Amazon Experience: meet a native village and swim with porpoises
Description
Get to know all the points of the famous Rio Negro (Black River) on board a safe and comfortable speed boat. On a boat trip across the Negro River towards the floating platform for interaction with the porpoises, you will have the opportunity to swim with these docile animals and observe them when fed by a native. The trip continues to an indigenous community to participate in a presentation ritual and learn a little bit about their culture. Then, enjoy a tasty regional lunch and watch the phenomenal Meeting of the Waters!
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Itinerary
After pick up at the hotels, passengers will proceed to the Port of Manaus to board the speedboat. Navigating up the Negro River towards the floating platform, we will cross the Jornalista Phelippe Daou Bridge, better known as Rio Negro Bridge.
Upon arriving at the floating platform for contemplating the porpoises, it will be possible to swim with these docile animals and watch them being fed by a native legalized by Ibama. The groups are divided up to 10 people, following the environmental rules, so that everyone can have fun and contemplate this wonder of nature.
The trip continues to the indigenous community where the Indians from the upper Negro River and different ethnic groups come together to share their dances and culture. As guests of honor, tourists are invited to participate in a presentation ritual accompanied by a lot of joy and dance. After that brief moment, time will be available for photographs and purchases of local crafts. Enjoy the peace and energy to interact with the natives and live this unique moment intensely.
After this incredible experience and cultural exchange, we will descend on the left bank of Negro River, seeing the floating port of Manaus, regional boats and passing the edge of the city towards the Ecological Park Janauary to see the Amazon’s famous Victoria regia (water lilies) water plant; have a regional lunch (menu based of fish, meat or chicken, salads and accompaniments, self-service buffet).
Then you will visit local native craft stores and the community of floating houses of Catalan for the contemplation of the Pirarucu (Arapaima Gigas), the sweet water giant, native of the Amazon.
After that, cruise down the Rio Negro to the Meeting of the Waters, the location where it meets the Amazon River. Be awed by this natural phenomenon, where the Rio Negro’s black waters and the Amazon’s muddy waters flow separately for a few miles. After contemplating it, tourists return to the Pier, where the air conditioned transportation will pick them up and take them back to their respective hotels.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Roundtrip transportation from most hotels located in Manaus. Please stay at the hotel lobby 10 minutes before pick up time.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Porpoises are sensitive animals and aiming at the safety of visitors and the welfare of the animals, some care is necessary:
- Do not feed them;
- Do not scream;
- Do not intentionally touch them;
- Do not use sunscreen, repellent, body cream or oil. When in contact with certain products, porpoises have their eyes and smell attacked.
- In the period of ebb there is a phenomenon in the rivers called Piracema (fish migratory movement) which influences, in some cases, the porpoises to follow a shoal that is passing through, and for that reason does not appear as usual in the lakes where visitors are taken for this interaction; that is, there are possibilities of not interacting with these animals, a fact that we can only conclude on the spot on the day of the tour.
- Regardless of weather conditions, Tours will take place normally. The above schedules may change due to weather, access, or other factors that the company believes may interfere with the safety or well-being of passengers.
- Wear light clothes; bring a towel and swimwear. Bring sunscreen and insect repellent (remember the warning regarding contact with animals)
- In the period of the ebb (September to December) according to the level of the rivers, the visit to the water lilies lake is likely to be suspended, being replaced by a walk in the jungle glimpsing species of plants of the Amazon.
- We suggest you taking cash in local currency in case of personal expenses with handicrafts and consumption at the bar
- Attention: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there will be no interaction with the porpoises in the water for an indefinite period.
Reviews(34)
Had a great time! Francisco is a very informative and knowledgeable English speaking guide. Excellent value for the money! I will highly recommend to friends and family!
Dear Customer. Thanks a lot for the review. We are glad that you liked the tour. Please count on us on future trips. Thanks. Att, Giovanna Maldonado.
It is an activity that takes you all day and part of the afternoon. It is one of the best and most economical. You can get a first impression of what the Amazon is.
Estimado cliente. Muchas gracias por la revisión. Nos alegra que te haya gustado el tour. Por favor, cuente con nosotros en futuros viajes. Gracias. Att, Giovanna Maldonado.
