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Amazon Experience: Discover a Native Village and Swim with Porpoises on a Rio Negro Boat Trip
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Rio Negro
Embark on an unforgettable Amazon experience! Swim with porpoises, visit an indigenous village, and witness the mesmerizing Meeting of the Waters on a Rio Negro boat trip.
Embark on an unforgettable Amazon experience! Swim with porpoises, visit an indigenous village, and witness the mesmerizing Meeting of the Waters on a Rio Negro boat trip.
Duration:
6 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Rio Negro - After pick up at the hotels, passengers will proceed to the Port of Manaus to board the speedboat. Navigating up the Negro River towards the floating platform, we will cross the Jornalista Phelippe Daou Bridge, better known as Rio Negro Bridge.
- Rio Negro - After pick up at the hotels, passengers will proceed to the Port of Manaus to board the speedboat. Navigating up the Negro River towards the floating platform, we will cross the Jornalista Phelippe Daou Bridge, better known as Rio Negro Bridge.
What's Included
- Delicious Regional Lunch
- Shared round-trip transportation to most hotels located in Manaus
- Boarding and visitation fees
- Professional bilingual guide (Portuguese and English)
- Delicious Regional Lunch
- Shared round-trip transportation to most hotels located in Manaus
- Boarding and visitation fees
- Professional bilingual guide (Portuguese and English)
What's Not Included
- Drinks
- Optional Gratuities
- Drinks
- Optional Gratuities
Additional Information
Get to know all the points of the famous Rio Negro (Black River) on board a safe and comfortable speed boat. On a boat trip across the Negro River towards the floating platform for interaction with the porpoises, you will have the opportunity to swim with these docile animals and observe them when fed by a native. The trip continues to an indigenous…
Get to know all the points of the famous Rio Negro (Black River) on board a safe and comfortable speed boat. On a boat trip across the Negro River towards the floating platform for interaction with the porpoises, you will have the opportunity to swim with these docile animals and observe them when fed by a native. The trip continues to an indigenous community to participate in a presentation ritual and learn a little bit about their culture. Then, enjoy a tasty regional lunch and watch the phenomenal Meeting of the Waters!
- Porpoises are sensitive animals and aiming at the safety of visitors and the welfare of the animals, some care is necessary:
- Do not feed them;
- Do not scream;
- Do not intentionally touch them;
- Do not use sunscreen, repellent, body cream or oil. When in contact with certain products, porpoises have their eyes and smell attacked.
- In the period of ebb there is a phenomenon in the rivers called Piracema (fish migratory movement) which influences, in some cases, the porpoises to follow a shoal that is passing through, and for that reason does not appear as usual in the lakes where visitors are taken for this interaction; that is, there are possibilities of not interacting with these animals, a fact that we can only conclude on the spot on the day of the tour.
- Regardless of weather conditions, Tours will take place normally. The above schedules may change due to weather, access, or other factors that the company believes may interfere with the safety or well-being of passengers.
- Wear light clothes; bring a towel and swimwear. Bring sunscreen and insect repellent (remember the warning regarding contact with animals)
- In the period of the ebb (September to December) according to the level of the rivers, the visit to the water lilies lake is likely to be suspended, being replaced by a walk in the jungle glimpsing species of plants of the Amazon.
- We suggest you taking cash in local currency in case of personal expenses with handicrafts and consumption at the bar
- Attention: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there will be no interaction with the porpoises in the water for an indefinite period.
Location
Rio Negro
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(27 Ratings)
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Jane_w
Feb 26, 2025
Fantastic experience - Really memorable trip - swam with the gentle dolphins, saw a floating village, the meeting of the Rio Negro and Amazon River where the black water meets the muddy brown river, short walk through the rainforest on a boardwalk (pull on a long sleeve top, wear long pants and trainers - there are mosquitos and biting ants!) great buffet lunch where we could also buy local handicrafts and met the tribe who played music and danced.
