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The Best Attractions In Nauta

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Nauta is a town in the northeastern part of Loreto Province in the Peruvian Amazon, roughly 100 km south Iquitos, the provincial capital. Nauta is located on the north bank of the Marañón River, a major tributary of the Upper Amazon, a few miles from the confluence of the Río Ucayali. Established by Manuel Pacaya–Samiria, a leader of the Cocama peoples, following the 1830 uprising at the Jesuit mission of Lagunas, Nauta soon became the primary commercial hub of the Peruvian selva baja . In 1853, a Brazilian owned paddle steamer made it all the way to Nauta.Nauta is the primary destination of the only major road leading out of Iquitos, and is a sta...
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  • 2. Pacaya Samiria National Reserve Loreto Region
    The Pacaya–Samiria National Reserve, located 183 km southwest of Iquitos, is the second largest protected area in Peru and in the Amazon region . It covers an area of 20,800 km2 and is rich in biodiversity. The reserve is triangular shaped by the Marañón River in the north and Ucayali River in the south, just before their junction which is the origin of the Amazon River. Its main purpose is to preserve the ecosystems of the Omagua Natural Region, and also to promote the sustainable development of the local towns.
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  • 4. Amazon River Peru
    The Amazon River in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and by some definitions it is the longest.The headwaters of the Apurímac River on Nevado Mismi had been considered for nearly a century as the Amazon’s most distant source, until a 2014 study found it to be the Cordillera Rumi Cruz at the headwaters of the Mantaro River in Peru. The Mantaro and Apurímac join, and with other tributaries form the Ucayali River, which in turn meets the Marañón River upstream of Iquitos, Peru, to form what countries other than Brazil consider to be the main stem of the Amazon. Brazilians call this section the Solimões River above its confluence with the Rio Negro to form what Brazilians call the Amazon at the Meeting of Waters at Manaus, the river's largest...
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