Brazil Natural Wonders

Pick up at the airport and private transfer to the Barra Mansa Lodge.

Set up at the Barra Mansa Hotel. During your stay at Pantanal, your local private guide will plan with you the excursions you'll be doing to allow you to see as many things as possible. Indeed, depending on the season some animals migrate.

Among the activities we offer are:

- Walk at dawn around the hotel. During that walk you can admire small animals and local vegetation.

- Photographic safari in an all terrain vehicle. You will be able to discover places further away from the hotel as well as a large variety of species.

- Canoeing on the Rio Negro. It will allow you to discover many different aquatic birds. It is a perfect transportation to listen to all the sounds of this ecosystem.

- Motor boat trip on the Rio Negro, the most well preserved river of Pantanal (there are no villages on the river bank). You can stop at many of the different beaches to go for a swim.

- Night walk: a great opportunity to admire the nocturnal species, such as the caimans' lightened eyes.

- Horse ride: the most traditional activity to discover the Pantanal. It is the best way to reach places you cannot approach by foot or car.

- Take part in the traditional activities and lifestyle of the pantaneiro (the fazenda/farm takes care of the planning)

- Bird sighting: surucuá, colhereiro, urutau, arara azul, tucano, periquito, jacutinga, maçarico, garça, tuiuiú, socó, curicaca... More than 650 bird species live together in Pantanal.

- Sport fishing.

Dinner and night at the pousada.

Note: some excursions can be cancelled due to weather conditions and safety reasons.

An english speaking guide will accompany you during the day.
Included : private transport, transfer arrival, room & breakfast, dinner (no drinks), local guide

Excursions to be determined with your local guide during the day.

Night at the Barra Mansa hotel.

An english speaking guide will accompany you during the day.

Excursions to be determined with your local guide during the day.

Night at the Barra Mansa hotel.
An english speaking guide will accompany you during the day.

Excursions to be determined with your local guide during the day.

Night at the Barra Mansa hotel.
An english speaking guide will accompany you during the day.

Last excursion in the early morning with your local guide.

An english speaking guide will accompany you during the day.
Private transport to Bonito.

Night at the pousada Olho d'Agua (breakfast included).
Included : private transport, room & breakfast

Leave from the pousada at 09:00am. A 20-minute trip by car will take you to the "Blue Lake" cave. The cave is covered with stalactites and stalagmites. With a a bit of imagination you will see all sorts of creatures (little Buddha, dinosaurs, sorcerer, dancer…).

The cave ends in an underwater lake containing crystal clear water of the deepest blues imaginable. The groups for this visit are limited to a maximum of 15 people. In smaller groups, you will start in the direction of the Estancia Mimosa, for lunch. Afterwards, on a trail that snakes among orchids and bromelias, you will follow a stream up-river, from one waterfall to another, in the search of a place to swim.
Return to Bonito at the end of the day.

Night at the pousada Olho d'Agua (breakfast included).
Included : lunch (no drinks), local guide, entrance fees, private transport, room & breakfast

Leave from the pousada at 09:00am. You will drive with a vehicle to "Recanto Ecologico do Rio da Prata".

A 40-minute hike in the primary forest, during which you may have the chance to spot a few toucans or parrots, will take you to the shores of the river da Prata.

Equipped of a wetsuit, a mask and a snorkel (provided on location - included), you will enter into the incredibly clear water to let yourselves be carried by the current over a few miles of a peaceful "flotation" in the middle of a multicolored fauna and flora. This site where you will feel the proximity and harmony with the nature, is surprisingly poorly known. However, it is one of the most impressive in the country… Indulge an excellent buffet for a recovery lunch.

On the way back towards Bonito, in the afternoon, you will stop at Buraco das Araras, a 200-meter deep and almost circular cave. Hundreds of red, blue or multicolored Aras (large parrots), living on the inaccessible cliffs of this geological curiosity, fly in all directions, a few meters away from the visitors. Their strident calls pierce the atmosphere and seem to be aimed at annoying a lost alligator which would have arrived by accident at the bottom of the hole, where he would live a prisoner, forever…

Return to Bonito at the end of the day.

Note: It is not possible to do this excursion as a private trip but the sizes of the groups, accompanied by specialized guides, are always reasonable (8 people max).

Night at the pousada Olho d'Agua (breakfast included).
Included : lunch (no drinks), local guide, entrance fees, private transport, equipment rental, room & breakfast

Departure from Bonito with a private vehicle for your transfer to the airport of Campo Grande. Flight from Campo Grande (flight time and number to be confirmed).
Pick up and transfer to the hotel.

