Brazil Vacation Package - Amazon Boat and Lodge (7 Nights)

You will be able to experience the Amazon by land and by water. This package includes direct / non-stop flight from Miami - Manaus - Miami with Lloyd Aereo Boliviano aboard their new Boeing 767-300, 1 night at the Tropical Manaus Hotel, 3 nights aboard the Alyson Amazon River boat and 4 nights at the Amazonat Jungle Lodge, all meals, tours and transportation.

This Amazon Cruise and Lodge Package departs on fixed dates. The maximum group size is 16 passengers and the minimum group size is 8 passengers based on double occupancy or 5 passengers based on single occupancy. Please see below the fixed departure dates.

The legendary Amazon is one of the planets enigmas. It is the worlds largest river basin, and also the planets greatest rainforest. Within the Amazon Basin resides a wealth of life richer than any place else on earth, and millions of species still remain undiscovered.

Day 1:

• 01:40 Arrival at airport of Manaus with transfer to your hotel, 15 minutes away. Check in.
• 09:00 Breakfast
• 10:00 Check out of the hotel, followed with visit to Manaus centre to see the local market located near Negro river. Walk around Opera building (on Sunday closed but with flea market instead).
• 12:00 Lunch at original churrascaria restaurant downtown.
• 13:30 Transfer to regional boat with check in.
• 14:30 Departure boat, sailing upstream Rio Negro.
• 17:00 Stop at one of the many white beaches for a swim and sunset motorized canoe trip.
• 19:00 Happy hour followed with dinner. Rest of evening free. (Boat will sail for additional 4 hours to the Anavilhanas archipelago.)

Day 2:

• 06:00 Early morning bird watching tour in the largest fresh water archipelago in the world in motorized canoes.
• 08:00 Breakfast with start tour houseboat through this archipelago.
• 13:00 Dinner with downstream Rio Negro river trip with arrival in Ponta Negra beach later in afternoon.
• 19:00 Happy Hour followed with dinner.
• 20:30 Visit to the boulevard of Ponta Negra (transfer by means of canoes). Walk on this boulevard with chance to see folklore show and drink local caipirinhas.
• 23:00 Return to houseboat.

Day 3:

• 07:00 Start downstream tour /breakfast. The skyline of Manaus can be seen with the Floating Pier, Mercado, and Opera Building in the distance. Later in the morning, you will see the ' Meeting of the Waters ', the place where in Brazil the Amazon River is born. A short upstream trip of the Solimoes river will be made prior to the continuation of the downstream Amazon river trip.
• 15:00 Arrival small typical Amazon community named 'Engenho'. The houseboat will anchor nearby.
• 16:00 Fishing for the famous black piranha and big catfish, later followed with alligator spotting.
• 20:00 Happy Hour with dinner. Opportunity to meet local people at floating market later that evening.

Day 4:

• 07:00 After breakfast, board motorized canoes for bird watching trip. This region is known to be very rich in bird species. Encounter the legendary pink dolphin and its little grey dolphin cousins. The largest water lily in the world, known as the Vitoria Regia, can be seen in this region by the hundreds. Visit a local family in this small community known for growing sugar cane and pineapples.
• 13:00 Lunch and check out of accommodation.
• 14:00 Transfer to Amazonat Jungle Lodge.
• 14:45 Arrival Amazonat Jungle Lodge with check in formalities.
• 16:00 Reconnaissance tour in the lodge followed with a nightly spider trek.
• 19:30 Dinner, rest of evening free.

Day 5:

• 07:30 Breakfast.
• 09:00 Jungle trek with total duration of 3 to 4 hours. Tour will show the visitor the forest of the lodge with all its diversity of medicinal plants, trees with special characteristics, and the jungle population. The guides will demonstrate navigation and survival techniques. During the trip one of two basic survival camps will be visited, where the guest can decide to return later that afternoon for an overnight experience.
• 13:00 Lunch
• 15:00 Departure for jungle overnight tour for those interested BBQ in the jungle with nightly jungle trek. Night will be spent in hammocks under authentic jungle conditions. Return trip at 07.00 next morning.
• 15:00 For those not interested in the overnight jungle trip, a 1 1/2 hr. tour in orchid parks is organized.
• 19:30 Dinner for guests not visiting jungle camp.

Day 6:

• 08:00 Breakfast
• 10:00 Departure by bus to town of Itacoatiara, the oldest town of the State of Amazonas. The centre of this town will be visited including a park dedicated to rubber extracting era and the mysterious stone in the market square. Lunch will be served at a restaurant on the Amazon riverbank.
• 13:30 Visit to lumber yard known as MIL Madereiras that is practicing Sustainable Forest Management. All wood from this Company has a Green Label approved by the Rainforest Alliance. Guests will be made familiar with principles of this initiative and will be shown the several departments. Return to lodge scheduled 17:00 hrs.
• 19:30 Dinner

Day 7:

• 07:30 Breakfast
• 09:00 Departure for full-day river trip in Urubu River. Like the Negro river, the Urubu River is dominated by dark water. Visit the waterfalls, an "Igapo", which is a forest growing in the water, with lunch served alongside the riverbank at a small pousada. Since black water rivers are generally known to be safe, swimming will be permitted here from one of the many white sand beaches. A local family is visited that cultivates manioc. A sunset river trip with the possibility of meeting grey dolphins will make this trip even more special. Return trip- 19.00 hrs.
• 20:30 Dinner

Day 8:

• 07:30 Breakfast. This day is in principle kept free of any activity. Relaxing day. For the guests liking to explore more of the forest and infrastructure of the lodge.
• 13:00 Lunch
• 17:00 Check out and departure Amazonat Jungle Lodge
• 19:30 Farewell dinner in Manaus in restaurant ' El Toro Loco '.
• 22:30 Transfer to airport of Manaus.