NATURAL HISTORY
 

Biodiversity Foundation Research Center
Kilometer marker 13 of the Federico Basadre Highway, District of Yarinacocha (30 minutes by bus from Pucallpa).
Forested area of some 3 hectares, here they develop ecological crops by cultivation systems of collars, containment walls, pilancos, and nests. There are ten ponds/fish farms for local fish (shiruí catfish, shuyos, boquichicos), and you can fish in these ponds, hike in the jungle, find medicinal plants, wild fruits, timber trees, and butterflies.

Municipal Museum of Natural Science
Napo 224. Iquitos.
Telephone: (065) 23-4272.
Visiting hours: Mon. – Fri. 7:00 A.M. – 7:00 P.M.; Sat. 8:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.
It exhibits dissected animals native to the department and a collection of local handicrafts.

Museum of Natural Sciences
Jiron General Prado 499.
Visiting hours: Mon. – Sat. 8:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. and 3:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M.
This museum contains more than 10.000 pieces, such as samples of pottery from different pre-Hispanic cultures and mummies from Huanuco and Paracas.

Pucallpa Natural Park and Regional Museum
4 km from Pucallpa (10 minutes by car)
Visiting hours: Mon. – Sun. 8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.
It was created to protect and to preserve different species of wild plant and animal species like monkeys, crocodiles, jaguar, deer, peccarys, agoutis, otters, yellow spotted river turtles, herons, toucans, parrots, and others that are at-risk or almost extinct.
You can also see timber, medicinal, palm, and fruit trees as well as wild bushes. There is also a small lake where you can take boat rides and see Amazonian fish and water plants like water lilies and water lettuce.
Inside the park, you will find the Pucallpa Regional Museum, a conservation center for some representative species of Amazonian wild life and a center for fossil remains discovered along the Ucayali, Pachitea, Aguaytía, and Urubamba rivers. One of the most attractive pieces is the jaw bone of a huge crocodile or megaterio that once lived in the Amazon Rainforest 10 million years ago. There is another hall which exhibits cultural expressions from the ethnic groups of the region like traditional clothing and Shipibo-Conibo ceramics of different time periods.

Peruvian Amazon Rainforest Research Institute (IIAP) – Ucayali
Near kilometer marker 12 of the Federico Basadre Highway (35 minutes by bus from Pucallpa). It is possible to see agroindustrial and agroforestry technology and production, aquiculture, vermiculture, ornamental plants, medicine and biocides, but the most important parts to see are the fish farms where they raise paiche, pacu, pacotana, and tilapia fish.

San Francisco Botanical Garden
Jiron Arequipa, block 1. Moyobamba, San Martín.

A study and preservation center of native and exotic flora.