M/V Premium Amazon River – 3 Day Cruise

Note: This itinerary starts at Manaus, please speak to your consultant for further arrival information.

We reserve the right to change itineraries without consulting participants, depending on prevailing natural conditions.

Overview: 

For 25 years Amazon Clipper Cruises has been a leader in operating boat cruises in the Amazon River system departing from Manaus. Being the pioneer in Amazon boat cruises gives us a unique knowledge in logistics and knowledge about locations rarely shown to any other visitors.  Using years of experience on other tour boats we made several design innovations to make your trip as comfortable as possible and still offer a perfect interaction with nature.

For those who wish the comfort of a luxury ship, the Premium, a vessel unique in style that offers “simply the best” small-ship cruising in the Amazon. In the Premium category, all passengers are hosted in spacious apartments with two beds side by side or one queen size bed, air conditioning and safety deposit box, all feature a spacious bathroom with hot water.

Beginning your cruise in the heart of the Amazon rain forest is an amazing start. Witnessing the confluence of the two biggest rivers on earth, the Amazon River and the Negro River, at the “Meeting of the Waters” is a lifetime journey. 

Ships that operate this itinerary:
- M/V Premium 

Inclusions: 

• Accommodation on board m/v Premium 
• Full board: breakfast, lunch, dinner, 
• Mineral water coffee & tea
• All excursions with an expert naturalist guide 
• All equipment 

Exclusions:

• Airfares
• Airport Transfers  and other Transport services
• Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks
• Travel Insurance
• Any additional personal services
• Tips and gratuities

Day 1: Arrival and embarkation

Your cruise will start at the lobby of the Tropical Hotel  in Manaus in the afternoon where you will begin boarding and depart toward the Amazon River. Enjoy a welcome drink and listen to the information about route and facilities. 

After a snack we meet us in the leisure room for lectures about Amazon where we will get a good start on understanding Amazon ecology while the vessel take us the Amazon upstream. Before dinner we may already ordered a caipirinha, the national drink of Brazil. After dinner we will explore the river's edge with powerful searchlights and we see caiman, close relatives of crocodile, sometimes including night-hawks, snakes, toro-rats, sloth and frogs.  

We wake up in the Janauaca Lake and start an early exploration by canoe of the waking forest. We will keep our eyes open for birds and enjoy the Pink River Dolphins. 

We return for breakfast followed by a walk in the forest and a visit to the inhabitants of the lake who live from manioc plantations, fishing, diverse fruit trees, rubber, Brazil-nut trees, wood and other extractive products. 

The piranha fishing in late afternoon is not only for passionate anglers then there are good chances of seeing Hoatzins and large flocks of egrets. After dinner we will explore the forest in our canoes with the possibility of observing nocturnal animals and admire at the millions of stars and constellations of the southern hemisphere.

this morning you'll have one last adventure exploring for bird-watching and may have good chances to see the Victoria Regia, the giant water lilies in the Janauary Ecological Park. 

We explore the mysterious flooded forest by canoe or walking on catwalks, observing wildlife in the trees and in the water. While we are enjoying breakfast, the boat starts navigation toward the “Meeting of the Waters”. A unique spectacle where the bright colored water of the Amazon and the dark water of the Negro flows side by side without mixing for many miles. 

Afterwards, we'll return to the Tropical landing stage while we past Manaus port, with views of the floating docks, market, old custom house and the dome of the Opera house, arriving mid morning, your adventure comes to an end. 

Please Note: your cruise ends at Tropical hotel in Manaus, please speak to your consultant for further departure information and for any further travel logistics.