Santa Rosa de Yavarí


Santa Rosa de Yavarí is an Amazonian town in the Mariscal Ramón Castilla Province in the Loreto Region of Peru.

Geography

The town is in the international Tres Fronteras area of the Upper Amazon region, in the western Amazon basin.
It is located in an island in the Amazon River. The cities of Leticia and Tabatinga are across from it on the 'mainland' river banks of the Amazon.

Border crossings

The town serves as a checkpoint and crossing point for the Brazil-Peru and the Brazil-Colombia borders.