JOURNEY TO THE SOUTH

How to cruise through the Amazon river—and soak in the sights and sounds along the way

By Kee Foong

“Will we see jaguars?” It was the question on our minds, and the first one asked during a briefing session before setting sail along the world’s mightiest river. “Extremely unlikely,” came the reply from Billy Chujutalli, a locally born and raised naturalist guide, who had only seen the elusive big cats once in the wild, despite living in proximity to their natural habitat. Over the next seven nights, with expectations managed, we go on to encounter myriad other fantastical flora and fauna, ranging from the beautiful and unusual to the scary and prehistoric, as we journey through some of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet. The cruise aboard our luxury vessel the Aqua Nera starts and ends at Iquitos, a bustling city of half a million people in the…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2023

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