Nauta: Nature, Culture and Laguna Sapi Sapi

Nauta offers a range of options for your trip: the Laguna Sapi Sapi tourist complex, nature experiences in the surrounding area, and historic sites in the district. These attractions are not all in the same place. Taking a look at their individual highlights can help you decide what interests you.

Laguna Sapi Sapi and its features

The Laguna Sapi Sapi tourist complex was inaugurated in Nauta in 2022. It includes malocas, footbridges, handicraft stalls, a restaurant, pedal boats, a boulevard, and a multipurpose maloca. The complex therefore brings together both built structures and various facilities in the design of the site.

Its variety makes Laguna Sapi Sapi a notable feature to consider when planning a trip to Nauta: handicrafts, a restaurant, and pedal boats sit alongside the complex’s paths and bridges. Its inauguration as a tourist center in 2022 also places it within the development of the destination. If you are interested in the complex, you can consider these features together as a distinct focus alongside nature and culture.

Nature experiences in the surrounding area

In the area around Nauta, the Comunidad Nativa de Puerto Prado offers ecological trails that support sustainable tourism. Along the trails, visitors can observe animals such as lion tamarins, blue-jean poison dart frogs, fruit bats, and bullet ants in their natural habitat. These animals give the walks a specific focus: observing nature along the trails. Trail conditions and arrangements for guides may change; check in advance what is currently available.

Another offering in Puerto Prado is the El Bosque de los Niños program, also known as Iwiratikuara Ikrantsenkana. Visitors can plant native tree species together with children from the Comunidad Nativa. This is a different way to engage with the surrounding nature than observing animals on the trails. Confirm the participation requirements locally.

The region’s background also includes the Paraíso Natural Iwirati private conservation area. It covers 100 of Puerto Prado’s 522 hectares. Peru’s Ministry of the Environment recognized it in 2014; it was the first community-based private conservation area in the Peruvian Amazon.

Waterway and other places in the district

The Quebrada Zaragoza is a narrow, meandering waterway in the district of Nauta. Visitors can swim, go for walks, and camp there. This sets the area apart from the facilities at Laguna Sapi Sapi and the trails in Puerto Prado: activities on the water are the main focus at the Quebrada. Water and access conditions can vary by season; check them before visiting.

The town’s history also offers specific points of interest. The San Felipe y Santiago Church stands directly opposite Nauta’s Plaza de Armas. The building now known as the Teatro Ucamara formerly housed Nauta’s parish. The two sites offer clear landmarks in town as well as a glimpse into the theater building’s former use.

The district’s cultural offerings also include the Comunidad Nativa San Francisco. There, crafts are woven from plant fibers, including chambira, bombonaje, huambe, and jute. The Comunidad is also home to the Meliponario San Francisco, where native stingless bees are bred. Handicrafts and beekeeping offer another glimpse into the district’s cultural life.

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