Amazon Rain Forest Trips and Tours
Iquitos City and Jungle Adventures
IQUITOS TRAVEL
YOUR HOST IN THE AMAZON RAIN FOREST
ABOUT US
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Gart van Gennip (The Netherlands, 1960), author, teacher, jungle guide, journalist, animal rights activist and all-round hospitality professional ​
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Gart graduated from Hotel Business School in The Netherlands and worked in several countries, like The United States, France, Belgium and in his native The Netherlands. He has lived in Iquitos, Peru for eight years now, working as an English teacher at the Universidad Nacional de la AmazonÃa Peruana (UNAP) and as manager of the San Pedro Lodge. Gart has years of experience traveling throughout the Peruvian Amazon, as tour and jungle guide, in charge of local day trips as well as multi-day deep jungle excursions.
Over the years, Gart has built a reliable and trustworthy network of professional local service providers; hotels, restaurants, city and jungle guides, drivers and boat owners, lodges and ayahuasca retreats. He is an experienced, service oriented tour and jungle guide who will go the extra mile to guarantee the highest quality at the most affordable rates.
In January 2014, Gart published his first novel, "Shamans and Charlatans", based on his experiences living in Iquitos, Peru.
Some of the professionals we work with...
After eight years in the Peruvian Amazon Rain Forest, IQUITOS TRAVEL has created a network of reliable and trustworthy professional service providers. These are a few of our friends, from left to right:
Wilder "Lobo" Palla - Lobo grew in in the village of Puerto Miguel, on the Yarapa River. He is our trusted guide to take you on a deep jungle expedition into the pristine Yarapa River rain forest. Lobo is also the local shaman and knows everything about medicinal plants.
Marlon Ashanga - Marlon grew up in Belén, famous for its jungle market and natural medicine alley, Pasaje Paquito. Marlon will show you around the market, take you on a boat tour of the Itaya River and even to his home, where you will get to meet the neighbors and experience what life in Belén is really like.
Jino Boullosa - Jino is an experienced city and jungle guide who is fluent in English. He is very knowledgeable about Iquitos' history and culture, and will show you the most surprising and unexpected parts of the city as well as the jungle.
Jeannie Botos - Known as 'Jungle Jeannie', our friend from Down Under has built up a reputation as a natural healer and fierce defender of animal rights. Jeannie has her own place on the Momón River, from where we will take you on jungle expeditions as well as regional day trips.
David "Slocum" Hewson - Slocum is a very talented artist, as well as an expert on natural medicine. He is the owner of Amaru Spirit, a healing center on the Itaya River. Slocum has a solid reputation for providing authentic ayahuasca ceremonies with a genuine shaman, as well as a number of other healing rituals.
Gudrun Sperrer - Gudrun is the owner of Pilpintuwasi, the Butterfly Farm and Animal Orphanage in Padre Cocha. Pilpintuwasi is the number one tourist destination in Iquitos. Even TripAdvisor says so!