is surrounded by rivers Nanay, Itaya and Amazon. Warm, exotic and with an impressive greenery, the largest city in the Peruvian rainforest is the gateway to navigate the Amazon. The adventure is guaranteed.
