We offer jungle survival lodge tours to Maçarico. You can choose between two to five days of adventure to Maçarico. Maçarico is located only 90 kilometers from Manaus, but you will get to experience some amazing Amazon nature.
You will stay in the jungle lodge for most of the nights, but we will have daily excursions where you will learn many things 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.
You pay a 50% deposit when you book the tour. The payment 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.
If you have any questions about the tour, please use the enquiry form and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
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´ll go 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 for our next adventure.
We´ll drive for 40 minutes until a place in the jungle where we are going to set up our jungle camp. We will prepare the hammocks and mosquito nets for the night. After we have set our camp we´ll prepare our dinner. For the vegetarians, there are a lot of different fruits and vegetables in the jungle that are eatable and good tasting. If you would like chicken or rice we´ll bring it with us from the lodge, but we recommend the amazonian way and catch our own fish with spears. You can choose whatever option you prefer.
We will make an open campfire in the jungle where we will make all our food. After dinner, we will look at the stars and tell stories about the amazonian people and our culture. This night we will sleep outside in the jungle. Prepare yourself for one of the most amazing nights of your lifetime.
We’ll have breakfast at 8:00. After breakfast we’ll leave our camp to go visit one of the many native villages of the Amazon jungle. We’ll learn about their way of living and the guide will explain how these people live, grow crops, feed their families. For example the manioc root, which they use to produce a flour called farinha.
You will learn about a culture that thrives without electricity and any other kind of luxury. For many it´s an eyeopener to experience how it really is to live in the Amazon jungle. We´ll have lunch together with the native people. After lunch we will go out again to animal spotting in small canoes some of the animals that usually walk on the riverbanks.
We´ll use small canoes and paddles to try and make as little noise as possible to not scare off the animals. We will also do bird watching, and spending time enjoying the sunset. After sunset, we will return back to the native community.
At night we will go out spearfishing together with natives. We will also try to spot some poisonous snakes in the trees. After this night activity, we will return back to the native house where we are going to have dinner. We will eat the fish that we caught during our spearfishing. This night we´ll be sleeping in the house of the native family with hammocks and mosquito nets.
We get up at 7:00 to have breakfast. After breakfast we will leave the native house for our last hiking or canoeing, depending on the season. If it is dry season we will do a hike in the floating jungle. If it is rainy season we will visit the same floating jungle by canoes. There is a big chance to see a boa constrictor floating in the jungle. After the hike/canoe in the wetlands we will return back to the lodge for lunch.
After lunch you will have time to relax and prepare your stuff to leave at 14:00. We will return back to Manaus the same way we came. We will arrive back in Manaus at 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.
If you wish to spend a night sleeping outside in the jungle, together with our guide of course, we can certainly make that happen. Spending an entire night under the stars in the Amazon jungle is one of the most amazing experiences you will ever have.
