ITINERARY

Day 1 – Depart USA (D)
Depart Miami on your international flight bound for Manaus in Brazil. Dinner and rest in flight.

Day 2 – Manaus, Brazil – Amazon Ecopark Lodge (B L D)
Arrival at Eduardo Gomes International Airport in Manaus. Transfer in air-conditioned vehicle to the dock of the hotel where guests will board a typical riverboat and cruise up to the Amazon Ecopark Lodge.

Welcome Reception by the friendly staff that will meet you with refreshing Amazonian fruit juices and snacks. Afterwards, you will be shown to your room.

Afternoon Tour “Monkey Forest” - Depart the lodge in motorized canoes to “Monkey Forest" (a project sponsored by the Living Rainforest Foundation), whose main goal is to return the forest monkeys rescued from the illegal wildlifetrade. They receive medical treatment and are given time to become acclimated to the region before being released into the wild. The monkeys are fed twice a day, once at 11 am and the next at 4pm. You may take pictures and film the rare monkeys under the supervision of the specialized staff.

Dinner served buffet style at the main restaurant (featuring delicious local fish, beef and poultry + hot side dishes, assorted salads, typical desserts and fresh tropical fruits).

Night Sounds Tour - After dinner you will be invited to enjoy the sounds of the night in the jungle in motorized canoes. You will also go alligator spotting (guides will try to catch them and examine them).

Overnight at the AMAZON ECOPARK LODGE

Day 3 – Amazon Ecopark Lodge (B L D)

Brazilian Buffet Breakfast - including breads, cakes, ham, cheese, fruit juices, regional dishes & fresh fruits.

Jungle Survival Training - At 9:00 am everyone will be gathered in order to start introduction to the "Jungle Survival Training". You will be accompanied by the bilingual guide(s) and by the lodge’s staff. You will depart on treks through the jungle (first aid kits and compasses are available) learning how to build different types of shelters, traps (for hunting and survival in the jungle) using natural resources from the jungle (palm tree leaves, vines, etc). You will also learn about the extraction and curing of latex. The technique of extracting the latex will be shown as well as the entire process of curing. There will be a "tapiri" (straw shelter) built with the native rubber workerstools. During the trek you will also learn how to make fire and find water from natural resources of the jungle. You will learn what can be eaten or not, basic orientation in the jungle.

Lunch and Dinner will consist of sandwiches, fruits, BBQ chicken and/or piranhas and soup.

Overnight* in the JUNGLE: You’ll sleep in hammocks protected by "tapiris" (thatched roof)
*This overnight activity can be modified for the group to return to Eco Park Lodge for overnight.

Day 4 – Amazon Ecopark Lodge (B L D)

Breakfast in the jungle (again picnic style) or at the lodge.

Morning Relaxation where you will have free time for resting, or just relaxing at the natural swimming pools.

Buffet Lunch will be served at the main restaurant (featuring delicious local fish, beef and poultry + hot side dishes, assorted salads, typical desserts and fresh tropical fruits).

Afternoon Excursion and Piranha Fishing - Afternoon departure in motorized canoes to visit a native dwelling ("caboclos") to learn about the customs and way of life of these native inhabitants, Amazon Indian descendants. Following your visit you will go piranha fishing.

Buffet Dinner will be served at the main restaurant (featuring delicious local fish, beef and poultry + hot side dishes, assorted salads, typical desserts and fresh tropical fruits).

Overnight at the AMAZON ECOPARK LODGE

Day 5 – Amazon Ecopark Lodge (B L D)

Brazilian Buffet Breakfast - including breads, cakes, ham, cheese, fruit juices, regional dishes & fresh fruits.

Full Day Tour "Meeting of the Waters" - You'll experience the highlights of the Amazon on a typical riverboat tour to the "meeting of the waters". The black Negro River and the brown Solimões River meet and run together for miles without mixing until they finally merge to form the actual Amazon River. The "meeting of the waters" mark is where the distinctly different colors of the almost black Rio Negro (darkly tinted with steeped vegetation) and the lighter brown, silty Amazon are clearly demarked, not mixing together for miles.

