Heliconia Amazon River Lodge

I thoroughly enjoyed the trip. The food was very good and our assigned guide was knowledgeable. You do have to be willing to have a jungle experience complete with mosquitoes and rain, but if you are into that I highly recommend this lodge.

Heliconia is a fantastic place to stay for exploring the rainforest - on top of its location, the friendly staff, tasty local food and spacious room were all excellent. Activities are well organised, at 9am and 3pm typically, with time to relax after lunch and dinner in the communal spaces. There are also some 6am/6pm options such as bird watching at dawn + jungle walk in the dark (to see the spiders and snakes!). We had a brilliant, knowledgeable English-speaking guide, Lucio, who was from the local area and knew all the spots to see sloths, iguanas, pink dolphins, poison dart frogs, monkeys and so much more. Our room kept the bugs out very well (just one grasshopper) but mosquito repellent and long sleeved clothes are essential for the activities. Also recommend bringing binoculars for the boat trips as the sloths like to sleep high up in the trees! Plus torch for the night-time walk. We visited in May when the river is flooded, which allowed the boat to take us to a wide range of places. The lodge provides wellington boots so we didn't end up really needing our walking shoes. It also sells rain ponchos for anyone who forgets theirs - but bringing waterproof trousers and a jacket of your own is a better idea in case you're caught in a downpour while out on the (uncovered) boat, which happend to us. Took a few days for some clothes to dry out. We booked through Exoticca as part of a wider package, but other guests we did activities with had booked directly with the lodge. This is my first time visiting the Amazon and thanks to this amazing trip I will be returning.

Wonderful stay on the Peruvian Amazon. The lodge was excellent and ideally placed especially with the river in high flood. This led piranha to be under the walkways! The visit was part of an organised tour from Exoticca Travel. Wildlife was not as apparent probably due to the floods. We did have some monkeys in trees and trips into the forest were beautiful. Rooms very good. Food good. Staff helpful and guides excellent. Mosquitoes a pain.

Heliconia lodge is a wonderful place to stay connected with nature. The food and drink options were delicious. Our tour guide Daniel and the Heliconia staffs were very attentive and respectful. They made our stay enjoyable. Will definitely recommend them to friends and family.