Talk:Iquitos

Hospedaje La Casita, Tacna 270, Iquitos
Someone here wrote that you shouldn't stay at La Casita, because your things get stolen there. It's too bad that people have bad experiences in Iquitos, but we shouldn't single out a place like La Casita. Stuff gets stolen everywhere; theft is almost like an epidemic in Iquitos. I lived at La Casita twice; once for two months, and once for three months. None of my stuff ever got stolen there and the staff were very friendly and helpful. Bad stuff happens everywhere, we just need to be careful and sensible. True; La Casita doesn't offer a safe place to store things, and it has been two years since my last stay there, so who knows. But at 100 dollars rent a month, I guess you should adjust your expectations. —The preceding comment was added by (WT-en) Mrgart (talk • contribs)

Tapiche Ohara's Reserve
I'm copying this "Do" entry here, to make it easier for anyone to insert it into a preexisting guide for a more nearby place or compose a new guide about the reserve. This content is really interesting, but 340 km is quite a distance. This reserve could be mentioned as a "Get out" location in the Iquitos article, but there is more content here than necessary for a "Get out" listing, and I think it would be better for such a listing to link to a Tapich Ohara's Reserve guide.

The Reserve represents one of the few areas in the Amazon Basin where these forest types can be found in close proximity. Among the animals found here are Pink River Dolphins, Manatee, Jaguar, Ocelot, Margay, Giant Otter, Red Huakari Monkey and Paiche (world's largest freshwater fish), and an amazing variety of birds (over 700 species are known in Loreto), including the Harpy Eagle. The 1540 hectare Reserve is an exceptional storehouse of Amazon jungle biodiversity. This area spans both sides of the Tapiche River east of the Ucayali River. Within the Reserve there are four different springs which are tributaries into the Tapiche. Furthermore, there are several onboxes and lagoons of considerable size. Other than the Tapiche, which is a black river, all the other rivers are full of inorganic material, which is generally typical of Andean sources, but not typical to the Amazon rainforest. These factors, along with the Pleistocene Refugia and river dynamics, contribute to an exceptionally diverse assemblage of primates.
 * Situated 340 km away from Iquitos in the district of Requena, accessible only by waterway, 12 hours with private boat (or a day and a half by local transport), The Tapiche Ohara's Reserve comprises several types of lowland Amazonian forests, including igapo, varzea, and terra firme during dry season.

(WT-en) Ikan Kekek 23:54, 25 June 2011 (EDT)


 * For reasons I don't understand, a nascent edit war has broken out over whether to include this kind of information in this article or create a new article specifically focusing on the reserve. I have posted to User talk:(WT-en) Amyharmony, to attempt to start a non-one-sided discussion. (WT-en) Ikan Kekek 15:51, 26 June 2011 (EDT)

Alternative banner for this article?
I have previously created an alternative banner for this article (which was initially created for the parallel article at the Hebrew Wikivoyage, but I decided to suggest we'll use it here at the English Wikivoyage article as well). Which banner do you prefer that we'll use on the top of this article? ויקיג&#39;אנקי (talk) 13:31, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
 * This is difficult because Iquitos is an ugly city. Here are two more suggestions: Ground Zero (talk) 18:10, 13 March 2021 (UTC)


 * I think the current banner is still the nicest. #3 would be my 2nd choice, but I think you've gotta go with the river. #4 is not sharp enough, IMO, and I don't find the view in #2 very interesting. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:16, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

OtBP nomination?
What does this article need to be featured as Off the Beaten Path? /Yvwv (talk) 20:08, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
 * How is this even a guide, with no addresses in "Eat" and no listings in "Drink"? This needs listings with location information in every section. Is there any reason it should not be downgraded at this point? Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:16, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
 * No, there isn't. By all means, downgrade it to usable. SHB2000  (talk &#124; contribs &#124; meta) 11:26, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Does anyone disagree? Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:13, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Done. Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:28, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

This article was in poor condition, and was definitely not worthy of guide status or being featured. I have updated the article by removing closed establishments, adding addresses and coordinates, and updating prices, where available. I think this article can now be upgraded to guide status and be featured as OtBP. Ground Zero (talk) 14:13, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Belén market
This is listed under Buy, but I think it is more of a See. I haven't moved it because there has probably been a discussion somewhere about markets like this, and I don't want to re-hash all of that. Ground Zero (talk) 17:16, 10 January 2023 (UTC)