Pay your respects at Iquitos General Cemetery
Walk around Iquitos General Cemetery, one of the most fascinating and colourful cemeteries in the Amazon. With rows upon rows of burial niches, graves and tombs of varying sizes, and a separate section for Jewish burials, the cemetery is a sombre but intriguing place to explore. You can also go in search of the grave of Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald, the rubber baron whose exploits inspired the classic Werner Herzog movie Fitzcarraldo.
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Visiting The Peruvian Amazon

The Andes mountain range runs north to south through Peru, a giant spine splitting the country into distinct geographic regions. To the west of the Andes lies the coastal strip, a rain shadow area of deserts and large coastal cities.

Places To Visit In Iquitos

Iquitos has the intriguing distinction of being the largest city in the world that is unreachable by road. To get to this frontier-like jungle city you either have to fly or take a riverboat.