The Capibara Eco Lodge is locally owned and supports the local community.
Capibara Eco Lodge History.
Capibara Eco Lodge is 100% Peruvian owned and it was created by Edgar, a native of the Amazon rainforest and he built this lodge with another friend.
Capibara Eco Lodge has a excellent relationship with the local village, as you can see most of the people who work here are from the village.
Beside, since Capibara Eco Lodge was built, the people of the village work in Ecotourism. Before they were hunters but now they protect the jungle and the environment which is important for them too.
The main job for the local people is Capibara Eco Lodge now.
As you can notice all the dising and construction are for the local people of the community and respecting their ability to build the house using their own materials of the jungle.
The Amazon and their tributary rivers can rise by some meters during the year, therefore it is built on stilts.
The habitations are fresh and it is very protected it with mosquitos-net around the bungalows and also inside the room there are extra mosquitos-net to protect your bed.
We have a dinner room and also hammock-room to enjoy in the hours off of the activities.
Capibara Eco Lodge is very small and humble design and distributions make according to your personal interest (simple room, matrimonial room, family room, camarotes,etc.)
In the lodge there is electricity but only for few hours between 6pm and 9pm and it’s possible to charge phones, laptops, cameras etc.
Yarapa village is a small where only 30 families live.
It has been very important the creation of Capibara Eco Lodge located in these good floodplains.
Yarapa village waited for us with the open arms and in gratitude to this gesture we have created a strategic of the inhabitants, animals, the forest, and visitors.
We distribute the work equitably among the residents, through a rotation system.
At Capibara Eco Lodge we are committed to helping the villagers with medicines, and financial aid etc.
If during your visit to the Capibara Eco Lodge you want to visit the town and you want to help more actively, you can bring them oral care products, medicines, birth control methods, articles and school books, appliances etc. However, this is not a requirement and people of Yarapa do not expect it.
They are very friendly and live happily in their area of the Amazon jungle….
Our Mission
▪ Being a vital member of the indigenous community by building, supporting and helping to offering scholarship for the native children and supporting sustainable Economic initiatives that bring wealth to the community.
▪ Supporting and conducting scientific investigations of plans, animals, and Ecosystems etc.
FAUNA
Thanks to our deep jungle location, we can guarantee that you’ll see a lot of flora and fauna and everything in it’s own natural habitat.
We do not need to put on tourist shows that involve animals or tribes.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Our main priority is to preserve the environment and use of resources without causing any damage. This is the essential mission of Capibara Eco Lodge.
The ways we try to minimize our environmental impact include:
● Capibara Eco Lodge has been built with materials from the local area, protecting a strict relationship with the environment and giving work to local people.
● The sewage from the bath goes to septic wells to which every so often we make the appropriate treatment.
● Huayracaspi lodge buys products from supermarkets of every clean companies and with all their sanitary registration.
● In terms of food, we use a lot of local products, such as fruits, vegetables and fish. However, we never kill animals that are in danger of extinction, even if some passenger wish to do so.
● We have a recycling program. We separate waste from organic waste, which we use to fertilize various plants near the lodge.
The plastic and paper are taken to a storage center in Iquitos.
● For the camping and full-day trips, we use reusable crockery and glasses.
● We used bed linen, towels made of cotton and to wash we use biodegradable detergent.
● We always leave the place as clean as we found it.
OUR THE TEAM
Our team includes people from the city and also from the local villages close to the lodge.
From Iquitos airport you will be attend for Capibara Eco Lodge’s staff and in the jungle you will have private jungle guide and also waiter, lodgemanager,etc.
The key to making the tour a truly rewarding experience is the mix of knowledge, choosing a jungle guide is very important because he has a broad knowledge and he has not afraid of anything from thr jungle also they can be naturist doctor and their ability is immense.they are able to climb through lianas to a huge trees.
The guides of Capibara Eco Lodge speak English and Spanish.
The goal of Capibara Eco Lodge is that clients return very satisfied with their jungle experience.
All people who want to visit the jungle are welcome, however they must be prepared for an unforgettable experience.
Children of all ages are welcome at the lodge.
WHATS TO BRING
• T-shirts
• Long-sleeved shirts
• Thick long-pants
• Shorts
• Waterproof jacket or poncho
• Socks & Underwear
• Bathing suit
• Sunglasses.
• Sun hat
• Insect repellent
• Sunblock
• Flashlight
• Camera, binoculars (8×42 is a good one).
• Small backpack
Jungle Activities
Capibara Eco Lodge offers a wide variety of trips, and they are all fully customizable.
You can plan each day in the jungle with your own private guide taking into account weather conditions, animals activity patterns and your own specific needs and interests.
Choose from hikes through a pristine and unique rainforest ecosystem, paddle through other worldly flooded forests, learn about the way of life and culture of the local people and much more.
