Aboard the M/V Aria: Cruising and Conserving the Peruvian Amazon

In September 2014, Southwind Adventures Travel Specialist Cynthia Ord embarked on the M/V Aria, a 32-passenger deluxe vessel, for a five-day Peruvian Amazon river cruise. The voyage departed from Iquitos, the largest city in the Peruvian rainforest. For me, cruising the Peruvian Amazon in the luxury of the M/V Aria had its obvious perks.