A next stop places are by the west: Yurimaguas, Tarapoto offers one of the widest variety of orchids and butterflies in the world, Chachapoyas pre-incan ruins and mummies, the tallest waterfall in Peru and the third in the world, sarcophagi and more, Chiclayo pre-incan ruins, pyramids and museums and Trujillo offers pre-incan ruins as the second largest adobe city in the world, join with beautiful beaches as Huanchaco and Chicama, where is located the longest left wave in the world. Ideal places to surf. It is a beautiful route, you will go through the Amazon jungle, the Andes and the Pacific coast plenty with beautiful landscapes and activities. The route from Iquitos to Chiclayo owns 60% of bird species in Peru more than 1200 species. Peru is the second richest country in birds, with only 20 species fewer than Colombia.
From Chiclayo or Trujillo you may take route to the beautiful beaches on the north Peru Mancora, Pocitas and others located in Piura and Tumbes or visit the mangrove swamp in Tumbes before to get Ecuador or take route to the south and visit Huaraz the Cordillera Blanca is here, it is one of the best places in the wolrd to perform a trekking, Lima offers the best food in the Americas, trips to the islands to see sea wolfs and penguins, museums and pre-incan ruins as Caral, the oldest civilization in the Americas, Ica the Nazca Lines and Paracas Reserve are here and the places located in the south of Peru: Arequipa, Ayacucho, Puno the Titicaca lake and Cusco.
Other options is travel upstream the Amazon river to the south to get Pucallpa it takes from 4 to 5 days. From Pucallpa there is a highway to Lima and the Andes. If you want to get Cusco avoiding Lima, you may chose the route Pucallpa-Tingo Maria-Huanuco-Huancayo-Ayacucho-Abancay-Cusco.
If you travel downstream the Amazon river to the East to get Colombia and Brazil. In this route you may stop in Pevas there is a remarkable Art Gallery here, San Pablo this is the place where the famous "Che" Guevara stayed as a volunteer and Caballococha a town sorrounded by beautiful lagoons plenty of pink and grey river dolphins.
Finally, you may travel upstream the Napo river to get Ecuador by the north of Iquitos, but there are two or three boats by month and takes around 7 days to get the border.
