Iquitos: the vibe
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The verdict
Mixed · 60Iquitos draws praise for its Amazon access, market and wildlife, but commenters repeatedly warn of heat, remoteness, high jungle-tour costs and a rougher city feel.
- amazon access
- market and plant medicine
- wildlife and nature
- lively people
- friendly locals
- heat and humidity
- remote and isolated
- expensive tours
- rough city feel
- bureaucracy for expats
- Living there full time takes a specific personality type.
- Visiting is enjoyable, but long-term living is harder.
- Tarapoto or Oxapampa suggested as calmer, better-weather alternatives.
- Jungle beauty and warm people outweigh the downsides for some.
- Little detailed recent feedback on remote-working life specifically.
Read from 7 videos, 25 comments and 0 posts on 2026-11-07; the summary is written by a language model and can misread sarcasm.
Iquitos, Peru 🇵🇪 - Gateway to the Amazon Rainforest and Why It Should Be On Your Travel List
Leo Does Life · 10K views · 2025
What viewers said
“THanks for doing this. I've only been to Iquitos twice-once in 87 and once in 2023. I grew up in the Pucallpa area.”
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“thank you for coming to our city😁 hope you enjoyed it”
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“Leo! Great video! Can you share the tour info, Im making a trip to Peru 🇵🇪 soon!!! Thanks”
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“Im doing this trip the other way starting in lectica to Iquitos in October!”
“2:19 these little buggers i saw in another documentary - they destroy farmers plantain/banana crops. they burrow deep in the bark destroy the crop from the insides out.”
“Hi. I'm planning to visit Leticia or Iquitos. Can you recommend any trips to the jungle ? Should i book it online or on site ?”
“Great informative video!! Super helpful. Did they make you take the yellow fever vaccine before going? I’m going in a few days and some people told me it’s mandatory, I’m panicking now. Did you get it?”
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“hey, what do you recommend to pack and best way of getting there?”
“Is there a specific tour group you left Iquitos with to explore the Amazon”
Found with a YouTube search for the city and “digital nomad”, fetched 2026-11-07; titles, descriptions and comments belong to their authors and link to the originals.