Night at the Tropical Manaus hotel (breakfast included). Superior room.
Included : private transport, transfer departure, reception with english-speaking guide, room & breakfast

Meet your english speaking guide at 08:30am at the hotel before going to the quay by foot. On the way you will visit the Manaus market before the boarding. You will meet the crew and be offered a welcoming cocktail on board of a typical Amazonian local boat. It will be your home for the next 4 days.

Install your hammock while the boat will start cruising. There the dark and amber water of the Rio Negro seems to hesitate before mixing with the yellowish muddy water of the Solimões. You will be able to observe this surprising show of the two rivers flowing side to side on several kilometers before mixing together.

The itinirary will continue in direction of the ecologic park of January. A walk there will allow you to watch birds; depending of the season and with a bit of luck you will see: hoatzins, aigrettes, cormorants etc... and the famous Victoria Regia the giant lilies.

You will stop for lunch in the area of Xiborena. Before the end of the day you will go for a canoe trip and a piranhas fishing session. These small carnivore fishes are easily caught with basic fishing lines. Watch your fingers when removing the hook as many fishermenwear the traces of their knife sharp teeth...

Return to the boat at the end of the day to sail to the dark water of the Rio Negro. After dinner you will go for a nocturnal trip to observe the animal life: caimans which eyes seems to float just above the water, birds, snakes, sloths, frogs, owls...

Night on board (in the hammocks provided by the boat and equipped with mosquito nets)

Note 1: the Maunaus captain house requires that all persons leaving from the city by boat are registered (name/ surname/date of birth/ nationality) a week in advance. We therefore imperatively need all these information for each person of the group.

Note 2: for your convenience, take only the minimum necessary in your bag, your other luggage will be stored at the hotel.
Night in cabin.
Included : lunch (no drinks), dinner (no drinks), english speaking guide, cruise

In the morning you will go for a trek in the forest with you guide and discover this giant laboratory. Some plants have a daily use (house building, weaving, tool, utensils and weapon fabrication) and others are known for their medicinal qualities. Each pain has an associated remedy and you will feel like in a giant open air chemistry... The adapation of the Indians to their natural environment can be also noticed in their orientation abilities without orienteering devices and landmarks at the heart of a thick vegetation where everything look the same.

Get back to the boat for lunch. The cruise will continue in the afternoon to the Lago Acajatuba. Motor boat trip to watch birds on the Patúa district.
After dinner you will go for a nocturnal excursion and observe the animal life: caimand which eyes seems to float at the water surface, birds, snakes, frogs, owls...

Night on board.
Included : lunch (no drinks), dinner (no drinks), english speaking guide, cruise, excursion (private)

At 05:30 start a motor boat trip to admire the sun rise and to observe the nature revival. The nocturnal species mix with the early awaken species in a fareway and mysterious bustle. Return on board for breakfast.

You will then visit a Caboclo community nearby. This people with Indians and portuguese origins has kept a rural and traditional lifestyle (substistence agriculture and particularly manioc, fishing, home use craftworks...) at the heart of the forest.

After lunch visit of a family workshop to learn about the fabrication process of flour and manioc, the base aliments of the Amazonian diet.
Night on board.
Included : lunch (no drinks), dinner (no drinks), english speaking guide, cruise, excursion (private)

Cruise to the "Buiuçu" bay on the opposite shore of the Rio Negro. The river can be up to 23 kilometers large at the peak of the rain season.

In the morning visit the indigenous community Terra preta populated by the Tucanos indians whose origins are from the Roraima state. You will learn about their lifestyle based on the subsistence agriculture and fishing.

Return to the boat for lunch. Sail to the Rio Cuieiras. The boat will make stops in this area to allow you a stroll in the forest and a canoe excursion in the Igapós (flooded forest), the silence of your canoe giving you more chance to observe monkeys, sloths and birds living at the top of the trees.

Return to the boat for dinner.

Night on board.
Included : lunch (no drinks), dinner (no drinks), english speaking guide, cruise, excursion (private)

As this will be the last day of your journey you will sail back to Manaus, after a last stop in the Jaraqui area for a last excursion in the forest.

Farewell dinner on a white sand river beach.

Get back on the land in Manaus at 17:00pm. Transfer by foot to the hotel with your guide.

Night at the Tropical Manaus hotel (breakfast included). Superior room.
Included : english speaking guide, cruise, lunch, room & breakfast

Private transport to the airport 2 hours prior to departure. Domestic flight from Manaus (arrival airport, flight time and number to be confirmed).
Included : departure transfer with english speaking guide