Below you can find a list of some our more popular activities.
Transportation departs from Iquitos every day, arriving at Huayracaspi lodge around noon.
The last day of the tour, we leave after lunch to arrive in Iquitos at 5pm. However, we can get you back earlier for a flight if necessary.
In July, August and September the river levels are usually much lower, and we will have to walk for a few minutes to each the lodge.
All excursions are included in the price and can be made to your liking.
Once you arrive at the lodge, you can coordinate your activities with your guide.
What you do during the day is flexible and the tour can be changed according to your preference.
These are the main activities you can do in the jungle:
• Jungle walk to learn about medicine plants and their use.
• Jungle hike to look for wild animals, including monkeys, sloths etc. All of them in their own habitat.
• Boat rides to see nocturnal animals (Alligators, nocturnal birds).
• Cultural visit to see and learn how jungle people live in their own village.
• Canoeing excursions to visit different lakes around the area.
• Piranha fishing in river and lakes. This is more difficult in March, April, May when the water level is higher.
• Early morning bird watching activities
• Swimming in the lake where pink and grey dolphins live but do not touch them or take pictures with them.
• Swimming in the Amazon River to enjoy the temperature of the water.
• Visiting the beach of the Amazon to see eggs of the giant iguana or aquatic Tortugas in the dry season.
• Excursion to see the giant aquatic plants of the Amazon (Victoria Amazonica)
• Excursion only to try see the prehistoric birds (hoatzin).
• Searching for Crax Globulosa Piuri bird that is believed to be extinct and that the only place in south America you can see is in Huayracaspi lodge…
Sample Itinerary
We can customize the trips for you anyway you like; however, here are two sample itineraries below. One is 3 days/2 nights and the other is 6 days / 5 nights.
Day 1 (lunch/Dinner)
Transfer from the airport or your hotel to the city of Nauta (2.5 hours).
Then we will take a boat along the Marañon river, and then Ucayali river where you will see the formation of the largest river in the world – the Amazon river. We are on the boat approximately 2 hours and will arrive at the lodge around 12pm
– You will meet your guide and be shown to your room.
– Lunch at 1pm
– We’ll go on a jungle hike to explore the jungle around the lodge. You’ll get to see the immense trees that live in the area.
You will likely see many varieties of primates such as squirrel monkeys, black capuchin monkeys and the smallest monkeys of south America know as pigmy marmoset monkeys (leoncito) and also the noise monkeys such as red howler monkeys.
Finally, you will see a nice sunset in the Amazon where you will take a nice picture of the beautiful landscape and then return to the lodge.
Dinner at 7pm
After dinner, if you wish you will have the opportunity to go on a night excursion by boat to see alligators and nocturnal birds and fireflies.
Day 2 (Breakfast/lunch/Dinner)
– Breakfast.
– You’ll explore the Cumaceba river by boat where you will experience the most beautiful moment of your journey looking at many animals in their own habitat, you can also have the opportunity to swim close to the pink dolphins. You can see them but not touch them.
Also, on this journey you will see the giant aquatic plants (Victoria Amazonica)
You will also likely see the giant iguana, monkeys, sloths and many species of jungle birds
Lunch 1pm
After lunch, we’ll explore some lakes where you’ll get a chance to do some fishing. You can catch several different species of fish such as piranhas, sardin, barracudas and catfish etc.
Dinner at 7pm
-Nocturnal hiking to see tarantulas, spiders, frogs, boas constrictors, snakes, oposum, night monkeys etc.
Day 3 (Breakfast/lunch)
Breakfast.
Exploring by boat to visit different lakes around the area where you will see many different species of birds such as Macaws, Parrots, Yellow Headed Caracara, Roadside Hawk, Black Collard Hawk, Swallow Tailed Kite, Horned Screamer, Great Egret, Capped Heren, Cocoi Heron, Anhinga, Neotropic Cormorants, plus some animals such as Titis Monkeys, Black Capuchin monkeys, sloths etc.
Lunch at 1pm.
With your guide, you will make a list of all the animals seen in this area.
Your jungle experience will come to an end when you return to the city of Iquitos.
An unforgettable stay in the Amazon jungle that includes camping inside the wilderness for 2 nights.
Day 1
Transfer from the airport or your hotel to the city of Nauta (2.5 hours).
Then we will take a boat along the Marañon river, and then Ucayali river where you will see the formation of the largest river in the world – the Amazon river. We are on the boat approximately 2 hours and will arrive at the lodge around 12pm
– You will meet your guide and be shown to your room.
– Lunch at 1pm
– We’ll go on a jungle hike to explore the jungle around the lodge. You’ll get to see the immense trees that live in the area.
You will likely see many varieties of primates such as squirrel monkeys, black capuchin monkeys and the smallest monkeys of south America know as pigmy marmoset monkeys (leoncito) and also the noise monkeys such as red howler monkeys.
