Amazon Yarapa River Lodge

Frommer's Peru, 3rd Edition

Best of Peru: Best Inns and Bed & Breakfasts

Amazon Yarapa River Lodge, northern Amazon (tel. 800/771-3100 or 065/993-1172). A splendid, award-winning conservationist lodge good enough to be partnered with Cornell University and host its faculty and students at its field lab, this place is also perfect for amateur botanists and biologists. Though isolated near the Reserva Nacional Pacaya-Samiria, the largest of Peru's protected areas and one of the top spots for wildlife viewing, the lodge, built by local artisans, is unexpectedly comfortable and attractive, with huge private bungalows, a lounge, and a hammock house overlooking the river.

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