PeruNorth's musings on events & destinations in Northern Peru, Amazonia ... and beyond. Detailed tour reviews.
Sheila Leslie of Henderson, NV took a 7-day Amazon River cruise on La Perla in late July 2026, along with her grandson, Jack and two other senior adults. Read her thoughts on the experience:
Volodymyr Oleksyshyn, a Ukrainian-American resident of Chicago, had travelled to Chachapoyas with PeruNorth in November 2022.
He got back in touch in early 2025 wishing to visit some of the places he had missed or hadn’t had time for in 2022; and wanting to hike the trail to Choquequirao, while his knees were still up to it!
These are his comments having done the trip in September / October 2025
Australian couple, Carmel & Daryl Benham, from Cheltenham, Victoria, booked two tours with PeruNorth as part of a longer trip around Northern Peru in June / July 2025. Here are their comments, along with some photos they took:
‘We had Julio for the Hidden Chachapoyas Tour and Virgilio for the Santa Cruz Trek. Both were excellent guides. They were very knowledgeable, interesting to talk to and looked after us very well.
Peru is home to three species of otter: the South American Sea Otter (Lontra felina), found along Peru’s extensive coastline; and the Neotropical (Lontra longicaudis) and Giant Otters (Pteronura brasiliensis) found in Amazonia.
Here are nine key facts about these Giant Amazon Otters, and how you can incorporate them in a Peru visit.
A visit to Peru's Amazon is not all about adventure and adrenaline. There is nothing more pleasurable than enjoying the heat of the jungle, while relaxing in a pool. And luckily for visitors to Iquitos, there are a number of ways to do this, both in the city and the surrounding rain forest.
Bruce and Martha, an adventurous couple in their 60s from Tennessee, put together an ambitious itinerary with PeruNorth, eschewing Machu Picchu to take in lesser-visited parts of Peru that encompassed a full range of the country’s contrasting geography: coast, desert, mountains and jungle.
Jenny & Melissa from Sheffield, S. Yorks spent two nights at Treehouse Lodge, in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon, in December 2023, as part of a 3-month backpacking trip to South America.
Here are their comments on the experience:
Three friends from Texas - father and son Joe and Matt Barth along with Virgil Burkhardt - ‘did the double’ in the Peruvian Amazon near Iquitos in September 2022 ie a lodge stay followed by a river cruise.
Two Canadian students, Patrick Duke and Austin Pugh, spent 6 days at Muyuna Amazon Lodge in September 2022. Here is what they said about the experience:
‘We had an amazing time in the Amazon with Muyuna.
Rochester, NY native, Margaret Riley, took here niece, Jessica, on holiday to Peru as a graduation present in June 2022. Their 10-day itinerary took in:
The Sacred Valley
2-day Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
Cusco
Palccoyo (an alternative Rainbow Mountain)
Here is what they had to say about the experience:
“Our trip to Peru was remarkable.
