The Amazon clipper is a regional-type vessel specially adapted for the Amazon region. It offers 8 double cabins with private bathroom and air-conditioning, solarium, dinning room, video equipment and specialized library.
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DESCRIPTION OF TOURS
1 - Package - 04 days/03 nights
1st day - Paxs will leave Hotel Tropical landing stage at 02:30pm. They will have a staff presentation, route and facilities on board. Navigation to the Ariau River (tributary of Rio Negro). Canoe trip shortly before sunset, returning after dark, with possibility of observing nocturnal animals and also a note on what changes in the forest as night fall. Dinner. Navigation to Açu Creek or a nearby tributary.
2nd day - Within the forest, comments by a specialist and observation of the flora. Visit to a caboclo family. The group will have a chance to watch the local way of living, the preparation of manioc flour, the health and education of their children, etc. Lunch. Navigation on through the Anavilhanas archipelago, visit to a small, isolated town called Novo Airão with opportunity to watch local people building their own boats, sawmill market, (sometimes the commerce of palm- fiber and ornamental fishes and other kind of activities). Navigation. Dinner on board.
Trip during the night to see the caimans and possibly: frogs, sloths, snakes and all kinds of animal-life.
3rd day – Breakfast on board. Navigation to Praia Grande or to another white-sand beach. Swimming and observation of the vegetation and of sandy areas. Canoe trips in Lake Acajatuba or in an adjacent lake to see typical flora. Later on, fishing for piranhas. After lunch, depending on the water level and wind, stop at the Paricatuba community to see the old and abandoned rubber boom buildings, now overgrown with straggler fig trees or canoe trips in the Jacareubal area. Dinner. Navigation all night long.
4th day - Lake Januari. Canoe trip at sunrise for the Bird watching. Return and breakfast on board. Navigation to "the meeting of the waters"and return to Manaus.
Note: On the 03 days/02 nights program, there are almost the same tours and activities as in the above one, but it is done a little faster and does not include as many canoe trips as in the above program.