Recommended hostel in Leticia Amazonas

Hostel in Leticia Amazonas

If you are looking for a good, accommodation in Leticia Amazonas and don't have big budget. I recommend to you Posada Camino del Rio located 2 blocks from the Santander Park.

Its a small hostel with 6 bedroom with private bedrooms, pool, WIFI, different social areas, bicycles to rent, tv, cable and its really comfortable. They can help you with Amazon tours or any question regarding transportation to Manaus or Iquitos.

This is my hostel and I will be your host helping you with everything.

More info at amazonasdeturismo@gmail.com

How to cure or get rid off the Amazon itch mite

This is something that actually is a pain in the Amazon, the itch mite is easy to get in the jungle. We always recommend to our tourist to wear swamp boots, long socks and before getting into a walk to put some Jhonson oil on their legs.

There is this product that you must have it in you first aid kit, Crotamiton in lotion is really good for this kind of itching and will get rid off the itch mites.

Currency exchange in the Amazon

I don't recommend it in Leticia or Iquitos because they like to take advantage. They currently exchange at different rates and sometimes they will give you fake money. The best recommendation is to exchange it at Lima, Bogota or Manaus in a business not in the streets.

Leticia Amazonas Tour Map

Hi, I would like to show you the Leticia's touristic map I am creating.
 

View Guia Turistica de Leticia Amazonas in a larger map

Tabatinga or Leticia to Manaus boat price

Tabatinga to Manaus ferries

The price for the "Recreo" or ferry boat that goes from Tabatinga to Manaus has a price of $200 Reais in hammock and nearly $800 to $1000 reails in a private room.

You have to buy it in Tabatinga's Ferry port. They leave at 11:00 Am so yo have to be really early and the only days are Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Air Plane from Caballo Cocha to Iquitos

If you are planning to flight from Leticia or Tabatinga to Iquitos there is only one way. Caballo Cocha is the only town where airplanes flight to Iquitos from 70 usd or 200 soles Monday, Wednesday and Fridays.

In order to go to Caballo Cocha from Leticia or Tabatinga you have to go to Leticias port and take a fast boat to Caballo Cocha and the price is $35,000 COP. Sometimes it has delays or they pospone because of the weather.

Yage Ayahuasca Ritual in Leticia

This is something that a lot of tourist try to look for it in Leticia but you have to know that there is only one good taita for the ritual. William, is one of the most respectful taita here by the Leticia Area and he is located on the kilometer 7.

To contact William, you have to take a bus to the kilometer 7 and ask for him. He is located in an indigenous maloka inside the jungle.

Colombian Amazon Basin Information

Amazon River

Amazon sunset

Located in the far south eastern of Colombia with an area of 109.665 square kilometers including forests, great rivers and hundreds of creeks and streams is the department of Amazonas, one of the largest in the country.

The capital of Amazonas is Leticia and another important town is Puerto Nariño. Other towns are Metro Manila, Pedrera, Arica, Mirití Parana, House, La Chorrera, Puerto Santander, Puerto Joy and Victoria, the state bordered to the north with the Vaupés and Caquetá, on the east by the Republic of Brazil, south and west to the Republic of Peru and the state of Putumayo Colombia.

Leticia Information

Santander Park

On the banks of the majestic Amazon River, just one hour and forty minutes of Bogota by air is Leticia, the beautiful capital city department of Amazonas, with its urban layout in the middle of the green and rich Amazon forest, with an average temperature of 28 ° C and 96 meters above sea level is established as the principal city of the three bordering countries BRAZIL, PERU AND COLOMBIA. 

Leticia inherited its name from Smith, the girlfriend of Manuel Charon Peruvian engineer, founded by Captain Benigno Bustamante, April 25, 1867, The Treaty Lozano-Solomon, in 1930, Jennifer became fully dependent on Colombia and since that year, despite not having the minimum requirements for town, was built as such and encouraged its development.

Tabatinga Safety Tips

Tabatinga is a Brazilian town next to Leticia but there are some events that actually occurs nearly every week. Yes, its kind of hard to say but is the "Killing".

This is not a joke and the reason why this events occurs are because the Amazon river is a drug highway where they send from Peru to Manaus and it brings too much murdering into the town.

How to take the fast boat from Santa Rosa or Leticia to Iquitos

On this post I will guide you on how to take a fast boat from Santa Rosa (Peru) to Iquitos (Peru).

Remember fast boats have service from Tuesdays to Sundays (Not Mondays) and the price is 70 USD. 

Tabatinga and Santa Rosa Visa

This question is pretty common around the travellers.

"Do I need visa to get into Tabatinga or Santa Rosa?"

El Sabor Restaurant

If you have a small budget  and want a good meal, you should go to El Sabor which is located next to the Hyper Supermarket on Leticia's Downtown. Lunch and dinner are nearly $6,000 pesos but if you want to try fish this is the only low budget restaurant with different kinds every day.

Leticia - Bogota flight information

Don’t miss your flight; in Leticia we only have two daily flights to Bogota which are LAN and Copa. We have a big problem in our city because these two airlines do whatever they want and this is something you must know “They resale tickets” so the best way to avoid that is to do the check in 2 hours before the flight.

Colombian immigration exit stamp... MUST DO

This is something really important

If you arrive to Leticia from Bogota and leaving from Leticia to Iquitos or Manaos you need to do the exit from Colombia. This is something you cannot forget and you have to do it at the Colombian immigration office  in Leticia’s airport.

DON’T FORGET IT.