5 Day Amazon Relax and Recharge Yoga Retreat in Tarapoto, San Martin

Arrival by airplane

The flight from Lima's International airport (LIM) to Tarapoto (TPP) takes one hour and fifteen minutes. There are four airline companies that fly daily to Tarapoto (Star Peru, LATAM, Sky, and Viva Air). Check their baggage policies as they offer several options. %Airport taxes and fees are included in the price of the tickets for international as well as domestic flights. The flight from Iquitos (IQT) to Tarapoto (TPP) takes one hour. Tambo Ilusi?n is located 15 minutes away from the airport. Transfers to and from the airport by moto-taxi (similar to Thailand's tuk-tuk) are included.

Driving directions from Tarapoto

• From Tarapoto, head towards El Distrito de la Banda de Shilcayo on the highway to Yurimaguas.
• At kilometer 2.5 of the highway to Yurimaguas (just past the entrance to La Laguna Venecia), there is a dirt road on the right. Take that dirt road.
• You will soon come to a fork, keep right.
• Tambo Ilusion is about 500 meters from that fork.

Arrival by bus

There are two bus routes to get to Tarapoto. One is by passing through Chiclayo, to get to Tarapoto is a 30-hour bus ride (approximately 1500 kilometers or 930 miles) on a good highway. There are two decent bus companies: Movil Tour and CIVA. To make the trip easier, look into the possibility of cutting the trip by stopping in Chiclayo, a coastal city, for a day or two as the route goes that way anyway.

In Chiclayo, there are two important museums: Museo Nacional Tumbas Reales de Sipan and Museo Bruning. Getting to Tarapoto by bus from any town north of Lima along the Peruvian coast is relatively easy.

The other option is a bus route from Lima going through Tingo Maria. This route is about 500 kilometers less mileage than going through Chiclayo, and it takes about 23 hours. The bus goes through the Andes to get to the jungle; it passes through a city called Ticlio, which is at an altitude of 4818 meters.

Arrival by ferry

There is a three-day boat ride to Iquitos and Yurimaguas on the Huallaga, Maran, and Amazonas rivers. Once in Yurimaguas, take a bus to Tarapoto (2 hours and 30 minutes ride).

GPS

• Latitude - 0627 South
• Longitude - 7623 West