There is a tiny changing room at the swim site. The river is clean and warm and you get a life jacket to help you float; you don't go far out and there is an underwater platform near the jetty you can stand on too. Don't touch the dolphin's heads (breathing holes) but you can stroke their beaks and don't forget a towel!
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Bn310
Jan 14, 2025
Excellent Excursion - The Amazon experience excursion was excellent. First we swam with the pink river dolphins and that was delightful. Then we went to meet the native indigenous people and watch them dance and play musical instruments. That was amazing. Then we had a delicious lunch. There was also the meeting of the waters, which was interesting all in all it was a very enjoyable day.
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Doris_w
Oct 25, 2024
Just go!!! - Swimming with the pink dolphins and seeing the meeting of the water. David was an excellent guide and spoke perfect English. He was very knowledgeable and helpful.
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Fabiana_a
Aug 5, 2024
Nice experience - I loved the excursion, amazing river views, nice meal at the floating restaurants and warm indigenous community
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Ovadis_v
Jul 12, 2024
Lovely! - The most complete tour you can do on a short notice! Lots of little experiences that will lead to a lifetime memories! [At the tribe zone you are gonna get bombarded by kids with different animals, they expect payment so pick carefully who and what you are taking your picture with!]
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Daniel
May 2, 2024
Absolutely Amazing - Great experience, friendly guide and good food served! Going up and down the river was extremely relaxing, the feeling of being able to see the pink dolphins in their natural habitat and having them all around you can’t really be described, it was a dream come true!
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Donna_w
Mar 22, 2024
Amazing experience - Swimming with the pink dolphins was a great experience. They are so majestic and beautiful and touching them gave me an emotional high...feeling one with nature.
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Kelin_l
Aug 17, 2024
Okay tour - The tour is packed with other tourist. Plenty of other tours out there for a similar price with less crowds.
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Judith_d
Mar 16, 2024
Wish our guide spoke English more than 2% of the time! - The highlight was swimming with the dolphins! Fabulous!
However, we were the only 2 English speakers out of 16 people. Francisco spoke Portuguese 98% of the time. We felt left behind. Tour promised English speaking guide, perhaps a mechanical translator.
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Sabrina
Nov 11, 2024
Only valid for the boat ride - I didn't like it and it's that kind of tourist pick. I came back disappointed and a little sad for the little pets.
I didn't find it cool how to dive with the boots, because they don't guide people before and the boots only come, of course, because of the fish they offer. Eventually people tap the breath of the pet (passing their hand over their head), scared and barking the animal and screaming again. Nobody knows me that it doesn't end up stressing the animal.
Still, about the dive with the bot, on the same platform, the bathroom has the exit from the open sewer directly in Rio. That is, on one side bathroom right in the same water that a few meters on the other side people enter to hit with the boots.
Obviously I've been away from all this.
Such as pirarucu fishing. A small tank full of big fish and people throwing bait fish just to watch the pirarucu jump.
Meeting the waters is always cool!
Lunch buffet is always that thing, not everyone is reasonable.
I found the tribe experience terrible. I visited Tuyuka. A precarious and extremely dirty place, with plastic garbage and other stuff everywhere. Indians with animals of lazy species, monkeys and giboias offering for you to pay and take a photo. It's depressing to see what they do with the animals. They have Wi-Fi, iPhone and card machine to paint and for souvenirs. Reminders that are identical to those of Manaus, but they say they did. You say, after a dance, the guy leave a little money for the pajé in the pot. Really nothing I've experienced makes sense on this walk. The Indian doesn’t make sense, what they do with the animals, the lack of care with the nature in the environment (waste) and the attempt to get money as if it were a show or something real. Oh, the whole thing happens under a blue plastic canvas tent. Joke ready. If you want a nice, legitimate experience without any money blackmail, I recommend a visit to the riverside communities of the Juma River. These are descendants of Indians, who still live on land and river, and always have a nice conversation.
The jungle hotels are in my opinion the best experience option.
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