08/09/2025
Deep in the Amazon, where winding rivers and towering trees whisper stories older than memory, stands Inkaterra Hacienda Concepción —a house with its own story to tell.
In the 1950s, a Spanish doctor named Arturo Gonzáles del Río arrived in these remote lands. Saved from illness by the wisdom of a native community, he sought to give back to the Amazon. His gift was a boat —the ship Perú— reborn as the Fitzcarrald, a floating hospital that carried hope and healthcare along the banks of the Madre de Dios River.
Years later, he built a grand house among cacao and rubber plantations, naming it Concepción in honor of his wife. For a time it welcomed communities and missionaries, until silence fell after his passing in 1960.
That silence was broken in 1975, when José Koechlin, founder of Inkaterra, acquired the property. With a vision ahead of his time, he transformed Fundo Concepción into a scientific research station and an environmental education center, sustained by the income generated from tourism. Here, pioneering research in the Peruvian Amazon began.
In 2010, the house awoke once more as Inkaterra Hacienda Concepción, an intimate lodge embraced by lush rainforest. The inauguration was marked by an unforgettable milestone: Mick Jagger and his family were the first guests during a visit that included Cusco, Machu Picchu, and Madre de Dios. The legendary Rolling Stones singer returned to landscapes he had once explored decades earlier, during the filming of Fitzcarraldo, Werner Herzog’s cult masterpiece that immortalized the Peruvian Amazon in world cinema.
Today, Inkaterra Hacienda Concepción is more than a lodge: it is a living memory of gratitude, knowledge, and conservation —a lodge with a unique story, deep in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon.
