Departure from your hotel at 8am to go to Porto Ceasa, where you can see the Amazonian freshwater fish market. Then we will continue on our boat to the famous ‘Meeting of the Waters’ where the Rio Negro and the Solimões meet to form the Amazon River, where you will have the opportunity to take photos and hear an explanation of the phenomenon.
We continue upriver to the Janauary Ecological Park, where we will take a walkway through the jungle to see the famous giant water lilies, take photos and hear about the ecology. We will see one of the largest trees in the rainforest, the Samaura, before returning to the boat for lunch.
After lunch we will go to fish piranas and then return to the boat to begin our trip up river to the village of Cachoeiro do Castanha, where we will spend the night. On the way upriver, you will enjoy a beautiful sunset dinner. After dinner we will go for a nighttime canoe trip to explore the area and observe nocturnal wildlife. Maybe a snake or another animal – whatever nature has in store for us. We will return to spend the night on the boat
At 5:30 the boat will begin to ascend the river to Jaraqui, one of the tributaries of the Rio Negro. On the way, you will have the great opportunity to witness a spectacular sunrise, have breakfast and then take a walk in the jungle for around 3 to 4 hours with explanations about medicinal plants, survival techniques and fauna and flora.
We will return to the boat for lunch before heading to Acajatuba Lagoon where we will visit a small village to see the rubber collection process. Afterwards, you will swim with the pink dolphins and return to the boat for dinner. At night we will go out to see alligators and the guide will catch a small one with his own hands. We will return to spend the night on the boat
After breakfast we will visit one of the Amazon tributaries by motorized canoe to spot wildlife; monkeys, birds and sloths. We return to the boat for lunch, then go down the river to the Tatuzinho village where you will have the opportunity to see members of the Barrasana tribe performing rituals and you can dance with them for around 40 minutes. We will then return to the boat and begin our return to Manaus to arrive at 5:00 pm