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Rio Negro & Upper Rio Negro Amazon Cruises

Rio Negro (Riverboat +)

DAY 01 Arrival and transfer IN to hotel. Free afternoon to sightsee Manaus. Overnight at Hotel Brazil

DAY 02 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 03 Boat travel up the Rio Negro River to Arara, a Caboclo village just before the first of the Anavilhanas Islands. Visit with the Viana family, a traditional Amazon river family. Canoeing, hiking, bird-watching and visiting local families Afternoon exploration of the first of the first of the Anavilhanas islands

DAY 04-11 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 Hotel Brazil

DAY 12 Free morning to sightsee Manaus Transfer OUT to airport for departure

Price: $2465 per person, minimum of 2. Students aged 13-19 pay 25% less with 2 adults. Children 12 and under pay 50% less with 2 adults. Groups of 4 or more reserving together get a 20% discount. Airfare is not included.

The same tour can be done by air-conditioned houseboat + overnights at the Atlantica Go Inn in Manaus for US$2995 per person.

Upper Rio Negro

On the day following arrival in historic Manaus the group will fly to Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira on the Upper Rio Negro River near the Venezuelan/Brazilian border. From Sao Gabriel the group will first travel south by motorboat to magical Sleeping Beauty Mountain to visit with native people of the Curicuriari River. After 4 days in this area the group will then travel north on the Negro River past the Vaupes, Isana and Xie Rivers; the objective of the tour is to visit communities of a variety of native communities along the way. The tour will culminate with a visit to legendary Cucui Rock on the border with Venezuela. Features of this tour include beach and forest camping, canoeing, trekking, fishing, wildlife photography, local culture. The tour will end back at Sao Gabriel.

DAY 1 - Arrive Manaus and transfer IN to hotel. Overnight at Hotel

DAY 2-5 - Transfer OUT to airport. Depart Manaus @ 6.30 am, (RICO Airlines)
Arrive Sao Gabriel @ 9.00 am. Travel to the Curicuriari River. Explore and/or Climb Sleeping Beauty Mountain and visit local communities

Day 6-13 - Travel north on the upper Rio Negro past the Vaupes, Isana and Xie Rivers.
Visit local communities along the way. Explore and/or Climb Cucui Rock

DAY 14 - Group returns to Sao Gabriel from the Vaupes River (40km)Overnight at the Hotel Vaupes.

DAY 15 - Depart Sao Gabriel at 9.05 am, Wednesday (RICO airlines), Arrive Manaus at 11.10 am. Transfer to IN to Hotel. Overnight at Hotel

DAY 16 - transfer to airport.

Price is $3950 per person, minimum of 2 people. Students aged 13-19 pay 25% less with 2 adults. Children 12 and under pay 50% less with 2 adults. Groups of 4 or more reserving together get a 20% discount.

Can start on any day, depending on flights

Not included in tour cost: airport departure taxes, alcohol, tips, arts&crafts etc). Mosquito nets and jungle hammocks are included in the tour price.

Depending on road and river conditions, and client preferences, it may not be possible to visit all the Indian villages listed here. The plan is always however to visit Cucui rock and descend the Rio Negro River all the way back to Sao Gabriel visiting Bare, Baniwa and Tucano Indian villages along the way.