Buffet Lunch featuring regional dishes

Afternoon Relaxation or Fishing - Optional piranha fishing tour in the lake behind the restaurant. You will return to the Amazon Ecopark Lodge around 6:00 pm.

Buffet Dinner at the main restaurant (featuring delicious local fish, beef and poultry plus hot side dishes, assorted salads, typical desserts and fresh tropical fruits).

Overnight at the AMAZON ECOPARK LODGE

Day 6 – Amazon Ecopark Lodge – Manaus (B L)

Brazilian Buffet Breakfast - including breads, cakes, ham, cheese, fruit juices, regional dishes & fresh fruits.

Morning at Leisure

Afternoon City Tour - Early afternoon board the motor launch and head back to Manaus. Afternoon city tour of the highlights of Manaus, including the world famous Opera House and the local market.

Overnight MANAUS – TROPICAL HOTEL

Day 7 – Manaus (B D)

Breakfast at Hotel

Full day at Leisure in Manaus: Perfect for last minute sightseeing and shopping for gifts to bring home! Our local staff will help you with optional exciting activities!

Farewell Dinner served at a Brazilian Restaurant.

Overnight MANAUS – TROPICAL HOTEL

Day 8 – Manaus – USA (B L)

Breakfast at Hotel

Airport Transfer: This morning you will depart to the airport. Board your flight bound for USA. Meals served by the airlines in-flight.

The Tropical Manaus Hotel is situated at the shore of the Rio Negro, in the heart of the Amazon. It is close to the Manaus International Airport and downtown Manaus. The Tropical Manaus Hotel features spacious and comfortable rooms, all with air conditioning. The hotel is well known for its Portuguese colonial-style decoration, family atmosphere and superb nightly entertainment. The hotel also features winding paths through a verdant forest and a zoo.

 

Tour Price Includes:

Air Transportation - Roundtrip airfare from Miami on IATAN and ARC member air carriers. Airfare is based on the lowest applicable airfare in economy class. US domestic airfares to connect to our departure city will be quoted separately. All airfares are subject to change and government approval until ticketed.

Hotels - Accommodations as mentioned in the based on double occupancy in Manaus and at Amazon Ecopark Lodge subject to confirmation. Hotels of similar quality may be substituted.

Meals - Full Brazilian Breakfast each day, as served by the hotels and lodges Lunch and Dinner each day while at the Amazon Ecopark Lodge Farewell Dinner in Manaus

Assistance - Meeting and assistance throughout by our representatives

Transfers - All transfers by private motor coach including porterage of one suitcase per person

Sightseeing/touring - By private vehicle/conveyance as per itinerary

Hotel Taxes and Service Charges - All hotel taxes and services charges are included

Tour Price Does Not Include: - The cost of obtaining a U.S. Passport, visa fees as required, meals and beverages other than specified in the itinerary, insurance, and items of a personal nature, such as telephone calls, laundry etc.

Allow approximately $110 for airport taxes, $ 80.00 for visa fees and about
$8 per person, per day for tips to guides and drivers. We will invoice the taxes in the final invoice.

Tour prices, schedules and rates of exchange are based on the value of the U.S. Dollar at the time the program was designed and are subject to change. Should the minimum number of participants not materialize, we reserve the right to increase the tour price.

Program and schedule subject to change.

Tour Price Double / Twin Room $1829.00* Single Room Supplement $439.00 Tour price is per person based on double occupancy in Twin / Double Room including airfare from Miami. View Full Terms and Conditions Please call to get schedule and pricing information. 1-800-874-1996 * US and International Airport Taxes are extra. WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU PROTECT YOUR TRAVEL PROGRAM INVESTMENT BY PURCHASING TRIP CANCELLATION/INTERUPTION INSURANCE.