La Isla de los Monos

The Monkey Island

Here they have a variety of monkey species (some endangered), as well as a sloth, some coatis, a pair of toucans and macaws, all of which are free to roam and go into the jungle, but are domesticated and hang around for the food. They happily play, climbing on visitors (and try to take things from you such as glasses, wallets). You can go as part of a day-tour (see below), or a visit is included in the itineraries of several lodge stays, e.g. Cumaceba. To go there by yourself, catch a moto-taxi to Bellavista-Nanay, walk 100 m through the market to the water and organise to hire a boat from the boat owner's association. A return trip by fast boat should cost S/50 per person, or by small boat S/25 per perso.

• outdoors
• market

Address

Timicurillo island, river Amazonas

Getting there

around 45 minutes away from Bellavista Nanay port

Hours

Daily 08:00-16:00

Price

Adult S/50, child S/20; Peruvian S/30 (child S/10)

Website

laisladelosmonos.org (opens in a new tab)