Contamana 孔塔马纳
Contamana is a town in the Loreto Region in northeastern Peru. It is the capital of both Ucayali Province and Contamana District and has an urban population of about 15,036 (as of 2007). It has one airport.
Contamana can be accessed by both plane and boat. It takes 10 hours coming from Pucallpa in the south and a few days coming from Iquitos in the north. A small plane can be chartered roundtrip from either destination for around $300 US dollars. The flight takes about 1.5 hours from the south or north. The boat ride can be very long and boring at times, though they do stop for lunch along the way in one of the small villages coming from Pucallpa. Coming from Iquitos, the boat takes about 4 days. The town of Contamana is very safe. There is no crime there.