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Kiteni's main draw - beyond its small jungle-settlement atmosphere - is as a jumping-off point for the awe-inspiring Pongo de Mainique , possibly the most dangerous 2km of (barely) navigable river in the entire Amazonian system, made famous by Michael Palin in his travel documentary. Just before you reach the pongo there's a community at San Idriato . The people here, known as the Israelites, founded their village around a biblical sect; the men leave their hair long and, like Rastas, they twist it up under expandable peaked caps. Not far from San Idriato there's a basic tourist lodge, again now out of general use, right at the mouth of the rapids - a wonderful spot. Across the Urubamba from San Idriato the small community of Shinguriato , upstream from the Rio Yuyato mouth, is the official entrance to the pongo itself.
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