LOCATION, WEATHER AND TRAVEL TIME

LOCATION:

Iquitos, is located in the north part of the Amazon, is the capital of Loreto’s department.  Limits to the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the south by Ucayali, on the east by Brazil, on the west by San Martín and Amazonas.

WEATHER

The weather in Iquitos is warm and humid, with a minimum temperature of 17-20 degrees in June and July and a maximum of up to 36 degrees in the months of December to March.

 TRAVEL TIME

The best time to visit Iquitos is in the middle of the year, between April and September. Iquitos receives greater influx of visitors in the last week of June, just during Tourism Week which has as the main day Feast of San Juan (June 24) that is held in our entire Amazon.

TYPICAL DISHES OF IQUITOS

Typical dishes of the region are:

• Juane: It is a stew prepared with rice, gooseflesh,olives, egg, seasoned and   wrapped in banana leaves,is the main dish at the festival of San Juan.
•  Inchicapi:Chicken soup very consistent,made with cornmeal,peanuts, garlic, onion, cilantro, salt, and cassava.
•  Sarapatera: Soup prepared with meat motelo, garlic, onion, green banana.
• Nina Juane: Grilled Juane prepared with eggs and chicken.

•       Tacacho:Prepared with roasted green bananas, crushed and kneaded with pork rinds.Usually served hot to taste its flavor,combined with grilled beef jerky.
•             Cecina: dried and salted pork, charcoal grilled or grilled.
•       Chonta Salad: Prepared chonta base that is the heart of a palm,with lemon sauce
•              PicadilloPaiche: The dry paiche is cooked and shredded,combining with regional vegetables
•      Timbuche:broth concentrate from fish.
•      Patarashca:seasoned with cilantro, garlic, onion, salt,wrapped with bijao and roast to charcoal.
•             Inchicucho: prepared from corn, peanuts and chili.

    TypicalDrinks

•      Masato: Typical drink very delicious when fresh, two to four days. Stored over 5 days produces a very strong alcohol. Made from boiled and pounded cassava, fermented with molasses or sugar.

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• ·         Shibe:Delicious drink made with farina (cassava fermented and roasted) and Brazilian-Peruvian Amazonian origin, being very nice and food.

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•       Ventisho: Sugarcane Juice ground the same day that should be drunk within three to six days. The region consumes this drink alone or combining it with cassava or pijuayomasato.

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•     Guarapo: Cane juice boiled for several days stored in glass jars or jugs to ferment. Drinkingitabundantly produces intoxication.

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• ·         Chuchuhuasi: Preparation based on bark of the tree of the same name, macerated in brandy.

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•    Sevenraices: Prepared with different crusts as Cumaceba, clavohuasca, Marure, huacapurana, huchuhuasi, cocobolo, ipururo, sweetened with honey and macerated in brandy.

•        Coconachado: prepared with fruit "Cocona" sugar and brandy.

Fruitproductionin Iquitos

Thefruitconsumed inIquitosareaguaje, carambola, passion fruit, lucuma,mamey,maushan, Cucumber Melon, pitajaya, Purpuro,pineapple, banana.

Types of peppers:
charapita chili, sweet chili, chili, chili malagueta, mirasol chili, chili pucunucho

Vegetables:

Carrots, cabbage, greenbeans, peppers, tomatoes, cassava

Types of meat:

Consumed infish productionpaicheIquitos, carachama, catfish, boquichico, tarpon, among others.

        

Livestock productionasbovine and boar:

Other animals likelizards. Also consumedinsectslikesuriandsapaSiqui:

 Prepared with different crusts as Cumaceba, clavohuasca, Marure, huacapurana, huchuhuasi, cocobolo, ipururo, sweetened with honey and macerated in brandy.

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