Rainforest Cruises launches new sailing with jungle super-chef
Rainforest Cruises is offering a gourmet insight into Amazon cuisine with three new voyages featuring Peruvian super-chef Pedro Miguel Schiaffino.
The cruises on the Peruvian Amazon, on board the luxurious Aqua Amazon riverboat, will include market visits and a cooking class with the multi-award winning chef who runs two of Lima’s most famous restaurants, Malabar and Amaz.
Schiaffino is considered one of Peru’s most pioneering gourmands and specialises in ingredients from the Amazon. Guests will learn about the techniques and flavours of the jungle and can expect to cook with strange roots, mushy molluscs and bizarre fruits.
With room for just 24-guests on board the Aqua Amazon, the exclusive culinary voyage will see Schiaffino lead tours to jungle markets to pick out locally grown ingredients, demonstrate his dishes with a cookery class and then reveal his trade secrets with a Q&A session.
Aqua Amazon has 12 large and stylish suites with panoramic river views. Cruises head deep into the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve, one of the most biodiverse environments in the Rainforest, and include day and nighttime excursions in the remarkable environment. The boat carries mountain bikes and kayaks so guests can explore deeper into the river’s tributaries and jungle.
Chef Schiaffino is joining just three cruises in 2016. A five-day culinary cruise departs on 29 March; a four-day cruise sails on 26 November and a five-day cruise starts on 29 November.
Four-day cruises start from £2,329 per person and five-day cruises from £3,099 per person, including all of the culinary sessions. Flights are not included.
