Victoria Regia

When you make the Amazon jungle tour you will be able to delight with the water irises called Amazonian Victoria or Victoria Regia, these big aquatic flowers are of the main attractions of the lakes and rivers of the Amazonia.

In the Amazon excursion, the travelers enjoy the scent to apricot that gives off when it open their leaves at night after the 6 of afternoon and closes them on the following day approximately at 9 in the morning.

This big aquatic plant has purple and white colors, the flower has a 40 cms diameter, is similar to the loto flower and is considered the biggest of the world; in the Amazon tourism you will find not only this species, also animals and plants of great size.

Their stems reach to measure about 7 or 8 meters, the Victoria Regia is always submerged in the water, in the Amazon travel, is common to see small animal and birds resting on their leaves that reach a diameter of 7 meters.

Mojojoy

Among the gastronomical plans of the Amazon vacation, the visitors will find an exquisite dish that will test your palate mojojoy is a type of worm food that can be ingested still alive or fried.

In the Amazon rainforest tours, the travelers will find in this food proteins and nutrients able to offer to the human being defenses and antibodies that guarantee the good operation of their immunological system.

This larva is considered an exotic food in the Amazon tourism, also is one of the most consumed food of the Wuitotos natives, mojojoy were even the replacement of the fish in season of shortage avoiding the undernourishment of the tribes.

The worms are found in “the Moriches” palms of the region, the travelers of the Amazon jugle tour that has proven the worms assure that the flavor is similar to the peanut in addition that is exquisite.