Private River cruise Rio Negro & Anavilhanas

You start your cruise from your hotel where we pick you up around 7:30 AM. You travel directly to the Port of Manaus. After arranging your cabin, you can have a look at the nearby markets. They sell all kinds of medicinal plants and fishes large and small that originate from the Amazon. If you have some last-minute items to buy or look for a few nice souvenirs, this is a good opportunity.

The ship cruises first towards the famous Meeting of the Waters. This is the place where the dark Rio Negro meets the muddy Solimões River. The two rivers continue next to each other without mixing for several kilometers. The jungle guide will explain this phenomenon in detail. You can also feel the difference between the rivers yourself.

The ship sails upstream on the Rio Negro. After lunch on board you will explore the Igapó channel with a small vessel. This trip leads you through a swamp which is home to a lot of wildlife. We start to go up on the negro river and look for a place to sleep in Jacaré Ubal.

You have dinner with local dishes and can join a discovery tour to spot frogs and snakes in the evening.

You wake up early to see the sunrise over the Amazon, an amazing sight when the weather is not too cloudy. Then you have a look on the small river of Paricatuba, where you have a good opportunity to see all kinds of birds. It is best to wear trousers and shirts with long sleeves, as it may still be chilly early in the morning.

After the breakfast we go by ship to an area called Ariaú. This is a home to a small, muddy river with a lot of wildlife. We will try to see a sloth and the parrots that live around here. We reunite with the main ship in different place for lunch.       

After lunch we go for fishing for piranha. A simple rod with some chicken can be enough to catch them. The next event is to swim with the pink river dolphins around 4:30 PM. These animals with their characteristic long mouth and pink color are friendly creatures and you can feel their soft skin if they come close. This is a perfect opportunity to make some great photos. Besides that, you can see the pirarucu or arapaima, a fish which is raised here as part of a conversation program. The pirarucu can grow up to 3 meters and is very strong!

You will go to see the sunset and hear the sound of the forest in the early evening. Then we go by ship to the Anavilianas archipelago where we go to sleep this night.

You visit the national park Anavilhanas today. This park contains one of the largest archipelagos in the word, with over 400 islands in the Rio Negro. You make a 3 hours trip with the small vessel, which includes a hike on one of the islands. The archipelago has lots of monkeys and parrots

After lunch, you go to camp in the jungle. This is an amazing experience, where you sleep in you own hammock in the middle of the jungle. You will be surprised by the sounds that you hear. You first hike to the camp and then we gather wood to prepare our own campfire. The fire is used to prepare a jungle barbecue. We bring our own food, mineral water, hammocks and mosquito nets from the ship. If you prefer to sleep on the ship instead of in the jungle, this is possible as well.

 

You wake up in the camp and head back to the ship with the group for breakfast. The ship sails down river to the national park Estadual Rio Negro. The guide will explain everything about this amazing place and its history: how people got very rich due to the rubber trade and how the city they built, got abandoned later on.   

You travel in the afternoon to the Indian village of Tatuyu. We will use the small boat to explore the surrounding nature and watch the sunset. Dinner is served on the ship. The night is reserved to relax on the ship and watch the Milky Way that is clearly visible, because you are far away from any big city.

 

You will go to visit the small Indian community of Tatuyu where you will discover how the local people live in this area and what they do for a living. The visit takes around one hour in the community and includes a visit to the local school. If you wish, you can bring some gifts for the school children. 

The final visit of the cruise is at the Rubber museum Vila Paraiso. This gives you a great impression how rubber was produced and stored in big warehouses before it was shipped for export. You will also see how the people lived during the production of rubber.

The cruise ship then heads back to Manaus harbor where we will dock around 17:30 in the afternoon. We bring you back to your hotel in Manaus or to the airport if you travel on directly after the cruise.