Vanilla is a "monte"?

We think that we are in the wilderness. For natives, it seems that the wilderness is somewhere else.

For us mere arrival to Iquitos - city in the middle of the jungle was exotic. But it was only when we were going to Indiana town, just 2 hours away (swimming with the tide). Iquitos residents told us that there is a "monte" or the wilderness and need to be more careful with danger. The people from the Indiana told us that it is not yet monte, monte will be in the Vanilli - additional 4 hours away. In fact, there was less of civilization, no current (or 3 hours) no motocars and shops.

Going to the service with one of  the resident Vanilli, Daniela 15 minutes on the path from her house surrounded by various type of trees, hearing strange noises, I ask her if we can meet here alligators and anacondas. Daniel says no. They can be found only in the "monte". This is where we end it?
 I came to the conclusion that the wilderness is everywhere here. Just the animals flee from the people, and where there are houses, disappearing animals. As Daniel said, if an alligator  came here it was soon to be eaten here - for us :)