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Birders of the world discover the most biodiverse region on Earth:
BIRDWATCHING IN
THE PERUVIAN AMAZON BASIN
Come to IQUITOS, capital of Loreto,
in the heart of the Amazon Rainforest
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Loreto is Peru's northernmost region. Covering almost one-third
of Peru's territory, Loreto is by far the nation's largest region and
also one of the most sparsely populated ones, due to its remote location
in the Amazon Rainforest. Its capital is the city of Iquitos.
With its 368,852 km², Loreto is exactly 9 times the
size of a small European country like The Netherlands. It contains
several of the largest natural reserves in the world, with the Pacaya Samiria National
Reserve (at less than a day’s travel from Iquitos) being the
largest one.
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Iquitos, with its 376,000
inhabitants, is home to almost half of the entire population of Loreto and
is the most important port of the region. It is also the city best suited
for tourists and travellers to use as their final
destination, from where they can undertake daytrips, excursions and
expeditions into the rainforest.
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The Peruvian Amazon jungle is one of
the most biologically diverse areas on Earth. There is such a variety of species
that most of them are probably still not discovered, or at least adequately
studied. Peru is the country with largest number of bird species in the world and the third
of mammals, with 44 percent and 63
percent respectively inhabiting the Peruvian Amazon. Peru also has a very
large number of species of butterflies, orchids, and other organisms. Of the
9,672 known bird species worldwide, over 1,800 appear in Peru, with more
than 800 species in the Peruvian Amazon region.
The Peruvian Amazon is the place
that should be
at the top of any birder’s list
of destinations!
Please
click here for more information about bird watching excursions in the
Peruvian Amazon
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