If you only have short time in Manaus, this jungle your is for you. Maçarico is located only 90 kilometers from Manaus, so you will be able to go there in a couple of hours, which means you will have plenty of time to experience the nature and wildlife of the Amazon rainforest. You will be sleeping at the Recanto do Maçarico jungle lodge. From the lodge you will go on excursions and to learn about the plants and animals of the Amazon river and rainforest.
Your tour always starts and ends in Manaus. We pick you up at your hotel in Manaus, on the morning of your first tour day. From here all transportation is included. After the tour, we bring you back to your hotel. If you want to be dropped off at another location, like for example the airport, please let us know in the comments, and we will find a solution.
We charge a deposit to book the tour. The deposit is made through our partner PayPal. The payment is completely secured and encrypted, and you are covered by PayPal’s buyers protection. The deposit guarantees your reservation, and ensures we have an available tour guide for you on the selected dates. Your deposit is non-refundable. You pay the remaining amount when you arrive in Manaus. We accept cash as payment.
You get picked up at 07:00 am at your hotel and from there we go to the Seasa Port where we´ll get on board of the speed boat that will cross us to the other side of the amazon river. At some point the captain will stop at the amazing Meeting Of The Waters for pictures and information will be given about this phenomenon that happens between the Rio Negro and the Rio Solimões.
After we cross the Rio Solimões (Amazon river) we arrive at a town called Careiro da Várzea. From Careiro´s town we drive on a kombi van for about an hour on the highway BR319 to arrive at the Mamori area where we´ll get onboard again on a speedboat to reach our lodge around 11:30.
At 12 o’clock we’ll have lunch. Afterwards you have 2 hours to get to know the lodge, relax, swim in the amazon river. The activities start around 2pm. We sail out on indigineous wooden canoes for animals and birds spotting where you might get the chance to see sloths, monkeys and the river dolphins(botos).
We´ll also go out to fish piranhas and if like it we´ll prepare it for dinner for you. After we teach how to catch piranhas we´ll watch the beautiful amazonian sunset. We will return to the lodge around 18:30. Dinner starts to be served at 19:00.
After dinner we´ll sail out to find and catch a wild caiman. The guide will catch the caiman and provide you with information about these prehistoric animals. After that the guide will put it back in the water. He won´t hurt the caiman at any point. After this intense night activity we will return back to the lodge to rest for the next day.
At 5:30am we start off the day by watching the amazonian sunrise. After the sunrise we come back to the lodge to have a delicious traditional amazonian breakfast at 7:00am. At 8:00am we´ll take you for a jungle trekking. We´ll drive for 30 minutes until we arrive to the starting point of our jungle hiking.
We´ll be hiking from 8:30 until 11:30. During the hike the guide will give you explanations about the flora and fauna of the Amazon jungle. You will learn all about the pharmaceutical trees, leaves, vines and a lot more of what nature can give us. There is a good chance to see monkeys, sloths, snakes, tarantula spiders, dart frogs, and other interesting animals and insects of the amazon jungle.
We will come back to the lodge for lunch which will be served at 12:00. After lunch, you will have time to prepare yourself to leave the lodge at 2:00pm. We will return back to Manaus the same way we came. We will arrive back in Manaus around 4:00pm and our driver will take you from the Seasa Port back to your hotel and that is the end of our tour.
Your hotel in Manaus
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You will be staying in a great jungle lodge in Maçarico. All rooms have air condition and private bathroom with necessary amenities. On the property there is Wi-Fi, lounge areas with TV, and a bar where you can relax and have a drink. Meals will be served in the restaurant. All meals are included in the price. You only pay extra for soda, beer or alcohol.
