From Yurimaguas, Peru to Coca, Ecuador - May, 2017

We traveled from Peru to Ecuador via the Amazon and really enjoyed our trip.
This trip can only be done by motorcycle as you'll need a few canoes in the process as well. As you will have to reload your bike a few times, a few scratches are hard to be avoided, but also during the trip. We broke our mirror on the last boat and the bike fell over on the second boat, breaking our windshield among a few other things.
Again, we loved it, the trip was really cool. As mentioned before, you will need four boats. Our trip goes from Peru to Ecuador but the other direction will be the same.

Yurimaguas - Iquitos
The furthest you can drive is Yurimaguas. Here you go to the port and ask around for the next boat to leave for Iquitos, our boat was Eduardo X. The captain will tell you he will leave today, but in reality it will leave when it's full of cargo. It could take a few days but not more. You can live on board during this time and save some cash on accommodation.
The boat takes three days and costs 300 Sol for two persons in a private cabin including three meals per day. We paid 150 Sol for the bike and two times 20 Sol to the porters to help getting the bike on and off the boat.
It's only 100 Sol per person if you sleep in your hammock on the deck. But there are few advantages that come with the cabin: You don't need your own bowl and cutlery and no standing in line, all meals are served to your cabin. On top of that, dinner is always much better for the cabins. Also the cabins are good to keep your equipment safe.
If sleeping in a hammock sounds cool to you, there'll be more of that later.

Iquitos - Pantoja
Basically as soon as you leave the boat coming from Yurimaguas, you should ask around for your next boat. It's probably not far from where you are and you can go have a talk
with your new captain. The same story here: don't believe what he says, even though he really seems sure that he will tomorrow. Here's the tricky part as it can take up to
two weeks before departure. We were lucky and waited only three days (everyday we were told that it would be tonight).
As there is no customs office at the border, you'll have to cancel your TIP here in Iquitos (Coordinates for the aduana office in Iquitos: -3.72757 ; -73.24857)
Our boat was the Heroica and it took five days to reach Pantoja. There are no cabins on board so you'll need a hammock to hang on deck. Price is 100 Sol per person and 200
Sol for the bike (we got 50 Sol discount for the damage on our windshield), and again 20 Sol to load our bike. The conditions on board are not so good as on the previous boat. There are lots of hammocks on a tight space and the food is pretty bad. Take some snacks!!!

Pantoja - Nuevo Rocafuerte
Pantoja is the border town in Peru, here you have an immigration office where you need to go to get your passport stamped.
Take your time here, Pantoja is a nice little village with one or two basic places to stay.
There's no waiting anymore, you'll need to look for the biggest canoe and arrange a time to go to Nuevo Rocafuerte.
We left our bike on the Heroica and paid the porters 20 Sol for unloading the bike and rolling it straight in the canoe.
The boat was USD 60 for the ride, could be cheaper if you find people to share the trip.
We paid a few beers to some guys in Nuevo Rocafuerte to help unloading the bike, it's a bit tricky here btw.

Nuevo Rocafuerte - Coca
Nuevo Rocafuerte is a nice village as well and we enjoyed our night here. You'll find an immigration office here to get a stamp in your passport but there is no
customs office. (Important notice: You'll get your stamp in your passport but as there is no computer here, you'll still need to put yourself in the system in Quito)
There is a daily fast boat to Coca that leaves at 5.30 in the morning and takes eight hours. We paid USD 70 for the two of us and the bike, try to negotiate.
When reaching Coca, you'll be back on the road in no time. The guys from the boat helped us with loading and unloading which was included in the price.

Quito
Here you'll need to arrange for your TIP. Don't go straight to the customs office as you'll need a certificate of immigration first.
The immigration office is located in the centre of Quito (coordinates: -0.18832 ; -78.48789). Here they can't give you your immigration paper as you are not in their system yet. You'll need to wait a day for this, the next day you can come back and you'll be in the system after which it only takes a few minutes to get your immigration paper for USD 5. With this paper, go to the customs office near the airport (coordinates: 0.15123 ; -78.35010) where they will provide you with your TIP.

Total cost for the boats, the porters and our hammocks was about 400 USD.