A Whole Day in the Jungle: 12-hour Jungle Trek, Pink Dolphin Swim, Piranha Fishing and more
4.9
96 Ratings
Iranduba

Embark on a 12-hour tour packed with a bounty of activities including a jungle hike, interacting with pink dolphins, lunching with a local family, piranha fishing, a search for caymans (alligators), and much more.

Duration: 12 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Balneario Cachoeira do Castanho - We start around 8am from your hotel and drive west from Manaus for about one hour to the Castanho lake where our host will take you by motorized canoe (no cover typical slow amazonian transport) heading to the jungle where we’ll start a 2-3 hours hike to learn about Amazonian fauna and flora, like medicinal plants, jungle survival etc.
    We can’t promise you’ll see animals because our jungle is very dense and most of our creatures are small, but we will try to show you as much as Mother Nature allows us.
    (for this part of the tour you must wear long pants, closed toed shoes. Bring also a rain coat and insect repellent much needed during our wet season)
What's Included
  • Lunch provided
  • Complimentary bottled water
  • Air-conditioned transportation
Location
Balneario Cachoeira do Castanho
AM-070 Km 24
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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(96 Ratings)
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Behnam_a
Apr 7, 2024
Great tour of Amazon Jungle - This was an amazing tour. Everything was very well organized and the communication from Milton was great. The tour guide, Fabio, was awesome and very knowledgeable and helpful. I would highly recommend this tour with this operator.
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Michelle_c
Mar 20, 2024
One of the best experiences - This was one of the best tour that I had in my travels. The guide was outstanding and it was a full day of different activities. The small group makes the experience worth it. I highly recommend the this tour.
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Dorothea_m
Mar 19, 2024
Unforgettable day in my life - Our guide tried to show us all the highlights of this beautiful rainforest. It was marvelous. I would do it again immediately if I could.
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Paul_h
Mar 17, 2024
Special Experience - Fabio (our guide) Nicklaus (our driver) and everyone else we encountered on the excursion we fabulous. It was fascinating to learn about the Amazon and the local people. Food was delicious and the dolphins were special!
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Maya_c
Mar 2, 2024
A must do if you’re short on time - Our guide Fabio was excellent! He was so knowledgable and engaging. Each section of the tour was really well thought out and we had a great day from start to finish. We didn’t feel rushed at any point and we felt like we got to experience everything to its fullest potential. There were 2 languages spoken across our group and Fabio was able to speak both really well - making sure nobody missed out on any information! We had the best time!
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Garymp5248pi
Feb 29, 2024
All day jungle and river experiences. - Swimming with dolphims was the highlight, but really enjoyed the entire day including the jungle walk...where we saw a sloth and a tarantula, the lunch at the floating restaurant (where we saw another sloth), fishing for piranha (my wife and I each caught 2), and the ride back (watching the sunset and seeing caiman eyes reflecting our lights back at us). Our guide was Fabio and he was fabulous!
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L1374xgbarbarah
Feb 28, 2024
A fantastic trip into the jungle! - Fabio, our guide was fantastic! A must, this very personal tour with only 10 people! Everything was great and it was a great trip!
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Boyemarq5
Feb 27, 2024
‘A great whole day in the jungle’ - Feb 26, 2024 we all agreed in this trip that we have a very knowledgeable tour guide (I apologize for not remembering his name) to lead us in the most complex path of the Rivers, flora and fauna of the jungle., knowing the name of each plant, trees, insects, characters and benefits of each make him most valuable guide to this very worthwhile jungle day trip., all of that while blessed with a non stop rain!, Topped with a stop to actually swim with some dolphins (a highlight) and he showed our group how Amazonian caught fish for survival (some of us did caught) and also he searched and found alligator in the dark.
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Terezabeneovsk
Feb 22, 2024
Thank you Fabio <3 - Fabio is your guide through Amazonia. The professional approach, organization, safety and amazing orientation with precise time planning made this trip exceptional.
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Sue_s
Mar 16, 2024
A day of two parts..... - This was an amazing and memorable long day out in the jungle - once it started properly. We were picked up at our ship near the Port of Manaus by the tour 'rep' who told us we had to go and pick up two other people who were also on the tour. As it happened both myself and the woman in the other couple had the same first name and I am not sure if thats what caused the confusion which happened next, or whether there was just general confusion! It felt like the latter.... After the two couples were safely in the car along with the driver and guide, (quite cosy) we drove to the local harbour, where there was some discussion between the 'rep' in our car and another guide who had arrived, and each couple was put onto a motor launch 45 minutes after we had left our original pick up point at the Port, which seemed like a long time to me. We then began to cruise up the Rio Negro and after about 5 minutes and a bit of chat and phone calls with presumably the other 'rep' and checking on the actual tour I had booked, we were told that we were on the wrong launch and would have to swap. This meant catching up with the other boat, and doing a swap from one launch to the other, in the middle of the Rio Negro, by climbing fairly unceremoniously from one the other. We are quite seasoned travellers and fairly agile so just took it in our stride, but I am certain that others would not have found it so. Eventually we arrived after 40 minutes in the correct launch at the floating house where we met our guide, Fabinho. From that point onwards, the day was wonderful. He was knowledgeable, friendly and adapted the day to suit the weather conditions. We travelled on his boat to go piranha fishing, then saw the pink dolphins, had a tasty lunch back at the floating house, followed by a siesta in hammock, and then the jungle hike, for 2 hours finally ending with a search for cayman in the dark. It was a great experience of the jungle and a chance to connect with nature. At the end of the long tiring day, which we thoroughly enjoyed with Fabinho, we waited for 40 minutes in the village where the tour ended, for our pick up by car which was another 40 minute drive back to Manaus. So this was quite onerous especially as we had not been told what was going to be our mode of transport back to Manaus. Boat/car? Who knew? The jungle tour is described correctly in the information, but what is not described clearly enough is the process to get to and from the start and end point in the jungle. I think if people know what to expect, they are better able to appreciate what is happening. It was the seeming confusion that did not lend itself to a smooth start and end to the experience. Thats the main reason it's a 4 star rating not a 5 star.
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