Finally, you will see a nice sunset in the Amazon where you will take a nice picture of the beautiful landscape and then return to the lodge.
Dinner at 7pm
After dinner, if you wish you will have the opportunity to go on a night excursion by boat to see alligators and nocturnal birds and fireflies.
Day 2
-Early in the morning breakfast.
Exploring by boat to visit different lakes around the area where you will see many different species of birds such as Macaws, Parrots, Yellow Headed Caracara, Roadside Hawk, Black Collard Hawk, Swallow Tailed Kite, Horned Screamer, Great Egret, Capped Heren, Cocoi Heron, Anhinga, Neotropic Cormorants, plus some animals such as Titis Monkeys, Black Capuchin monkeys, sloths etc.
– Lunch
After lunch, we’ll explore some lakes where you’ll get a chance to do some fishing. You can catch many different species of fish such as piranhas, sardin, barracudas and catfish etc.
– Dinner
-Nocturnal hiking to see tarantulas, spiders, frogs, boas constrictors, snakes, oposum, night monkeys etc.
Day 3
Early morning breakfast.
-Exploring by boat in the Cumaceba river,where you will see experience that most beautiful moment of your journey looking at many animals in their own habit.
Also if you are interesting to swim the pink and gray dolfins you can do it.
You can see them but not wait to touch them.
On the way of your journey you will see the giant aquatic plants(Victoria Amazonica)
Also you will see gaint Iguana, monkeys, sloths and a lot of birds.
Lunch
Exploring the black river by canoe and on the way you will see toucans, parrots, macaws, river otter, sloths and monkeys.
Dinner
Dugout canoe to hear the jungle symphony.
Day 4 & 5
On day 4 and 5 we can go on a jungle camping expedition (This is optional)
Breakfast
This excursion will be very different to the others because you’ll have the unforgettable experience of sleeping within the jungle. You will hear the sounds of any animals and birds which is amazing.
You will see and hear monkeys, birds, and possibly even hear a jaguar.
All the meals are included as usual.
You will enjoy of your experience of living in the Amazon rainforest with the animals.
Day 6
Breakfast.
On the last day you can either enjoy a relaxing morning at the lodge or we can arrange another jungle activity for you.
Lunch
With your guide, you will make a list of all the animals seen in this zone.
Your jungle experience will come to an end when you return to the city of Iquitos.
Frequently Asked Questions
You can visit the lodge at anytime of year and each season has its own charms. It can partly depend on what kind of experience you want. For example, if you want to go fishing then it’s better to come when the river level is lower (usually around July, August and September).
Yes. Our lodge is located deep in the jungle far away from the city within a reserve. We can never 100% guarantee what kind of wildlife you will see, however you have much greater chance of seeing a wide variety of Amazon wildlife than if you were in a lodge closer to the city.
The main danger to anyone is from a snake bite. However, we always recommend that wear rubber boots in the jungle (which we provide). The boots will protect you from snake bites.
However, in the unlikely event of someone being bitten we always carry anti-venom.
Yes, it is important to wear boots for hiking in the forest. They prevent you from losing footwear in the mud, they can protect you from some insect bites and of course they can protect you from snake bites.
Prices
Included in all stays:
• Transportation from Iquitos to the lodge.
• Visiting an authentic jungle community to see and learn how local people live.
• Drinking water.
• Jungle boots.
• Electricity to recharge cameras, phones, laptops etc.
• Breakfast, lunch, Dinner.
• The menu is a mixture of Peruvian food and international food. The meat that we use is Pork, beef, fish, eggs, chicken.
• If you are vegetarian/vegan or have any other dietary restrictions, then please let us know when you book your stay.
• Basket of fruits and a table with tea and coffee to use at any time.
• Private room with bathroom inside.
• Camping equipment including tents, mattresses and everything just in case if you want to go camping in the jungle.
• Natural activities and Nocturnal activities for searching for animals.
• Expert naturalist tourist guide bilingual
• A list of animals that you can see in the zone.
Not included:
• Flights and airport taxes. However, we can help you to organize your flights within Peru.
• Tips for your tourist guide and staff.
• Health/Travel Insurance
• Alcoholic beverages
• Laundry but there is a laundry service at the lodge.
All prices are in USD.
3 DAYS/2N : $420 PER PERSON.
4 DAYS/3N : $500 PER PERSON.
5 DAYs/4N : $600 PER PERSON.
6 DAYS/5N : $660 PER PERSON.
The prices are the same all year round.
Children from 4 to 12 years pay half price.
Children under 3 years do not pay if they sleep with the parents.
Full payment must be received before leaving town for the lodge.
To confirm the reservation, you must pay a deposit of $200. We’ll send you the details for paying by email.
