Day 1 - Ride from the hotel to the Tropical Hotel docks or to the Port of Manaus. Ride up the river on a tour boat (local or luxury boat) going towards Anavilhanas Archipelago, considered the biggest in the world with over 400 islands. Stop at Arara’s creek for a tour on motorized canoes around the jungle. Lunch will be served on board the boat. Continue the trip on the right margin of the river, watching the beautiful scenery and the existence of small villages on the river banks around Tatu creek. After dinner there will be an exciting tour of “alligator shinning” – the animals are captured by the guides with their hands and returned to nature unharmed. Overnight stay on the boat.
Days 2 & 3 – Watch the sunset at Negro River. Breakfast. Walk in the jungle with the help of a local experienced guide, which will provide the tourists important information about the Amazonian fauna and flora. Lunch in the jungle. During the afternoon the guide with the help of a local guide, will minister a quick course on survival, theory and practical knowledge about the subject. Dinner. Overnight stay on the boat or at a jungle camp, depending on the tourist’s choice.
Day 4 - Departure on motorized canoe to visit a typical “flour house”, where the natives make the traditional manioc flour. Visit to the field of Medicinal plants and to see up close the native plantations of “Amazonas’ nut”. Continuing the trip to a rustic camp ground, inside the Anavilhanas Archipelago. Lunch will be served on board the boat. In the afternoon, on motorized canoes there will be a visit to the archipelago, today changed into an Ecologic Station, with the high point being a fishing trip at lakes with a variety of Amazonian fishes, including piranha. Watch the wonderful scenery of sunset, with its beautiful reflexes on the waters that surround the islands. Dinner on board the boat, including in the menu the fish caught during the fishing trip. Overnight stay on the boat.
Day 5 – Travel towards the largest conglomerate of islands in the world: the Anavilhanas Archipelago. Lunch will be served on board the boat. Departure on motorized canoes, for a trip to fish black piranhas, the biggest of its kind, which are abundant at that region. As the sun goes down, we will cross Negro River to its left margin, on a trip of almost 15kms, to “Jaraqui indigenous community”, a small village inhabited by Indian descendents. Dinner on the boat. Overnight stay on the boat.
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Day 6 – Breakfast. Trip on motorized canoes to “Terra Preta Community”, inhabited by civilized Indians. A day of activities, getting to know the customs and ways of life of the population. Visit to a manioc field and to a “house of flour”, where manioc flour is produced still the old fashion way. Lunch included. Return to the boat. Dinner and overnight stay on the boat. Night trip going down Negro River towards Solimões River.
Day 7 – Breakfast. Trip up Solimões River, towards Janauacá Lake. Lunch. Arrival at the lake and immediate departure on motorized canoes to tour the creeks and flooded jungle of the area. In the afternoon there will be a visit to a typical village, including a walk to see the local attractions – church, school, medical post and City Hall. At the end of the afternoon there’s a chance to see the biggest habitat of the herons of the area, at which opportunity many other species of birds can be seen. Dinner aboard the boat. Overnight stay.
Day 8 – Breakfast. Departure for a rustic fishing trip, using typical methods (pole, currico, etc) with the help of a specialized fishing guide from the area. Lunch will be served on board the boat. Trip from Janauacá Lake towards Janauari Lake. Arrival and immediate lunch at a typical floating restaurant. Visit to an art craft center, operated by local natives. Dinner and overnight stay on the boat.
Day 9 – Breakfast. Trip towards the meeting of the waters, a spectacular phenomenon of the meeting of the Negro and Solimões Rivers, which run together, side by side, without mixing. The cause of this phenomenon is due to the difference in temperature, density and speed of the river’s waters. Lunch and dinner included. Overnight stay on the boat.
Day 10 - Breakfast. Return trip to Manaus, with expected arrival at the Floating Port at 12:00 noon. Trip back to the hotel.
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