Arrive at the airport of the city of Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian Amazon and the center of all excursions to the Amazon rainforest. We are welcomed and driven to our hotel where the presentation of the next days’ adventure program awaits us. In the evening, we will go to a good restaurant in the city to enjoy a delicious welcome dinner. Overnight at your accommodation.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Dinner

Accommodation:

• Mid-Range Accommodation: Hotel Villa Amazônia

The day starts in the heart of the Amazon with a short tour of the city of Manaus. It will be a walk across Manaus traditional neighborhoods, the municipal market, the fish market, passing in front of the Rio Negro Palace, home of the state government and the Palace of Justice, to end with a visit to the Amazonas Theatre, one of the main attractions of Manaus. After the city tour, we start the amazon expedition by private boat, which will accommodate us for the next three days. At Marina Tauá we board our yacht where they will receive us with a welcome cocktail and introduce us to the crew. After accommodating in the cabins and attending the security and itinerary procedures, we meet our group in the leisure room for lectures about Amazon where we will get a good start on understanding Amazon preservation and ecology. After dinner, we will explore little creeks in our canoes and listen to the sounds of nocturnal animals with the possibility of observing birds, frogs, snakes, and caimans. Overnight at your accommodation.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Accommodation:

• Mid-Range Accommodation: Amazon Clipper Cruises

Early in the morning, we explore the surroundings along the water's edge in our canoes while we find fruit-eating birds like parrots and toucans. After breakfast we go for a jungle walk, we discover many surprising fragrances in plants, fruits, woods, and animals. Around midday, we return and we may go for a swim before lunch. In the afternoon we navigate through the Anavilhanas National Park, one of the world’s largest freshwater archipelagos, a labyrinth of waterways. In the late afternoon, we embark on the canoes and learn more about this wonderful nature park. Overnight at your accommodation.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

• Mid-Range Accommodation: Amazon Clipper Cruises

Early this morning we spend a little time fishing for piranhas and other fish. After breakfast, we visit a “Natives Community” where we find many of the typical Amazonian fruits like Cupuaçu and Tapereba, palm trees like Açaí, Tucumã, and Pupunha. We learn about the preparation of manioc flour and the health and education situation of the children. After lunch, we are landing on one of the white sandy beaches to swim in the dark water. We'll explore by canoe and go scouting for wildlife in the late afternoon. On the way toward the Amazon River will be served dinner. Overnight at your accommodation.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

• Mid-Range Accommodation: Amazon Clipper Cruises

Early this morning we explore the Lake January Ecological Park. This area is usually a very good place to observe wildlife and see the “Victoria Regia”, the giant water lilies. While we have breakfast we navigate to the “Meeting of the Waters”, the confluence of the world’s two largest rivers, the Amazon and the Negro. Then we will return to Manaus. Now, we go on our private transfer from Manaus to Novo Airão (2h30m - 200km) in an air-conditioned vehicle. After having lunch at the CamuCamu Restaurant we’ll go on a city tour in Novo Airão, with a tour guide; it can be done riding the hotel's bikes or on a motor vehicle. In the afternoon we can do optional activities like swimming with buoys in the Black River. After dinner, we are going out by speedboat to observe the alligator and other nocturnal animals in the Anavilhanas National Park. Overnight at your accommodation.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Accommodation:

• Mid-Range Accommodation: Mirante do Gavião

The last day of the excursion is full of activities to make the most of this wild immersion in nature. Breakfast at the lodge's restaurant. Dry Season: Soon after breakfast, departure by speedboat to visit St. Antonio community and Tiririca community where we’ll make an interpretative trail in the equatorial forest. For lunch, we are going to taste Amazonian fish barbequed on a traditional natives’ home, and then we go to rest on Tiririca Beach, in the heart of the Anavilhanas National Park. After the refreshing bath, we’ll do flora and fauna appreciation in the islands, rapidly shifting to the largest tree from Anavilhanas islands, a giant “macucu”, in a raid on lowland forest and explanation of this peculiar ecosystem. Flood Season: departure by speedboat to visit the Sobrado community where we’ll make an interpretive trail in the equatorial forest, visiting the biggest tree species in the Amazon, the Samaúma. For lunch, we are going to taste Amazonian fish barbequed on traditional natives’ home. Then we go see another giant tree from the Anavilhanas islands, a giant macucu in Parana das Araras. We go back to our accommodation through the flooded forest for flora and fauna explanation of that ecosystem and finally, we have dinner. Overnight at your accommodation.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

• Mid-Range Accommodation: Mirante do Gavião

Speedboat departure before breakfast for sunrise contemplation activity at Anavilhanas Archipelago. Then we go back to eat and get ready for our speedboat trip to freshwater beaches (dry season) or aquatic trails through the flooded forest (flood season). Return at 11:00 a.m. to Lodge’s check-out. At 12:00 we’ll have a courtesy lunch in the lodge's restaurant, under the condition of the unoccupied suite. At 1:00 p.m. transfer to Manaus in an air-conditioned vehicle (duration 2:30 hours) until the airport to fly to our next destination.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch