Tour Done at Lodge Sol do Amanha on the South region at Maçarico Lake at Juma reserve.
A minimum of 2 people its required to do this tour. In case of 1 person, please contact us for availability and for group price.
This jungle tour its recommended for people interested in exploring a bit more of the Amazon doing a wonderful jungle treking, canoe trips and visiting the local people (caboclos) house of the region to learn about the simple and fantastic way of living in the Amazon Rainforest
Activities:
- Visit the meeting of the waters (junction of the Solimões river and the Negro river)
- Piranha fishing
- Dolphin watching
- Sunrise and sunset watching
- Alligator spotting at night
- Jungle trekking
- Visiting the local people (caboclos)
- Canoeing in the flooded forest and small channels (during the Rainy season).
Trip Itinerary
On this tour, there is a visiting to the meeting of the waters, piranha fishing, spear fishing at night, dolphin watching, sunrise and sunset watching, jungle trekking, cayman spotting in the evening and visiting the local people. In the rainy season from (from April to August), it is possible to do canoeing (paddling) Through the flooded forest and in small channels (creeks).
Day one: At 8am the group is transferred from the hotel to the Ceasa port where a speed boat is used to take visitors to the meeting of the waters, the point where the Negro river and the Solimões river meet. From there they are taken to the Careiro Village on the other side of the Solimões river. From there the journey continues by car or by van for about an hour to the beginning of Maçarico lake. From there, another speed-boat takes the group to the lodge on a 15 minutes ride arriving there at about 11am.
At 2:30pm – to 3pm, the activities begin, the group leaves by motorized canoe for piranha fishing, dolphin and bird watching and the sunset watching at about 6:30pm. After dinner Cayman (alligátor)spotting its done, It’s an activity where the guide catches a cayman and gives technical information about it.
Day two: From 5:30am to 6:15am, a canoe trip is done to watch the sunrise and to get a close up view of the forest waking up to a new day. At 7am breakfast is served and then at 8am a jungle walk starts and it goes up to 11:30am. During the walk, the guide explains valuable information about the forest. Much is learned about medicinal plants, spiders, trees and there is even a chance of seeing monkeys.
In the afternoon the activity starts at 3pm. It is canoeing through the flooded forest and in the small channels. It is a great opportunity to see and learn about the flora and fauna of this fantastic Amazon jungle.
Day Three: From 8am to 11am, the group goes to visit a local family to see and learn their simple and fantastic way of living in the forest. After visiting the locals, the group returns to the lodge and at about1:30pm the journey back to Manaus begins there at about 4:30pm.