Ceiba Tops Lodge opened in 2000 and is located on the banks of the Amazon River just 40 km (25 miles) from Iquitos. Ceiba Tops offers the comforts of home in the most luxurious of Amazonian Rainforest settings. At Ceiba Tops Lodge, elaborate gardens, a swimming pool, water slide, hammock house and the Esmeralda lounge all complement the surrounding exotic environment and you can even stay in touch with your home via free WiFi Internet. Explore the myths, mysteries and magic of the world’s most exotic jungle, and then step from the tropics into the air-conditioned comforts of Ceiba Tops Lodge.

Reception at the airport or hotel, brief city orientation and transfer to the Explorama dock. Twenty-five mile journey down the Amazon River to Ceiba Tops Lodge where your private room with air condition already awaits you. Afternoon hike in the beautiful primary rainforest reserve surrounding Ceiba Tops that includes many huge trees festooned with epiphytes. After dinner enjoy local flute or guitar music at the "El Tucan" Bar or the guides are always ready to relate some of the many legends of the Amazon forest.

Early morning it's possible to do a birding excursion. After breakfast we board boats to continue down the Amazon River to the rustic Explorama Lodge. From here we will hike the "Bushmaster Trail" where scientific studies by the Missouri Botanical Gardens have found the world's highest biodiversity of trees per square hectare. Later we visit a small village of Yagua Indians where your guide will explain their culture and how it has been affected by the passing of time. There will be an opportunity to trade or purchase some of their local crafts and for a demonstration of the use of the blowgun which some of the Yagua elders still use for hunting. After lunch we walk along a local Amazon River trail, stopping at a "ribereños" house, which is a corner store and sugar cane rum factory.

Early morning birding. Morning boat excursion to “Monkey Island”, a private reserve where more than five species of tropical primates including small tamarins, saki, titi and large woolly monkeys are protected. Afternoon boating excursion in search of sloth, found in Cecropia trees at the water’s edge, and the two species of freshwater river dolphin, pink and grey, found in Amazonian waters. If the weather is good we can enjoy a beautiful Amazonian sunset on the river.

Early morning departure from Ceiba Tops by boat to the narrow motorcar crossing which connects the Amazon and Napo River to continue by boat to ExplorNapo Lodge for breakfast. Then we hike to the spectacular Canopy Walkway spanning over 500 meters (one-third of a mile), connected by tree platforms, and reaching a height of over 35 meters (115 feet) but accessible without any type of climbing skill or equipment. After lunch we visit the "ReNuPeRu" Ethno botanical Garden where over 240 medicinal plants are cultivated by a local shaman who will explain the nature of Amazonian natural healing and the uses of some of the plants. After that we return to Ceiba Tops just in time to enjoy the pool or hammocks before dinner.

Boating or walking excursion to further enjoy the rainforest surrounding Ceiba Tops, or if you prefer, time to enjoy the pool and lodge gardens. In the afternoon we head back to Iquitos where we take you to the airport or to a local hotel.