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Tour carried out on the Juma River south of the city of Manaus in an area off the traditional routes and far from communities or homes, thus enabling a true immersion in the Amazon rainforest and exploring a primary forest through a tour designed to provide visitors with a unique and unforgettable experience. This package is recommended for people interested in having maximum contact with nature through activities such as hiking, camping, canoeing, fishing, animal observation in general and some notions of survival in the forest.
Activities;
Day 1: at 7:30am Transfer from the hotel to Ceasa Port, located approximately 15 km from the center of Manaus. From this place at 8 am, we will use a speedboat (boat) to cross the meeting of the waters where a brief explanation will be given of this famous natural phenomenon which is the meeting of two rivers (Rio Negro and Solimões). After the explanation, we will continue to the village of Careiro from where at 8:30 am, we will continue by land (Car, or Van = Combi) for approx. 1.20h to the Paraná do Mamori river. From there, around 9:45am, we will continue by speedboat for approximately 2:20 hours, arriving at the lodge about 12pm.
Lunch is served at 12:30 pm and the activity to be done on the first day will be a reconnaissance tour of the region aboard a motorized canoe to observe the region and learn a little about it. This tour will start at 3pm. We will go out in a canoe to observe dolphin, birds and different areas of the region with the possibility of always finding something at the next bend of the river or in the next forest. We return to the lodge its after watching a wonderful sunset from the middle of the river or lake, normally around 6:30 pm. At 7pm dinner will be served, ending the first day of immersion in the forest of the Juma River region.
Day 2: At 5:15 am the day will start with a canoe trip to see and hear the awakening of nature, where the silence is broken by the singing of birds and the noise of other animals such as monkeys, with the possibility of observing more dolphins and ending this short tour with a privileged view of the sunrise from the middle of the river. The group will then return to the lodge and breakfast will be served at 6:45 am.
From 7:45 am to 11:15 am the group will do the walk (trail) through the forest with explanations of medicinal plants, basic notions of survival in the forest with the possibility of seeing some animals such as monkeys, spiders and others animals found in the region, returning after completing this activity.Lunch will be at 12:30 pm and the afternoon activity will begin at 2:45 pm. They will go out to for piranhas fishing, with the possibility of catching other species of fish depending on the water level, a determining factor in the tours and life in general in the Amazon rainforest. At 6pm they will return to the lodge and at 7pm dinner will be served. After dinner, they will go out in a canoe to spot alligators, where the guide will show from the canoe how to find the alligators, if possible, according to safety conditions, will try to catch a small specimen to better observe it and explain about this animal, then returning it to the nature, then finishing this day’s activities.
Day 3: After breakfast at 7:30am, there will be a canoeing trip exploring the igapós (flooded forest) and streams in the region. Canoeing is an activity that provides a great chance to see and learn about the flora and fauna of this fantastic area of ​​the Amazon rainforest. Canoeing its done in a wooden canoes, as it makes it easier to access difficult areas between the trees without making noise, making it possible to find some birds and groups of monkeys as in certain areas depending on the period and water level, they will paddle below the treetops and they will return to the lodge around 11 am.
At 2:30 pm, the group will leave for the period of jungle camping in the jungle and only return to the lodge on the last day of the tour. During the period of camping in the jungle, they will sleep in hammocks with mosquito nets in different places. During camping together with the guide, the guests will make (cook) all their meals over a wood fire, taking care to prevent the fire from spreading throughout the forest and causing major problems. In the evening after dinner, the guests will talk to the english speaking guide and to the local guide about local legends, experiences, customs of the natives and the importance of the forest.
Days 4,5,6: During these days of camping in the jungle, the group will do activities such as trekking during the day, night trekking, canoeing through streams, night canoeing and night fishing with a harpoon. The guests will learn how to find water, how to find food and observe different species of monkeys, tarantulas and the possibility of encountering other animals during the activities, as they will be in the forest and it is not known what will be found on the next step.
On the last day, they will return to the lodge getting there around 11am.At 11:45am lunch will be served and at 12:45pm begins the journey back to Manaus with expected arrival in the city about 4:30pm at the hotel, thus ending our 6-day survival tour in the Amazon jungle at the Brutos lodge in the Juma reserve.
