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When to go
Mid-May to mid-November is the dry and best season. It can rain heavily during the rest of the year. Downpours make jungle excursion walks mud-messy.
Untold truths
Don't raise your expectations too high about seeing a wealth of jungle animals.
To survive, they hide in the thick rainforest growth. They see you, but not the
other way around.
An Amazon cruise is not for everyone. The
equatorial sun scorches, the high humidity zaps energy, and a billion
insects are pesty. But if you are an adventure, nature-loving traveler, the
Amazon will amaze and thrill you.
The "third" Amazon
Ecuador has eco-lodges on the Rio Napo, an Amazon River tributary. But there is no worth-mentioning cruise presence.
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Amazon cruises typically last 3 to 7 days.
Shore excursions consist of
both jungle boat rides up small tributary rivers and streams in motorized
Zodiacs, skiffs, and canoes.
You also go on educational
jungle walks and visit small native villages.
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