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Brazil Tours and TravelSuggested
Packages / Rio area / Amazon
/ Pantanal / Iguassu
/ Salvador and Bahia The Riverboat Amazon Adventure Cruise
This classic program introduces travelers to the Amazon River and the Lower Negro River which includes the Rio Negro State Park and the Anavilhanas Archipelago Ecological Station (an UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2003). Daily canoeing excursions, rainforest walks and full home-cooked meals are included. Other attractions include sport fishing, wildlife photography, swimming, beach barbqs, bird-watching and visits with the local Amazonian river people. This tour takes in as much river and jungle action as
possible. Our boats are traditional regional riverboats, which are two-decked,
with dining/ living/ sleeping area, toilet, engine room, kitchen, shower/wash
area and sun deck. On board is your captain, cook and guide. Guides are
local, registered and knowledgeable. Food includes fresh river fish, tropical
fruits and regional vegetables. Accommodations on tour include: 3 nights
sleeping in hammocks on boat, 1 night jungle camping (optional), 1 night
with a traditional "Caboclo" river family and accomodated in
the "Over Look Lodge", a rustic Amazon jungle lodge operated
by the Vianas family. 2 nights hotel in Manaus. DAY 1 Arrival and Transfer IN to Hotel. Overnight
at Hotel Brazil
DAY 03-04 - Early in the
morning the boat will make its way up the Negro River to the homestead
of Tania's family near the river and village of Arara. Here we will go
for long treks deep into the jungle to study medicine plants with Tania's
father (a local medicine man). We will go canoeing on the Jaraqui and
Ariau Rivers- igarapes (small rivers) near our lodge and on the opposite
side of the Negro River across "Anaconda Bay". At night we will
search for tarantulas, bats, alligators, night birds and other creatures.
Beyond Arara we will visit the first islands of the vast Anavilanhas Archipelago,
the largest group of freshwater islands in the world. In the dry season
we will go walking and canoeing amidst the islands to see monkeys, toucans,
iguanas and dolphins. In the rainy season we will explore the flooded
forest ("igapo"), and the unique treetop world hidden above
the flooded islands. Overnight accommodations in our boat. DAY 05-07 - After further travel up the Negro River
and through the Anavilhanas Archipelago the boat will travel up the Cuieiras
River, a fantastic tributary of the Negro. Here we will go trekking and
canoeing in various locations, and visit our private, rainforest reserve
where we work supporting a number of local river families. Overnight accommodations
in the boat and/or in a rainforest camp (optional). DAY 08 - Free morning to sightsee Manaus Transfer
OUT to Airport for Departure Includes all meals, except last dinner, tours, drinks (except for beer), transfers, 2 hotel nights at Hotel. See Shorter Versions of This Tour
How does this cruise
and the Dona Tania cruise (under "Moderate Cruises") My boat may not be so big or have such nice cabins, as the Clipper, but we more than make up for that with excellent guides, an excellent program for small groups only (2-8 persons), excellent food, and an excellent program of sustainable development we have been nurturing over the years amongst the local river communities. If a client wants something more authentic, and that really gives back to the locals, and that really contributes to the preservation of the Amazon then he should have no problem paying to tour with us. For me it's about quality not quantity...the price is not the point...Despite the fall of the dollar I still believe our tours are well priced when you consider everything the client receives.
I think you might consider lining us up alongside the Clipper (head-to-head) and list the pluses and minuses...cabin size, locations visited, guide experience, safety record, ecoprojects sponsored etcetera. Another PLUS regarding our tours versus the Clipper...they start at 2:30pm the first day and end at 11:30am the last day; we start at 830am and end at 6pm. From what I know people want to have a real Amazon experience and they want to contribute towards saving the rainforest. And that's what I offer. I'm Director of Incoming Touirsm for the Brazilian Association of Travel Agents-Amazonas, Board of Directors of the Amazonas Convention & Vistors Bureau, Founding Member of the United States Chamber of Commerce in Amazonas, Trade Consultant to the Instuitute of Ecological Research (IPE), Columnist and Contributing Writer-Brazilmax.com, Member-Latin American Travel Association (UK), Adventure Trade & Travel Association, International Ecotourism Society, Ecoclub, Cousteau Society, WWF, National Geographic Society etc etc. Well, I am these things and more!
I'm an extremely commited person who has dedicated already 15 years of my life to doing something constructive here to save the Amazon. Principally I do that through what I consider to be the best tours operated here, but I am also extremely active outside of my job working on conservation projects and writing about the region. I think people want to support a company that is truly working to save the Amazon. I'm here doing what milliions only think about doing. I'm out there every day tyring to save the Amazon and save the World in the process. recommended in numerous international guidebooks: featured in a number of magazines and newspapers:
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