Grand Amazon: A Complete Amazon Adventure 8 Days

You will start your Amazon experience with a check-in at the Port of Manaus, where you will board your vessel and embark on the mighty Rio Negro. As the sun sets on the horizon, you can enjoy the view from our terrace with soft background music while completing your registration for the tours over the next few days. After the registration is complete, you will be welcomed by the Captain with a cocktail at Salão Lua, who will introduce the crew and outline the onboard facilities and safety protocol. After the introduction, dinner will be served at the Kuarup restaurant.

Eat breakfast on the terrace or at Kuarup Restaurant, then prepare for a morning excursion. You can either hike to observe the incredible flora and fauna of the Jaraqui region, or cruise aboard a motorboat through its narrow canals. After getting back on board, listen to a lecture introducing the Amazon; you will also visit the commander’s bridge, have some refreshments with the expedition team, and have lunch to refuel for the afternoon. This afternoon, you will learn all about the interesting Amazon Pink Dolphin at Salão Lua before you cruise in a motorboat to the islands of Três Bocas, part of the second-largest river archipelago in the world. You will have dinner at Kuarup Restaurant this evening.

After breakfast, visit a nearby indigenous community along the Rio Cuieiras to learn about their traditions, way of life, and crafts. Return on board for a lecture on Amazon fish, followed by another visit to the commander’s bridge, and lunch. In the afternoon, pick up your boots again and take a riverboat ride to the Ariaú area to visit a local farm or try your luck in piranha fishing. After dinner, continue the adventure with a night motorboat trip, where you will be treated to a magical view of the rainforest after dark.

Begin your day with an ‘Amazon Awakening’ experience – an early-morning motorboat cruise through the Rio Ariaú area, showcasing the morning birds’ songs, bright dawn colors, and awe of rainforest life that you will remember forever! After our Amazon Awakening experience, we set off on an excursion to see the Amazon pink dolphins and relax on a river beach. Upon returning to the vessel, you will learn about the Amazon birds in a lecture before lunch and afterward, join your expedition team to participate in group activities on the terrace. In the afternoon, you will take a short excursion to the Rubber Tappe Museum to discover the culture and history of the Amazon region. Your evening includes a special dinner in Kuarup restaurant, followed by a folkloric show in Salão Lua.

Lunch, bar, and pool services will be available throughout the day.
Cruise does not organize tours in Manaus; however, the ship’s reception can provide information and contacts for providers.
Rio Solimões Navigation: Enjoy the sunset on the terrace accompanied by live music, and complete your registration at the reception desk until 8:00 p.m.

You will start your day by enjoying a continental breakfast on the terrace or a full breakfast at the Kuarup restaurant. Birds will be singing, and howler monkeys will add their voices to the soundscape as you leave for Lago Janauacá by motorboat. It is about 45 minutes up the river to arrive at the site of a Caboclo family so that you can learn about their traditions, way of life, and crops. On the way back to the Kuarup, you will have a lecture on Amazon fruits at Salão Lua, and a quick visit to the commander’s bridge before lunch. In the afternoon, you will take another motorboat ride into the Manaquiri area, where you will see local plants and animals, or have the chance to go piranha fishing. After dinner, we will take a night excursion by motorboat into Manaquiri and observe the forest at night.

You will begin the day with breakfast on the terrace or breakfast at the Kuarup restaurant, and will then immerse yourself in the captivating experience of an “Amazon Awakening,” which is a motorboat tour of the Manacapurú region, during which you’ll have the chance to embrace all the sounds and views of the birds and sunrise. You’ll then have the option to continue your explorations with an additional motorboat ride through the streams or a guided walk through the jungle. Later in the day, you’ll have the opportunity to gather for a presentation on “Amazon People and Culture,” or continue to explore the area. After lunch on the terrace or at the Kuarup restaurant, you will again board a motorboat and go to Lago Janauari, which is located outside the reserve in the Manaus region, where you will visit a floating house, see some local crafts, or take a short walk in the area. The evening will be one dedicated to a pagent-style gala dinner at Kuarup Restaurant, followed by an evening folkloric show in Salão Lua where they will immerse you in the culture of the Amazon.

At the end of the last breakfast, you will experience one of the greatest natural wonders of the Amazon, the Meeting of the Waters, where the dark waters of the Rio Negro meet the sandy-colored waters of the Rio Solimões and run side by side without mixing. After the meeting of the waters, you will return to the Port of Manaus to check out and disembark from your cruise of a lifetime in the Amazon.