La Estrella Amazonica

La Estrella Amazonica Description

Despite being custom designed for low environmental impact, you can still enjoy the fitness room to stay in shape on your vacation, the air conditioned lecture room as naturalist guides lead daily discussions on the Amazon Basin, and the classic riverboat styled dining room to savour local cuisine and international favourites.

Cabins

Generous cabins are approx. 220 sq. ft. and furnished with either one king-size bed or two beds, two nightstands and a desk. Plus, cabins offer a closet with ample storage. Guest cabins feature a private balcony with two chairs to enjoy relaxing views. Four cabins on each deck can easily be converted to create two adjoining suites — ideal for families

Lecture Room

While learning about the flora and fauna you have witnessed in Earth’s largest cradle of life as well as relaxing between stopping points, you can enjoy the 55-inch LCD TV, home theater system, movies and small library in the lecture room.

Electricity

Your cabins include three 110/220 volt outlets for charging your camera, camcorder, or electrical items.

Food

The classic-styled dining room seats 6-8 guests so you can socialise with fellow travellers and guides enjoying a mixture of different meals of local and international inspiration. The fully equipped, modern commercial kitchen prepares dishes using fresh, local ingredients

Fitness Room

Stay in shape between stopping points in the on-board fitness room including stair climbers, stationary bikes and weights.

Additional Features

Guides’ reception with complimentary wine and beer onboard daily.
Covered, open-air bar stocks cold bottled water, sodas and local beer.
Ship will is custom built following SOLAS and MARPOL international guidelines, and exceeds Peruvian safety standards.

International environmental standards guided all ship system design and operation, making this the most environmentally responsible boat on the Amazon.

La Estrella Amazonica Tours

For excursions, board two 18-passenger excursion boats accompanied by knowledgeable local naturalists.

Your tour covers more than 600 miles on the Amazon and its tributaries. You travel deep into the protected Pacaya-Samiria Reserve and explore three different habitats so you have the best chance of spotting rare wildlife! On our Amazon River cruise, we look for monkeys, birds, sloths and other mammals, pink and gray dolphins and so much more.

Aboard our Amazon River cruise you’ll create a lifetime of memories: the joy in the eyes of a village child when you visit their school; the enveloping darkness of the jungle; or the awe of floating along narrow streams accompanied by pink dolphins. Drawing on insight from our native Amazon travel guides, we intentionally vary the villages and tributaries we visit, ensuring you get the most authentic rainforest experience possible. Each day, our knowledgeable Amazon River travel guides use their decades of learning and guiding experience to serve as lecturers, field guides and friends as you explore the rainforest.

Wildlife at on La Estrella Amazonica Cruise

Wildlife you can see on expeditions include animals and plants of the diverse Pacaya Samiria National Reserve. These include an incredible assortment of monkeys, incredible bird life, 2 species of Amazon dolphins, different mammals, and many different Amazon Rainforest plants.

La Estrella Amazonica Credentials

“20 World’s Best Adventures” Amazon Voyage Celebrated Living
“World’s Best” Tour Operators & Safari Outfitters Top 10 Travel + Leisure
Magellan Silver Award Travel Weekly
“Best Adventure Travel Companies on Earth” National Geographic ADVENTURE
“Best of the Web” Travel Selection Forbes

Dates of Departure

• 2013
  05 April
  26 April
  10 May
  24 May
  07 June
  14 June
  28 June
  12 July
  26 July
  02 August
  09 August
  16 August
  06 September
  13 September
  20 September
  27 September
  04 October
  11 October
  18 October
  25 October
  01 November
  08 November
  15 November
  22 November
  20 December
  27 December
• 2014
  24 January
  14 February
  21 February
  28 February
  07 March
  04 April
  11 April
  18 April
  25 April
  02 May
  09 May
  16 May
  30 May
  06 June
  13 June
  20 June
  27 June
  04 July
  11 July
  18 July
  25 July
  01 August
  08 August
  15 August
  22 August
  29 August
  17 October
  24 October
  07 November
  14 November
  21 November
  28 November
  19 December
  26 December

Included

Guided tours & lectures by native naturalists
Services of experienced expedition leader
8 nights’ accommodation
All meal on cruise
Wildlife excursions on land & by skiff in three habitats: varzea, igapó and terra firma
Piranha fishing
Pre-dawn birding
Local village & school visits
Nighttime skiff rides & rainforest walks
Full educational program with lectures & field interpretation
Visit to Ranger Station #2 used for scientific study
Cooking demonstrations
Complimentary laundry aboard our Amazon River cruise ship
Blessing ceremony with a local Shaman
Tour of colonial Lima & frontier city of Iquitos
Tips to porters & waiters for included meals
Arrival & departure transfers