Okay, hear me out: I’ve found my next bucket-list obsession. Forget crowded beaches—I’m looking deep into the Peruvian Amazon. Since this place is a vast, mostly untouched wilderness, the only real way in is by river.
Enter the Pure Amazon luxury riverboat from Abercrombie & Kent (A&K). This isn’t your grandpa’s cruise; it’s a sleek, five-star floating lodge that just launched. It takes you right into the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve—a massive area of protected jungle that is absolutely buzzing with wildlife.
Imagine this: whether you go during the low-water season (June–November) for prime animal spotting, or during the high-water season (December–May) when the jungle turns into a huge, flooded landscape, your perspective is always unreal.
The Pure Amazon is designed to be small—just 12 intimate suites—which I love. It means a more personal experience and less impact on the wildlife (plus, they use special low lighting so they don’t bother the nocturnal critters!). Days are spent spotting exotic birds and monkeys from the deck, or hopping onto smaller skiffs for close-up excursions. And after a long, sweaty day of trekking and stargazing? You get to enjoy gourmet Peruvian food. Yes, please.
What really sold me on this A&K trip, though, is their commitment to the local communities. They work with Indigenous groups like Nueva Arica, supporting projects like honey production. If you take one of the three-night trips, you can even visit the community and see their work firsthand. That kind of ethical travel just hits different.
Seriously, trading a noisy city for the quiet, deep Peruvian Amazon on the Pure Amazon luxury riverboat sounds like the ultimate reset. I need to book this!
