Rio de Janeiro International Airport to Rio de Janeiro - Copacabana - Leme
Your Accommodation
Mirador Rio Hotel
Whether your stay is for business or pleasure, the Mirador Rio Copacabana Hotel offers everything you need for a pleasant experience. On the rooftop, relax by the beautiful pool or take care of your well-being in on-site gym.
Duration
3 Night Stay
Meal Plan
Full Breakfast
Explore several of Rio's iconic peaks on this quintessential tour, led by a knowledgeable local guide. Begin as the group ascends Sugar Loaf Mountain via its charming cable cars, each car a glass bubble offering jaw-dropping panoramas of the sprawling city, glittering beaches, and verdant rainforest. Capture breathtaking selfies at the summit, feeling the city shrink beneath you. Continue your journey through the Tijuca National Park, a lush haven teeming with vibrant flora and fauna. Reach the majestic Christ the Redeemer statue atop Corcovado Mountain, where outstretched arms embrace the city in a timeless blessing. Experience the incredible 360-degree views of Rio, which showcase the city's iconic landmarks and its breathtaking beauty. This tour is more than sightseeing; it's a chance to connect with Rio's soul, its history, and its breathtaking natural wonders.
Explore the bustling streets, vibrant street art, and local businesses, feeling the warmth of community life. You'll have the opportunity to interact with residents, sample delicious local snacks, and even learn a few words of Portuguese! The tour focuses on responsible and respectful tourism, ensuring your visit benefits the community directly. This isn't just a sightseeing adventure; it's a chance to challenge perspectives, connect with people, and discover a genuine side of Rio often unseen. Be prepared for an eye-opening experience that will leave you with a newfound appreciation for the city's diverse tapestry.
Rio de Janeiro - Copacabana - Leme to Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont Airport
Manaus Airport to Manaus
Your Accommodation
Juma Opera Hotel
With the exclusivity of a high-end boutique hotel and occupying historic mansions in front of the imposing Teatro Amazonas, Juma Ópera has 41 spacious accommodations, a restaurant dedicated to regional and international cuisine, a gym and a rooftop with swimming pool.
Duration
1 Night Stay
Meal Plan
Full Breakfast
Early in the morning, you will board the Motor Yacht Tucano and depart upstream on the Rio Negro. Through the morning, cruise through the world's largest river island system, the Anavilhanas Archipelago. From the observation deck, scan the magnificent tangle of vegetation at the water's edge. By mid-afternoon, the vessel has gone beyond the frontier of settlement and entered a wilderness area. Both shores are covered by dense rainforest. Though it is impossible to predict what you will see, prime candidates include pink river dolphins, primates and a large collection of exotic birds. Most certainly, you will be treated to magnificent forest vistas and the spectacular trees themselves. In the late afternoon, embark in the launches and search for wildlife.
Manaus to Manaus Port
Meal
Dinner, Lunch
Manaus and the Rio Negro
Your Accommodation
M/Y Tucano
The M/Y Tucano offers plenty of space to spread out and contemplate the wonders of nature. With over seventy large windows, the vessel is bright and airy. The cabins and the salon are air conditioned and have elegant raised wood panelling in the style of the classic steamships that once cruised these majestic rivers.
Early this morning you will divide into small groups and explore the rainforest in launches or kayaks with a naturalist guide. You should hear and perhaps see howler monkeys accompanied by a morning serenade of toucans. After breakfast, go for a walk in the forest where you will get a good start on understanding Amazon ecology. Around midday, return for lunch as the vessel will navigates, forging ahead on this magnificent wilderness waterway. In the late afternoon, you will again explore the forest in launches and listen to the sunset chorus of birds, frogs and howler monkeys. Weather permitting, you may do a night excursion in the launches to marvel at nocturnal creatures of the Amazon.
Meal
Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch
Exploring the Amazon
Your Accommodation
M/Y Tucano
The M/Y Tucano offers plenty of space to spread out and contemplate the wonders of nature. With over seventy large windows, the vessel is bright and airy. The cabins and the salon are air conditioned and have elegant raised wood panelling in the style of the classic steamships that once cruised these majestic rivers.
