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Once you begin scratching the surface, you discover there are so many things to do and see while waiting for your boat out of Leticia. Of course, there are tours into the jungle, visiting Parque Nacional Natural Amaracayu and Isla de los Monos. On the Brazilian and Peruvian sides of the rivers are jungle lodges where you can hang for a few days. You can canoe or drop a fishing line in the tributaries or at Lagos Yahuarcacas, where you can see the world’s largest water lily. In Leticia is Museo Etnográfico del Hombre Amazónico and free weekly movies at the university. On the road to Tarapacá are Serpentario Armero-Guayabal, AmaZOOnas and the Tikuna and Huitoto “kilometer” villages. Puerto Nariño and Lago Tarapoto, home of the pink dolphin, are just a few hours away.
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What are the indigenous nations that live in the Amazon region? What are their customs? How did the arrival of the white man affect them? These and other answers you will find at the Museo Etnográfico del Hombre Amazónico in the Banco de la República’s cultural center. This museum also houses...
Leticia , Colombia
Isla de los Micos (Island of the Monkeys) is a standard stop on tours of the Amazon. Thirty-five kilometers (21 miles) upstream from Leticia, this 450-hectare island is home to our distant primate cousins, capuchin monkeys—a not-so-elusive bunch of creatures. Take an interpretive hike...
Leticia , Colombia
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Parque Nacional Natural Amacayacu is one of the most easily (and safely) accessible jungle national parks. Its 293,500 hectares on the banks of the Amazon and Amacayacu Rivers is home to over 150 species of mammals, including pink and grey dolphins, danta, jaguar, manatee, nutria and the tití...
Leticia , Colombia
Slinking through the dense underbrush, coiling around the boughs of trees, slithering through the rivers bathing roots are creatures whose eyes are watching you explore the Amazon. Some are venomous, others harmless, and yet others who would love to give you a big hug before swallowing you whole....
Leticia , Colombia
Dosel is the term used for the highest part of the tree canopy, usually about 35-40 meters (115-130 feet). At Reserva Tanimboca, you can climb up to those heights and explore an 80-meter (300-foot) trail from tree to tree, through the neighborhood inhabited by lizards, birds and monkeys ($32 per...
Leticia , Colombia
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