Tamshiyacu (in Quichua, Tamshi = rope; Yacu = water) is the name of a town in the Fernando Lores District located in Iquitos - northeastern Peru.

[1] On the banks of the Amazon River about 50 km upstream from the city of Iquitos (about an hour by speedboat).

[1] The population of Tamshiyacu is dedicated to fishing and growing humari, pineapples, cassavas and bananas.

People also come to enjoy the beauty of the world's largest river and the charm of the Peruvian jungle.

Many people in Tamshiyacu feel disadvantaged in the modern world, and they wish to have a lifestyle like those in the Western part of the Earth.