Day 1: Manaus - Amazon Jungle, Brazil
Departure Time: 8:00 am
Depart Manaus for the Amazon Jungle Activities
Departure at 8:00 am from the office and transfer to the CEASA harbour where you will take a speed boat to cross the river to Careiro village, passing by the meeting of the waters. Over there you will take a van for around 60 minutes until you reach a place called Paraná do Mamori where you will take the second speed boat to go to the lodge, where you will be staying for 5 days and 4 nights. Arrive at 11:00 am, see the accommodations, have lunch, and after lunch, you start the activities going for a canoe tour for piranha fishing, dolphin observation. Back to the lodge for dinner and after dinner, again by canoe, you will go for the Cayman spotting, where the guide will show you some big Caymans and after he will catch a smaller one to explain to you and if you want you can grab it to make some nice pictures. Back to the lodge and overnight.
Meals: L, D
Day 2: Amazon Jungle, Brazil
Activities in the Amazon Jungle
Early in the morning, before breakfast, you will see the sunrise and do a bird watch tour, back to the lodge for breakfast and after breakfast, you will do an ecological jungle trekking from 8:00 am to 11:00 am, where the guide will explain all about medicinal plants, some techniques of survival in the jungle and animals that you can see during the trek like spiders, and different kind of monkeys, sloths etc. (We can't promise that you will see wild animals but due to the Juma lake being a protected area the chances to see wildlife are very good). After lunch, at around 2:00 pm you will leave overnight in the jungle where you will learn about the nightlife in the jungle, try to see the animals that come out by night, learn some more techniques of survival in the jungle and spearfishing.
Meals: B, L, D
Day 3: Amazon Jungle, Brazil
Activities in the Amazon Jungle
After breakfast that the guide will prepare for you in the jungle, you will explore the jungle by paddle canoeing in the flooded forest and small creeks where you will learn about the fauna and the flora of the region; back to the lodge for lunch and after lunch you will visit a local people house (caboclos) to see and learn about their way of life, see how they do the manioc flour and interact with them and overnight at the local people house.
Meals: B, L, D
Day 4: Amazon Jungle, Brazil
Activities in the Amazon Jungle
You will be camping in different places in the Amazon jungle and will do the following activities: spearfishing at night to catch fish for your own food, jungle trekking in different places of the jungle, canoe ride (paddling) at night in the small channels, try to see monkeys, birds, dolphins, overnight in the forest and at the local people house. The most important thing is that you will have an experienced jungle guide who will show you and will explain to you how to survive in the forest.
Meals: B, L, D
Day 5: Amazon Jungle - Manaus, Brazil
Activities in the Amazon Jungle Return to Manaus
On the last day, you will return to the lodge, arriving there about 11:30 am for lunch and at 13:00 hrs you will start your journey back to Manaus arriving at 5:00 pm in the city.
Meals: B, L