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Leticia is a city in the Colombian Amazon

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You can only get into this spectacular, tropical and adventurous town from Colombia by plane. The only place connected to Leticia by a commercial airline is Bogota - its El Dorado International Airport has flights to Leticia on Aerorepublica. These flights are quite expensive, mainly because Aerorepublica is the only airline serving this distant destination. The flight lasts two hours.

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From Peru you can take a rapido (speedboat) from Iquitos [1] to Tabatinga in Brazil or Santa Rosa in Peru. This will take you approximately nine or ten hours and cost you around US$50-60. These two towns are very close to Leticia at the tripartite border of Peru, Brazil and Colombia. There are also other, slower boats which ply the same route, which may well be cheaper.

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Because of its privileged position as a triple frontier and being very close to a tributary river Javary, Leticia/Tabatinga can serve as the perfect base for eco-tourist activities as well as for the studies of wildlife and flora in the Amazon region. It can also be the perfect starting point for visiting indigenous tribes such as: the Tikunas, Yaguas, Huitotos and Boras in the Amazonas [2] [3]. On the Yavary river you can find the Yaguas and Mayorunas.

Close to Leticia you can also find the National Park of Amacayacu which is located on the Colombian territory. On the Yavary River there is also a natural Reserve. The ribera peruana is also a Zone with virgin tropical forest. Amongst others in the ribera peruana the Cayaru river can be found.

Leticia/Tabatinga also greets 2 or 3 tourist cruises in the season between March and April such as the MV World Explorer, MV Bremen, MV Le Levant. Our celebrity guests also include the infamous Mr. Bill Gates.

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Leticia is a melting pot for food even thought they commonly eat the same things each week each region of Colombia's delicacy are made here. For example, many people make Sancocho, a hearty soup, in different regions of Colombia. Each family will have its own variation. Common staples are meats baked together with potatoes, and sometimes vegetables, usually cooked over a stovetop in a pan. A usual Sunday meal might consist of grilled meats, cooked in makeshift charcoal grillers, served with rice and plantains.

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• Hotel Anaconda, [4]. The best choice. 50 Rooms with AC, swimming pool, Restaurant, Cable TV and diferent services. All major credit cards.

Also the Hotel has Anaconda Tours, operative agency who provides the main tours around the Amazonas River, near villages in Peru and Brazil.

• Natural Reserve Tanimbnoca, tanimboca@gmail.com tanimboca@yahoo.com. Cabins up in the trees with bath and shower or camping in the canopy of giant trees they offer good custom jungle trips.

• Albergue Tacana, [5]. For a real jungle experience the Albergue Tacana is located out in the forest in the community of Tacana . (Take combi from in front of the Anaconda hotel to KM 11 then 50 yds past the school tale the road on the right into the jungle. the Albergua and village are 2-5-3km). Built in the 2004, a traditional forest style building with 3 comfortable cabin style double rooms as well as hammock accommodation for 8 persons. Fishing, Canoeing jungle walks with Bora Mirana guides from the the doorstep, try the mambe and experience living Bora(Indigenous) culture.

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