Aqua Expeditions Welcomes Two New Additions

Look at our elegant new passenger transfers cars!  A great addition ensuring the Aqua Expeditions experience is a comfortable one from start to finish… even on land.

Learn to Canoe, Amazon Style…

Aqua Expeditions starts 2012 by teaching its guests a new skill – canoeing in dug-out boats on the Amazon River! Local experts, who use these canoes in day-to-day Amazonian life, show our guests exactly how to stay afloat, manoeuvre and even fish from these shallow boats.

The canoes are carved by hand from indigenous trees and are instrumental for both fishing and transportation. While extremely sturdy, they are trickier to steer than they look, as some of our guests found out in a trial session…. Here are a few shots of how our friends meet the locals, get up close to nature and have fun learning a new skill!

Aqua Expeditions Inaugurates New Lounge in Nauta

Aqua Expeditions has opened a brand-new lounge in Nauta on a tributary of the Amazon to offer greater comfort to its guests boarding the M/V Aqua, and in the spring, its new boat the M/V Aria.

The open-air lounge situated at the edge of the  river was designed by Jordi Puig, who also designed the Aqua Expeditions’ vessels.  Most of the furniture is tailor-made including the wood sink made out of one piece of locally sourced pumaquirowood. The lounge includes a refreshment area, relaxing cushioned chairs and bathroom facilities.  In addition to using it for embarking and disembarking passengers, Aqua Expeditions plans to use the facility for special group functions.

Aqua Expeditions Offers Guests More than Just Memories

Aqua Expeditions understands that the best souvenirs are the ones you can’t wait to share with friends and family; the keepsakes that are saturated with memories and can sum up an entire trip or voyage on their own. Following this idea, Aqua Expeditions and its vessel, the M/V Aqua, offer guests sophisticated alternatives to the cliché souvenir. 

Committed to providing an authentic wildlife and cultural experience to its guests, Aqua Expeditions has released a music CD for guests to relive their Amazonian voyage on dry land. The CD is a musical compilation performed by Aqua Expeditions’ “house band” – made up of M/V Aqua’s crew – and was recorded in Iquitos, Peru, its vessel’s home port.

The CD contains a collection of 12 tracks of instrumental and lyrical favorites that include Peruvian classics like “El Condor Pasa”  and internationally known pieces like “”Besame Mucho.” The album cover boasts artwork by famous Peruvian artist Christian Bendayán and can be purchased onboard in the M/V Aqua’s boutique.

In addition to this, Aqua Expeditions’ Wildlife Checklist, used during excursions into Pacaya Samiria Reserve, can also be transformed into a stylish keepsake. Listing dozens of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, insects and common plants and trees, the guide keeps track of the many wildlife sightings while exploring the Amazon. It reads like a ‘wish list’ of the most exotic living things on Earth and includes the elusive Pink Dolphin and the endangered Amazonian Manatee; enough to elicit a little jealousy from even the most seasoned adventurer.