Very good tour, well organized and gives the right amount of exposure for a one day tour while in Manaus.
Dear Customer. Thanks a lot for the review. We are glad that you liked the tour. Please count on us on future trips. Thanks. Att, Giovanna Maldonado.
Very good. We like it a lot. We just thought the guide could have been more present. More attention to the group
Prezado Cliente. Muito obrigado pelo review. Ficamos felizes que gostou do tour. Por favor conte conosco em futuras viagens. Obrigado. Att, Giovanna Maldonado
The excursion is good, it is worth it, everything they promise is done, even in the rain which due to the high temperatures is a pleasure.
Estimado cliente. Muchas gracias por la revisión. Nos alegra que te haya gustado el tour. Por favor, cuente con nosotros en futuros viajes. Gracias. Att, Giovanna Maldonado.
The agency itself is only an intermediary. They transfer you to another carrier who takes care of the journey itself. Communication is poor because absolutely nothing is explained. The trip itself is pleasant, but unfortunately it is so crowded that it ends up becoming a tourist circus where they try to sell you absolutely everything.
It's a cool experience, but very disorganized!!! Should have a specific time, the groups are coming, it is a real fair!! Very zoned!! In the middle of the Indian presentation has guides from other groups shouting, a total disrespect to the Indians and who is watching. I recommend, but I warn you that it is very messy!!
Really memorable trip - swam with the gentle dolphins, saw a floating village, the meeting of the Rio Negro and Amazon River where the black water meets the muddy brown river, short walk through the rainforest on a boardwalk (pull on a long sleeve top, wear long pants and trainers - there are mosquitos and biting ants!) great buffet lunch where we could also buy local handicrafts and met the tribe who played music and danced. There is a tiny changing room at the swim site. The river is clean and warm and you get a life jacket to help you float; you don't go far out and there is an underwater platform near the jetty you can stand on too. Don't touch the dolphin's heads (breathing holes) but you can stroke their beaks and don't forget a towel!
Dear Customer. Thanks a lot for the review. We are glad that you liked the tour. Please count on us on future trips. Thanks.
The Amazon experience excursion was excellent. First we swam with the pink river dolphins and that was delightful. Then we went to meet the native indigenous people and watch them dance and play musical instruments. That was amazing. Then we had a delicious lunch. There was also the meeting of the waters, which was interesting all in all it was a very enjoyable day.
Dear Customer. Thanks a lot for the review. We are glad that you liked the tour. Please count on us on future trips. Thanks.
I didn't like it and it's that kind of tourist pick. I came back disappointed and a little sad for the little pets. I didn't find it cool how to dive with the boots, because they don't guide people before and the boots only come, of course, because of the fish they offer. Eventually people tap the breath of the pet (passing their hand over their head), scared and barking the animal and screaming again. Nobody knows me that it doesn't end up stressing the animal. Still, about the dive with the bot, on the same platform, the bathroom has the exit from the open sewer directly in Rio. That is, on one side bathroom right in the same water that a few meters on the other side people enter to hit with the boots. Obviously I've been away from all this. Such as pirarucu fishing. A small tank full of big fish and people throwing bait fish just to watch the pirarucu jump. Meeting the waters is always cool! Lunch buffet is always that thing, not everyone is reasonable. I found the tribe experience terrible. I visited Tuyuka. A precarious and extremely dirty place, with plastic garbage and other stuff everywhere. Indians with animals of lazy species, monkeys and giboias offering for you to pay and take a photo. It's depressing to see what they do with the animals. They have Wi-Fi, iPhone and card machine to paint and for souvenirs. Reminders that are identical to those of Manaus, but they say they did. You say, after a dance, the guy leave a little money for the pajé in the pot. Really nothing I've experienced makes sense on this walk. The Indian doesn’t make sense, what they do with the animals, the lack of care with the nature in the environment (waste) and the attempt to get money as if it were a show or something real. Oh, the whole thing happens under a blue plastic canvas tent. Joke ready. If you want a nice, legitimate experience without any money blackmail, I recommend a visit to the riverside communities of the Juma River. These are descendants of Indians, who still live on land and river, and always have a nice conversation. The jungle hotels are in my opinion the best experience option.
