Pucallpa

Overview

Pucallpa is a fast growing jungle town that can be reached by boat from Iquitos or road from Lima and the highlands. For travelers it is a good base to see some more jungle, to visit the Nature Park - actually more like a zoo, that offers good opportunities to see jungle animals, or to go to a Shipibo Indian village on the banks of lake Yarinacocha. The lake is very pretty and worth a visit.

Also worth seeing are the motocross races that take place about once a month. People from all over Peru often come to participate in this adrenaline-pumping sport. the spectators love it, and Julio Chiang, two-time South America Motocross Champion lives and races in Pucallpa, with the Mil Palmeras Racing Club.

History