Anavilhanas Camping Trip 3D/2N

Description

The tour takes place at the Anavilhanas Village Lodge in the Rio Negro region and requires a minimum of 2 people.

Activities;

• Piranha fishing
• Alligator spotting at night
• Jungle walk (Trekking)
• Swim with dolphins
• Visit to an indigenous community
• Canoe trip through the creeks (during the flood season)
• One night camping in the forest

Day 1: At 8:30 am, transfer from the hotel to the Ceasa port, where a boat (speedboat) will be used to visit the famous meeting of the waters (where the Negro and Solimões rivers meet) to record this moment in videos or photos and with an explanation given by the guide about this famous natural phenomenon. Then, return to the port and continue by car for about 12,2 hours to Açutuba scheduled for 10:30 am. During the jouney, you will pass by the Negro River bridge. From there, the trip will continue by boat (speedboat) for a 30 minutes ride until reaching the Lodge, with arrival estimated around 11:15 am. Upon arrival at the Lodge, welcome drinks are served and guests are accommodated. The lunch will be served at 12 pm.

After lunch, there is a free time to rest and organize equipment to begin the first activities of the day.

At 2:30 pm, the activities will begin with the group leaving in a motorized canoe to go piranha fishing and a short canoe ride around the region to get to know and observe the surrounding area and its natural beauty. At 6:30 p.m., you will watch a beautiful sunset from the middle of the river. On the way back to the lodge, the group will do the alligator spotting. The guide will try to catch a small alligator and give you all the information about it. Finishing this activity, the group will return to the lodge ending the activities of the first day.

Day 2: At 5:30 am, there is a short canoe ride to observe the awakening of nature with the first rays of sunlight and the silence being broken by the songs of birds and other animals in the region. At 7am, breakfast is served. After breakfast, a canoe trip through the streams and flooded forest = igapó (activity during the rainy season) and also a visit to a local community is done to learn a little about the lives of the people in the forest.

In the afternoon at 3pm, the group will go for the camping in the forest where they will sleep in hammocks with mosquito nets in a small straw tent built in the forest. While camping in the forest, they will learn about some local legends as well as some notions of jungle survival, such as finding water and food in a situation of being lost in the jungle.

Day 3: The group, together with the guide, will make their breakfast in the jungle and after that, they will go for the jungle trekking. During this activity, the guide will explain about the forest and some medicinal plants found in the area. There is also the chance to find tarantulas and other animals. After the trekking, they will return to the lodge and at 12pm lunch will be served.

Note: The pool will always be available after the activities.

At 1 pm, the trip back to Manaus will begin, but after leaving the lodge, they will pass by the Tatuyo indigenous community. Upon arriving at the community, they will watch the indigenous ritual (dance) and will have the opportunity to take photos and videos at the village. Finishing the visit, they will continue the trip back to Manaus, arriving in the city at 4pm.