Jan 3, 2025
Basic but amazing. Real Timeout - An amazing trip. Everything was made so easy by the team. The lodge we stayed at basic but excellent the team couldn't do enough. Food was amazing
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Dec 18, 2024
Amazon - Amazing tour full of trips and new experiences the guide Joseph was fantastic and organised our time really in the perfect way. I would recommend this to anyone seeking a bit of adventure knowledge and relax at the same time.
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Oct 31, 2024
Great time in the Amazon. - Due to the dry conditions, the company offered to let us go to a different camp (Anaconda) and we accepted. We did everything on our itinerary and were very happy with our guide. Met some great folks from France, South Africa and England.
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Oct 12, 2024
Good trip - This trip was really great for one like me, never have been to South Africa, but always has curiosity about Amazona. All in all, it wasn’t a harsh trip, you can totally take your time while travelling with tour guide. What amazed me and my friend were that you could touch the red dolphins and alligators, which made me very happy.
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Sep 30, 2024
Amazing experience - All the experience has been wonderful, all the activities were well planned and accommodation was quite comfortable.
A mention for Collin, who is the best guide I ever found.
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Dec 4, 2024
Excellent experience, friendly guides. Would recommend - Excellent experience throughout. There was always an activity in the morning and the afternoon and plenty of time to chill out. The food was great and cooked fresh every day and the guides were knowledgable. The lodge was basic but has everything you needed - easily the best wifi I’ve had anywhere I’ve stayed. Thank you anaconda team.
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Dec 11, 2024
Three day, two night jungle lodge adventure - I booked a three day, two night tour.
The adventure was well organised, from airport pickup through to transport to the lodge and then transport back and dropoff at the hotel I was staying at in Manaus.
I spoke with some other people who did the exact same tour though, and they paid half what I did, and I was guided by a different operator, and not Leo or his team.
We didn't go to the Paricatuba region mentioned in the guide either, but to a different lodge, Ipanama Lodge on the Parana do Mamori, which has less stars on Google reviews. The lodge was ok, but very basic. Food was the same every day. The people were lovely, of course!
I had an amazing, if sometimes difficult time, and the guide was awesome. We caught pirana, saw river dolphins and camped overnight and walked for hours in the jungle, but still, I think that I should have booked direct with a lodge rather than go through this third party. Also note that sloths, toucan, monkeys and other creatures are hard to spot!
I emailed Leo about the cost, and about some details, and he responded with a grumpy email saying I accused him of being a thief, which was a little unpleasant.
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Oct 26, 2024
BEWARE - The listing states a jungle tour, but the one listed activity for an "educational jungle walk" on day 2 says it was 2.5 hours, and it was actually only one hour. Those of us who did not pay extra for participation in a native ritual/ceremony had to sit outside with nothing to do, no one to guide us, until the rest of the group was done. We did not get to interact with the local natives or buy anything from them as souvenirs even though this was a huge selling point for the trip for us. There was no education on their way of living or farming techniques. There was no sunrise tour in the jungle. There was no free swim in the river. There was no canoe paddling.
We spent most of our time on an uncovered canoe with a small motor for hours, unprepared with extra coverage for our heads or backs during peak sun hours. Many in our tour group were unwell from the heat by the end of our trips out, and one of our friends had extreme heat exhaustion, leading to us not going on the piranha fishing expedition. While on many expeditions, the guide would simply say "we're leaving now" and then head out, not checking we all heard or were going, when we actively chose not to go for the piranha fishing, he was rude and snapped at us, switching to Portuguese to say curses, assuming we wouldn't understand.
They stated on day one the itinerary would be varied based on the weather, but the changes were not communicated to everyone each day, so we were told to dress for a jungle hike in long clothes the following day, and then actually spent the entire morning on a canoe under the scorching sun unable to get proper air flow or sweat to keep us cool.
Toilets and showers were clogged and there was no toilet paper or soap.
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Nov 24, 2024
This tour is both fun and... - This tour is both fun and very close to a rip-off.
The additional paid activities, such as swimming with dolphins, are exceptional, but if you don't take them there's hardly anything to do.
We took 3 days/2 nights, and on the third day we simply spent 5 hours in a boat accompanying other tourists doing the activities we'd already done, staying on the boat until they'd finished.
It's a pretty nice tour if you only do 1 night and take the additional activities, but without them it's pretty much pointless.
Clearly, the tour isn't worth the price, and you're left with a feeling of having been nicely ripped off.
Still not a bad experience though, the lodge, the staff and the food were okay, and we met nice people.
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Nov 13, 2024
Never Trust - I am sorry to write this complaining letter as we have unexpected horrible experience for this 3 day tour. First we were told that we can not carry our luggage with us because the river water level is low. But we noticed the driver only have small truck with full of goods or supplies, leave no room for our luggage. We were asked to pack a much smaller bag with each of us or he will leave. With very limited time we have to pickup items we imagined that is necessary. The result is we had carried less usable items but leave most needed things as a person over 60s. Plus, we have to pay extra hotel stay to keep our luggage. We are upset not only because of the size of bags, but also the lack of information or instruction of the package. My email telephone and Vitor app all free to open but we didn’t get any words until last minute of pickup. This totally destroyed our feelings for this tour and did not enjoy what we paid for.
The organizer totally ignored the needs of people over 60s like us and provided no help or support. We have to walk long way hardly to catch the boat.
I hope people should consider their decisions tad many times as they can to accept this company’s services to avoid losses in terms of financial and mental especially bad feelings in your life only once time events which is not compensated.
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