Amazon Negro River Expedition: Half-Day River Cruise and Forest Walk
4.4
82 Ratings
Manaus

Embark on a half-day journey along the Negro River with our knowledgeable guide. Savor a scrumptious meal at our unique floating restaurant. Experience the stunning scenery of the region from the river and on a forest trek.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Parque Ecologico Janauari - Leaving your hotel at 8.30am to the port of where you will depart in a double deck boat. The boat will navigate downstream the Negro River, until the meeting of the waters.

During this trip the guide will be giving information about the native people along the river, the land and lots more.

On arrival at the meeting of the waters the guide will explain about the amazing natural phenomena of the rivers. There is a possibility to see the river dolphins (grey and pink).

Then the boat continue navigating toward the Januari Ecological Park, where you disembark for a short forest walk of 20 minutes to see the enormous trees (only in the dry season).

Embark in a motorized canoe to make a tour on the narrow creeks inside the Solimoes river where we see the Vitoria Regia the famous water lilies, also looking for birds, animals and see the caboclos houses (which is native people of the region) that exist in this park.

Lunch will be served on a floating restaurant. After lunch you visit the native floating hand craft shop where you have the opportunity to buy souvenirs.

Return to Manaus, arriving at 13.00pm at the Manaus port.

ITINERARY

Sample itinerary, times subject to change
• 8:30am: Pickup at the hotel reception
• 9am: Board boat and cruise to the Lake Januari
• 10am: Board canoes and head into the waterways
• 11am: Piranhas fishing
• 12pm: Lunch on a floating restaurant
• 1:30-1:40pm: Return to Port Manaus

What's Included
  • Local guide
  • Lunch
  • Hotel pickup
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
  • Hotel drop-off
Additional Information
  • Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Location
Parque Ecologico Janauari
Rio Negro / Rio Solimoes, Salidas Marina David / Manaus Moderna
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Lena_v
Jun 22, 2024
Great tour - We had an amazing time on this tour! It was my first time trying Viator but it worked well and the pick up and drop off at the hotel was very convenient. Swimming with the pink dolfins, seeing the incredible meeting of the rivers and walking in the jungle were some of the many highlights of the tour. Although the tour was advertized as English it was 95% in portuguese. And although it said half day we were only back at 3pm, but that was not a problem for us.
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Q8728kwdianao
Jun 18, 2024
Well - Excellent excursion, we loved getting to know a little about Manaus. We saw the meeting of the rivers and swam with dolphins.
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Attila_p
May 30, 2024
Great tour. The half day... - Great tour. The half day is really a half day not 4 hours as the Tripadvisor description says. Get a front seat in the boat if possible, would be helpful a lot of times.
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Skiewer
Apr 9, 2024
Must do in Manaus - Very good reception, English guide and super nice places, with the highlight being the monkeys in the jungle, they really came to you. Awesome!
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Natafcaprio
Mar 28, 2024
Satisfied! - Yesterday's tour was very good and exceeded our expectations, highly recommended! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 In the places we visited, people were always very attentive and explained everything to us in detail, taking the time necessary to get to know each place; Furthermore, the guide was brilliant... communicative and always providing curious and interesting information about Manaus during the journey. Oh, and lunch at the floating restaurant: unmissable! Congratulations on the quality of the service! We hope to come back soon and do other tours with you.
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Msreenil
Mar 27, 2024
Unique and Authentic Amazon Experience - James was an amazing and very flexible tour guide. He was extremely accommodating, as we had missed our connection flight, and we had to reschedule our reservation. He was more than willing to help us out. He he spoke very good English, knew all the locals, and provided us with a very authentic and unique Amazon experience. Including a wonderful tour, he also arranged a quick breakfast and wonderful lunch. James is very knowledgeable and we will definitely contact him if we are ever in Manaus again. Alexander, the tour organizer was also excellent, he provided very clear and timely communication, as well as being flexible to our situation. Would highly recommend this experience.
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Maria_b
May 22, 2024
Ok intro to amazon - For the value ok because there are a lot of activities. Very touristy and over crowded. To many people to really interact with the dolphins. At times seemed rush. Good for a intro in the amazon but would recommend also taking a more intimate and longer tour
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Maurice_d
Apr 13, 2024
Pink Dolphins a definite highlight - The Wedding of the Waters (Negro and Amazon rivers merging) is certainly a highlight if you have never seen this scenario previously. Viewing the Pink Dolphins was much more exciting. Tour included a stop at a restaurant on the banks of the river, then a walk up some rickety steps to view the water lilies. Organization was very good for meeting our guide (there is a wharf and a separate cruise terminal facility in Manaus, which is very confusing - which one do I go to?), getting us onto the boat and through the various stops.
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Nilanjana_n
Jun 10, 2024
Not a recommended tour, uncomfortable boat without proper seating arrangement. - Boat was untidy, seats were not given to us, guide did not care if we were uncomfortable. Poor English narration by Guide. Not value for money - avoid this tour
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Debi_b
Apr 5, 2024
Poor Communication - I contacted Viator a couple days before my tour about details of timing on meeting the leader/group as we were docking at 9am the day of tour. The Viator rep (woman) said that was too late, that I had to be at the pick up stop 30-45 mins earlier than tour start. I told her my cruise didn't dock till 9am and she said they wouldn't wait for me and I told her I was never told to meet that early. She said it was written on my ticket and I told her it wasn't. So I told her to cancel it since i wasn't told that I had to be there so early.
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