Armed men hijacked a tourist boat in the Amazon rainforest in Peru, robbed all 14 people ... that set off on an all-day boat tour from the city of Iquitos, a popular jumping-off point to explore ...

The bridge is part of a federal highway project to connect Iquitos, in Peru's northeast ... over the Nanay River, a tributary of the Amazon River. Indigenous leaders say the communities along ...

Fascinating for its geographical location in the Amazon rainforest, Iquitos can only be reached by boat or plane. This capital of the Loreto in Peru has ... at the role the river played as it ...

Iquitos in Peru ... city hidden in the Amazon. There are flights available from other major cities in Peru as well as incredibly long boat journeys along the river. Lonely Planet described the ...

The Amazon River slinks through the ... Travelers and tour guides make a beeline for the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve, Peru's second-largest protected natural area. Home to more than 1,000 ...

Iquitos is a city of over 400,000 inhabitants located at the heart of the Peruvian Amazon and accessible only by boat or plane. In recent years, it has become a hotbed of wildlife trafficking in ...

(CNN) — Armed men hijacked a tourist boat in the Amazon rainforest ... CNN has contacted Canopy Tours Iquitos, the Peruvian national police and the Spanish Embassy in Peru for comment.