| SPECIAL CRUISES IQUITOS PERU |
| Dawn on the Amazon, 2006. All rights reserved. |
This is one of the most difficult sporting events in the world. The slogan, "the faint of heart need not apply," tells it all. Ninety percent of this endeavor is mental and the other half is physical. For those who would like to observe this amazing event, without paddling three days with the piranhas nibbling your toes, please accept my invitation to join us from September 17th through the 21st in the luxury of Dawn on the Amazon III or our half price accommodations on Dawn on the Amazon I. We will get there ahead of race time and watch participants arrive and construct their rafts. We will size up the competition and choose our favorites. We will follow along and intermingle with the balsa rafts during the race. In the evenings we will tie up near the rafts, and crews, and share in their pain and exhaustion, while celebrating having all of our toes intact. It will be a very fun party. The base price for Dawn III is $1,156 per person for five days. For $25 per person per day a cabin upgrade is available, and for an extra $50 per person per day, the Matrimonial suite is available. The cost for Dawn I is $578 per person for five days. These prices include a charming bi-lingual escort and guide to meet you at the Iquitos airport and assist you all along the way, and back, delicious regional home cooking, pure water, a jon boat with 15 hp motor to make excursions to land and among the rafts. Obviously Dawn III has twice the comfort and accommodations, including screened in cabins to escape the mosquitoes, fans, nice showers, flush toilets, comfortable mattresses and pillows, fancy linens and robes, and much attention to detail. Everyone will have the option to purchase satellite telephone service, cold beer, cool wine, and bottled beverages. Please make your reservations as soon as possible and lock in 2007 prices. Click our "Contact Us" link on the navigation bar to the left. Thank you. |
| Special Cruise, Five Days, September 17th - 21st The Great River Amazon Raft Race 2008 World's Longest Raft Race "The faint of heart need not apply" |
| Rivers to Rain Forest Adventure Expeditions First Saturday of Every Month for 2007 |
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Join us on Dawn on the Amazon III the first Saturday of every month for special cruises, our classic Rivers to Rain Forest Adventure Expeditions. The special price includes all of our usual services such as pick up from the Iquitos airport and delivery with assistance to and from the boat or hotel, gourmet food, plenty of snacks, pure water, professional quality photos sent to your email address, knowledgeable guide, a Jon boat with 25 hp Johnson for excursions from the mother ship, and much more… Dawn on the Amazon III has become famous in the upper Amazon water shed of Peru. Designed as a 19th century rubber boom vessel, with 21st century accommodations, such as electricity, refrigeration, freezers, lights, fans, GPS/sonar, HF radio, VHF radio, satellite phone, showers, and flush toilets. The boat is built of naturally finished tropical hardwoods, reinforced with steel, with 21 artistic carvings of jungle scenes, many with vegetable ivory inlays. The figurehead is an eagle catching a giant fish in its talons. All of the furniture was crafted by local cabinetmakers from the tropical hardwoods purple heart, and blood wood. We have comfortable mattresses, and pillows, and the most beautiful linens on the upper Amazon River. The sheets are hand made of the best fabrics, fitted, and decorated with embroidery, bows and ribbons, nice fluffy towels and bath robes. The rooms are cleaned hotel style everyday. We take great pride in the quality of the food on board Dawn III. Every morning brings a different fresh squeezed tropical fruit juice, brewed coffee, eggs, bacon, Muesli, made of rare cereal grains from the Andes, yogurt, whole milk, or skim milk. Lunch and Dinner will contain fresh basil, cilantro, ginger or other herbs and spices, and tasty homemade sauces. We serve healthy chicken soup. My chefs use palm oil or olive oil depending…fresh fish, chicken, duck, and some surprises. We serve large portions for the meals. You can be sure we do not skimp on the quantity or the quality. This is not a rice and beans type river boat. We cook like a Peruvian grandma whose family is gathering for a special occasion, and she wants them to remember it is special. I am guessing some of what we serve will be completely new to our guests, and the food should be part of the adventure. Our guests will have the opportunity to taste suri grubs, giant land snails, jungle butter, water buffalo cheese, seven different jungle roots soaked in sugar cane rum, piranhas, (that's right, we eat them, they do not eat us) and/or whatever exotic, tasty tucker we can gather. Join us the first Saturday of every month for a special adventure featuring the best the river and the rain forest have to offer. |
| Special Price, One Extra Day For Free. |
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| Special Cruises Iquitos Peru Follow this link to our photo album to see pictures of The Great Amazon River Raft Race and all of our special cruises. |