This
longer riverboat tour is based on our classic one week
boat tour package and offers an additional 4 days exploration
on the Rio Negro River. This additional time allows
us to explore lesser known destinations above the Anavilhanas
Archipelago, principally Jau National Park. This tour
features classic Amazon boat cruising, and excellent
trekking & canoeing excursions in really pristine
Amazon rainforest conditions. Daily canoeing excursions,
rainforest walks and full home-cooked meals are included.
Other attractions include sport fishing, wildlife photography,
swimming, beach BarBQs and visit with local Amazonian
river people.
2005 Rate per person US$1250 ( Base
on double occupancy).
Departure date: the 11 Day Riverboat
Plus starts any day.
Included: transfers IN/OUT in Manaus,
2 nights hotel in Manaus, welcome dinner, city tour
+ 10 days/9 nights river & rainforest tour (Riverboat/
hammocks).
DAY 00
Arrival and Transfer IN to Hotel
Welcome dinner at Bufalo BarBQ restaurant. Overnight
at Lider Hotel or similar.
DAY 01
After breakfast the group will depart from the floating
port in our boat, a classic Amazon riverboat, fully
outfitted with food, drink, and crew. From Manaus we
travel half an hour to the stunning meeting of the waters,
where the Rio Negro meets the Amazon, but the two do
not mix due to differences in velocity, density and
temperature. At the meeting of the waters we often see
gray and pink river dolphins, and the local fishermen.
Second stop is Lake Janauary, a watershed receiving
water from both the Amazon and Rio Negro rivers. We
will visit a restaurant run by local "caboclo"
river people and walk through the treetops on a walkway
to view giant Amazon waterlilies. We might see monkeys,
hawks, alligators, morpho butterflies, toucans etc.
After lunch in the boat we make our way down to a group
of islands on the Amazon River called Iranduba. Afternoon
bird-watching, piranha fishing, and nighttime alligator
search.
Overnight on the Boat, Amazon River
DAY 02
If the conditions are good the boat will spend a second
day on the Amazon River exploring Lake Januauca.
Canoeing, Bird-watching, Visiting Local Families. Boat
travel up the Rio Negro River to Arara, a Caboclo village
just before the first of the Anavilhanas Islands. Rainforest
hike at Arara. Visit with the Viana family, a traditional
Amazon river family. Afternoon exploration of the first
of the first of the Anavilhanas islands. Overnight at
Over Look Lodge, Rio Negro
DAY 03-10
Travel through the islands to the mouth of the Cuieiras
River Travel up to Jau National Park. A variety of rainforest
hikes, canoeing side-trips, swimming and fishing excursions,
and visits with Caboclo river families. Return to Manaus.
Overnight at Lider Hotel
DAY 11
After breakfast at the hotel the group will be taken
on a guided/driven city tour to see the Amazonas Opera
House, the Municipal Market, and the Rio Negro Palace.
Transfer OUT to Airport for Departure
Please
take note that the sequence of visits can change to
meet climatic and/or operational reasons at time of
cruise.
