We spent four days deep in the Peruvian Amazon — holding caimans, spotting sloths, dodging spiderwebs, and trying (and failing) to catch piranha. Here’s what it’s really like to take an Amazon jungle tour from Iquitos.
Most people visit Isla de los Monos (Monkey Island) on a tour. We didn’t. This is the story of how we got there on our own: two boats, zero signs, and more monkey snuggles than we knew what to do with.