This morning there will be an early exploration of the waking forest. Keep your eyes open for sloths... on most trips they are seen regularly. Return for breakfast followed by either a walk in the forest or an excursion in the launches. The M/Y Tucano will travel during the middle of the day and will stop in the afternoon for an excursion. Tonight the vessel may travel a bit more as you marvel at the night sky crowded with stars.
Meal
Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch
Exploring the Amazon
Your Accommodation
M/Y Tucano
The M/Y Tucano offers plenty of space to spread out and contemplate the wonders of nature. With over seventy large windows, the vessel is bright and airy. The cabins and the salon are air conditioned and have elegant raised wood panelling in the style of the classic steamships that once cruised these majestic rivers.
After morning excursions, the M/Y Tucano will navigate along the heavily forested shore, scouting for wildlife. You may stop for a visit at a settler's home carved out of the forest. In the early afternoon, the vessel will near an extraordinary river called the Rio Jaueperi. Here you will see a kind of forest known as the varzea. Scout along the shoreline for some of the extraordinary creatures found only in this unique environment. Weather permitting, you will have a night excursion to observe nocturnal creatures.
Meal
Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch
Exploring the Amazon
Your Accommodation
M/Y Tucano
The M/Y Tucano offers plenty of space to spread out and contemplate the wonders of nature. With over seventy large windows, the vessel is bright and airy. The cabins and the salon are air conditioned and have elegant raised wood panelling in the style of the classic steamships that once cruised these majestic rivers.
Today you will voyage to the west side of the Rio Negro and continue to scout in launches and walk in the forest. Weather and water depth permitting, you will explore areas rarely visited by anyone else. Tonight the M/Y Tucano goes downstream, and will enter an east bank affluent of the Rio Negro and explore on deep into the rainforest on this small river. After a nocturnal excursion return to the Motor Yacht Tucano for "Caipirinha Night" and perhaps try a bit of samba on the top deck.
Meal
Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch
Exploring the Amazon
Your Accommodation
M/Y Tucano
The M/Y Tucano offers plenty of space to spread out and contemplate the wonders of nature. With over seventy large windows, the vessel is bright and airy. The cabins and the salon are air conditioned and have elegant raised wood panelling in the style of the classic steamships that once cruised these majestic rivers.
Begin the day with a dawn excursion hunting for wakening wildlife followed by a full Brazilian breakfast. Conditions and navigation permitting, you will then go one last time into the forest. In the mid-afternoon, the M/Y Tucano will begin to journey downstream. You should arrive late in the day at the "Encontro das Aguas" - a stark, several-mile-long line where two of the world's largest rivers, the Amazon and the Rio Negro, join in a turbulent maelstrom. Here the dark water of the Negro runs beside the opaque brown water of the Amazon. This is often a good place to fish for the legendary scourge of the Amazon, piranhas, which might just become hors d'oeuvres. At sunset, the M/Y Tucano will once again turn her bows upstream on the Rio Negro and journey to the overnight anchorage. As you pass in front of Manaus, marvel at the scale of one of the world's largest and most vibrant port cities, over a thousand miles from the sea. Tonight you will have a farewell dinner and prepare for an early departure in the morning.
Meal
Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch
Exploring the Amazon
Your Accommodation
M/Y Tucano
The M/Y Tucano offers plenty of space to spread out and contemplate the wonders of nature. With over seventy large windows, the vessel is bright and airy. The cabins and the salon are air conditioned and have elegant raised wood panelling in the style of the classic steamships that once cruised these majestic rivers.
Early this morning, after a hearty breakfast, you disembark from the M/Y Tucano.
Manaus Port to Manaus
Meal
Breakfast
Prices are "from" per person based on twin/double share accommodation and for travel in low season. Seasonal surcharges and blackout dates may apply. Limited seat/spaces and all pricing is subject to change and availability. Rates for single or triple travellers are available on request - please inquire.
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