Hi there, thanks for your interest in visiting our reserve! For the most accurate rates and availability, please send us a message through our official website (linked here on our Tripadvisor profile) and let us know how many people are in your group as well as the potential dates you'd like to visit. Thanks and we hope to see you in the jungle soon!

Hi Noela, Thanks for getting in touch! We have had families at the reserve with kids of varying ages starting as young as 3 years old. Each family is unique, and you know your kids and your family dynamic the best. We encourage potential visitors to take into consideration these factors: -We are the most remote lodge in Iquitos, so any emergency medical help beyond backcountry first aid is a few hours away. If you are used to backcountry camping in remote areas, this will not be a surprise, but we mention it because visitors should understand and accept this risk. -The transport days at the beginning and end of the trip are long (generally about 10-12 hours door to door, including stops for transfers, lunch, bathroom, and potential animal spotting), and it requires hours of sitting through a combination of road and water travel. -Though you'll be under the care of your guide, parents are ultimately responsible for their kids, and we do not provide babysitting services. -We do our best to provide "modern" amenities like running water for showers, sinks and flushing toilets, as well as mattress beds with linens, but our lodge is rustic, meant to provide an authentic experience of the forest with local-style construction. It's like leveling up from camping but would not be considered luxurious, e.g. no air conditioning or fans, and we are entirely off grid, so no wifi or cellular networks. We do run the generator for a couple hours at night to allow guests to charge camera batteries. That being said, kids of various ages have had a wonderful time with us, though we've noticed that they take cues based on the attitudes and behavior modeled by the parents, especially when the whole family is navigating in a new environment. Generally as long as the adults are enjoying themselves, so are the kids. Kids who are well-adjusted to international travel and/or living in developing countries seem to feel comfortable very quickly, as well as families who are willing to explore the jungle with open minds and open hearts. Thanks for your interest and we hope to see you in the jungle soon!

Hello Florian, Thank you for asking and willing to help the Tapiche Reserve. Florian, please use the tapiche reseve email for enquiring, and if you are in Iquitos please come to the office,. We recommend to organise in advance cause we rarely do departure with one person unless there is a group going, and because of the logistics some times we cant take a person on the last minute.

Hi there, We're excited to welcome you to the Tapiche Reserve. I think pwjpp55 gave some good input, and she's right, your kit will depend on what you want to photograph. Almost all of the photos and videos on the tapichejungle website were taken with: Panasonic GH3 body (mirrorless micro 4/3) Panasonic G Vario 100-300mm F/4.0-5.6 OIS I wear the camera on a binocular harness and use a small gorillapod to stabilize it against my body. This combination allows me to move relatively quickly and lightly hands-free while still keeping an eye on guests who might decide to wander. :) The big zoom is the lens I have on the camera most, but I keep the following two on me for both wider angle and closer range scenarios: Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 Aspheric G- Series Olympus 14-42mm f/3.5 II (this was the kit lens on an older Olympus mirrorless camera, a cheapie but produces decent images) The f/1.7 prime has been indispensable for close range situations under the canopy on overcast/low light days, so I would advise you to definitely bring one prime with a wide aperture. I have a UV filter but don't mess with any polarizing or other filters because they obstruct the light and you need as much as you can get. Of course, ideally we'd be able to have a long zoom with a wide aperture to help capture those moving animals, but we'll just have to wait for technology to advance. I didn't realize there was a 100-400 for mirrorless, is it new? When I change lenses, I make sure I'm either standing or sitting in a stable place with minimal chance of things falling into the water, and I do the change as quickly as possible. It's helpful to keep those little "do not eat" silica gel moisture absorption packets (they come with lots of products and foods that need to stay dry, just make a habit of saving them) in your gear bags and pouches. Also good to keep both a lint-free cloth as well as some paper napkins handy to help with mist/fog on the lens. By going mirrorless you are already saving yourself a lot of bulk and weight as compared to a full frame. I knew that a full frame and the accompanying kit would never be feasible for me--not only is everything very pricey but it'd just be too much to handle when I need to multi-task with translating and taking care of guests during lots of long days over time in challenging physical conditions. So the mirrorless works for me despite the slight loss in quality. Always always make sure you have a way to make your gear waterproof, whether that means a dry bag or a plastic ziplock for smaller parts, etc. We go out rain or shine. Safe and happy travels! Deborah

Hello, thanks for your question! We have visitors the whole year, both the wet and the dry season are very interesting periods in which to visit our reserve. It really depends on what exactly you want to do - if you could provide us with some information about the activities you are most interested in, we can make a more specific recommendation. Thank you very much!

Hi Anastasia - it's about USD100-120 p/day. Yes it is expensive for the average backpacker I'll be the first to admit it but an experience of a lifetime and absolutely no regrets except only that I wish I could've afforded to stay longer!