Climate Amazon Peru
The temperature in the Amazon usually fluctuates around 30 °C during the day. At night it cools down to around 20 °C. So it doesn’t get really cold. Very occasionally cold fronts pass over the rainforest and it can also cool down to 20 °C during the day.
Because it rains so often in the Amazon, the humidity is very high. You sweat a lot (so drink plenty!) and everything feels clammy. It rains all year round in the rainforest, but during the rainy season (mid-December to mid-March) it rains more often.
Amazon Peru Clothing
It is wise to wear thin cotton trousers with long legs and a thin cotton shirt with long sleeves in the rainforest. Insects will be less likely to sting you this way and during walks in the dense forest you will be less bothered by sharp, protruding leaves and plants. Bring good (waterproof) shoes that can get dirty and for example sneakers that you can put on at the lodge. Rubber boots are generally available at the lodges and handy if it is raining very hard or has rained.
Mosquitoes Amazon Peru
Mosquitoes are most active during twilight (sunrise and sunset). At these times it is always advisable to wear covering clothing and to apply a good amount of DEET. All lodges have mosquito nets above the beds to protect you from the biting insects at night.
Facilities lodge Amazon Peru
Electricity is usually available for a few hours a day at fixed times. Nowadays, some lodges even have internet access, but it is often slow or even fails completely, so you can better assume that you will be unreachable by phone and e-mail during your stay in the rainforest.
The food that is cooked is usually what is well-preserved or what is available in the Amazon Peru. Food is always included during a stay and the lodges usually work with a buffet. Coffee, tea, water and juices are freely available in the lodges, soft drinks and alcoholic drinks must be paid extra. If you want to eat or drink specific things, you must bring this from ‘the inhabited world’ yourself.
Handy to take with you to the Amazon Peru
Don’t forget to bring a flashlight and enough batteries and some plastic bags to protect your belongings from the wet weather. A poncho or a raincoat can also come in handy.
If you have any further questions about staying in the Amazon Peru, please do not hesitate to contact us.
