Travel with Andean Treks to the Amazon in Peru or Ecuador, and stay at your choice of comfortable rain forest lodges. All of your senses are heightened with your immersion into the wonderous energy of this special, fragile, prolific ecosystem. Each day you take your choice of rain forest hikes, river excursions via dugout canoes, led by local guides and English-speaking naturalist guides. Most programs are 4, 5, or 8 days.     

Most Amazon lodges practice sustainability, using up as little as possible of the natural resources to run their lodges. As you walk on a forest trail, beneath massive trees whose arching branches form a canopy sixty meters overhead, you think that sustainability seems like a given.  The tremendous energy and adaptibility of life is everywhere around you.  Fungi shine in the dark, Morpho butterflies tease you with their irridescent blue as they lurch by, and the roar of a distant howler monkey sounds too powerful to have been produced by any primate.

Manu Biosphere Reserve in southern Peru stands out as one of the largest protected zones.  Those interested in the cultural patterns enjoy unique opportunities in lodges operated by indigenous groups, such as Kapawi Lodge and Napo Wildlife Center in Ecuador.  You can choose a cruise on an air-conditioned luxury boat, or paddle a wooden canoe at dawn on an ox-bow lake.  Tell us what style of adventure you're seeking, and we'll recommend an appropriate lodge destination.

Achuar guide, lower Pastaza River

Blue and yellow Macaws, Tambopata (by Bernard Peyton)