Caballo is a city surrounded by a huge jungle landscape, part of the Province of Ramón Castilla in the Loreto region, Peru, is located at 311 km from the city of Iquitos, on the right bank of the Amazon River in the gorge of Caballococha , close to the trapeze Amazon to get it 2 days we travel by boat or air access from Iquitos. Both the city and across the province play an important role in communicating border with neighboring countries such as Brazil and Colombia.

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The city has the basic facilities to serve tourists visiting the place. The area has high biodiversity (ecosystems, species and genetic material of great importance), natural beauty and an indigenous population comprising different ethnic groups that make up one of the attractions of great interest to foreign and domestic tourists, tourism in the area has been increasing each year, which has determined that the use of resources is orderly and responsible to lead to an acceptable conservation of these resources, you should also mention that the authorities committed to the sector have been forced to provide better quality tour packages, giving priority to ecological tourism, promoting the conservation of areas important to exploit its resources.

The city’s cuisine is based on the variety of fish, forest and wild animals and insects in their area, which are prepared with a variety of dishes, among which will name the Inchicapi, the John, sarapatera,Tacacho, timbuche, the patarashca, the jerky, the girl juane, among other delicacies typical of the forest.

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Another places to visit near the city is Lake Cushillococha, located 6 km south of Caballo and near the borders with Colombia and Brazil for only 3 hours drive. In the dry season is accessible on foot from Caballococha, in time of increasing the lake is accessed only by river. This lake is a tributary of the Amazon River, where you can do canoeing, hiking, fishing or swimming. Its waters, relatively dark and up to 8 m deep, are rich in various dolphin species such as gray and red (river dolphin), shad, and yulilla boquichico. Along its banks live Cushillococha native community, an ethnic Ticuna, who are engaged in subsistence agriculture, hunting, gathering and fishing are also skilled craftsmen and manufacture fiber and JICRA chambira hammocks, woven bags species chambira fiber.

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Please make eco-tourism and enjoy the scenic beauty of the jungle, Caballococha welcomes you with its charm and simplicity of its people.