Crocodile farm Photo: Crocodile farm

Iquitos is the administrative centre of the Loreto region and the province of Mainas. He is one of the most popular places of the Amazonian jungle. Although the city is not accessible by land, it does not mean that it is rarely visited by tourists. Regular national flights constantly land at the airport of Iquitos, surrounded by dense tropical forest of the Amazon and dozens of river villages. This area has many nearby attractions that are relatively easy to visit for yourself to see the spectacular scenery of the jungle.
One of the local attractions is Fundo Pedrito, also known as the Crocodile farm, located five minutes walk from the village, the Barrio Florido on the banks of the Amazon river, near Iquitos.

Access to the farm is a 45-minute boat ride upstream from the port of Bellavista Nanay Iquitos. Private boat company Los Delfines is engaged in transportation on the river, local residents and tourists on a small boat for 4-5 people.

Crocodile farm consists of several small lakes. Within the lake is home to about 10 big black caimans length up to 5 meters. Another lake is home to the Peitsch (also called giant arapaima, Brazilian arapaima, pirarucu) from the family Aranovich - the largest freshwater fish in the Amazon, which reaches a length of more than 2, 5 meters and weighs more than 250 kg. live In the lakes-the largest freshwater turtles and waterfowl.

Visitors to the farm are invited to feed the small fish of the local alligators, Peitsch and turtles with the help of special tools.

Small lake farm covered giant Victoria lilies Amazon or Victoria Regia is the largest water Lily in the world and one of the world's most popular greenhouse plants. Great leaves of the water lilies grow to about 1, 5 m in diameter.

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