Iquitos - Pilpintuwasi Butterfly Farm

Located 35 minutes from Iquitos the Pilpintuwasi Butterfly Farm is located on the banks of the Nanay and Amazon rivers and makes a good day trip. Pilpintuwasi means butterfly's home in the native language of Quechua and is an apt name for this attraction containing 42 species of butterflies. Two notable species are the buho, or owl butterfly and the morpho, a brilliantly blue colored butterfly

The Pilpintuwasi Butterfly Farm is well set up so that visitors are able to see the complete life cycle, and learn about the impressive development of butterflies.

Also on the site of Pilpintuwasi Butterfly Farm is a small zoo containing rescued animals. In residence are friendly monkeys, a small jaguar, tapir, anteater, and agouti.