Amazon River Wildlife Cruise Brazil

Overnight International Flight to Rio de Janeiro.

Upon arrival, you will be met by a Yampu representative at the airport and transferred to your hotel.

After settling in, enjoy a tour of Corcovado with a private driver and guide. The tour begins in Cosme Velho's neighborhood. The cog train rolls through the Tijuca Forest, the largest urban forest in the world, and up to the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue. Once there, enjoy a panoramic and extraordinary view of Rio, including the Sugar Loaf, the Guanabara Bay, the beaches of Southern Zone and the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon. At the peak of the hill is the art deco statue of Jesus Christ, and the icon of Rio.

After the visit of the Corcovado, the tour continues to the Sao Conrado area with a brief stop at Pepino beach where you can appreciate the hang gliders overhead. At the end of the tour, you will transfer back to your hotel.
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Today enjoy a private Half Day Tour to the Sugar Loaf with a private driver/guide.
This tour begins with a stroll through downtown Rio, passing by the Sambodrome, and the Metropolitan Cathedral. Get to know the traditional Cinelandia square with the historical buildings, the Municipal Theater, the National Library and the National Museum of Fine Arts.

By taking the Aterro do Flamengo, you will be taken to the neighborhood of Urca where you will find one of the largest symbols of the city: The Sugar Loaf. This visit is made in two steps by cable car. The first cable car takes passengers to Urca Hill which provides a beautiful view of the Guanabara Bay and its islands, the Rio-Niteroi bridge and Corcovado hill. From this stage, a second cable car will be taken up to the top to find a splendid view of Copacabana beach, the Santa Cruz fortress and some beaches of Niteroi.
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Your day is free to enjoy Rio, or choose from one of our optional day tours.

Tonight, you will be met at your hotel by a Yampu representative for your private transfer to the Ginga Tropical Show (this tour does not include dinner).

After dinner, we will enjoy a Brazilian dance show that gathers on stage various cultures of our Tropical Country.

The show combines a variety of Brazilian dances that developed from African rhythms via the slave trade and the natives that lived in Brazil before colonization. This is a show that perfectly combines diversity and culture. We have the Ziriguidum from the Northeast, the Amazon with its Folklore, Bahia with its mystical rituals and Capoeira, and Rio de Janeiro with its bohemian Lapa neighborhood, samba dance halls and the performance of the legendary Tricksters.
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At the appropriate time, you will be met at your hotel and transferred to the airport for your flight to Manaus.

Upon arrival, a Yampu representative will meet you for a private transfer to the Manaus pier for your cruise.

In Manaus, we will check in and settle into our rooms. Enjoy the sunset on the rooftop with classical music. We depart toward Rio Negro, passing Ponta Negra, a crescent-shaped sandy beach. Welcome cocktails and presentation of the officers and crew follows. Welcome dinner at the Kaurup Restaurant. After dinner, we will have live music and dancing or the option to have drinks on the rooftop.
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Wake up while passing through Manacapuru harbor forest, and a sunrise-lovers breakfast on the upper deck or in the Kuarup Restaurant.

After breakfast, we go trekking through Jaraqui and then take boat trips through "igarapes."

Before lunch, watch a presentation called Introduction to Amazonia in the meeting room. In the afternoon, we will take more boat excursions to the "igapos" in the Tres Bocas region. Relax and watch the sunset while listening to classical music.

After dinner, we can have a drink under the stars on the rooftop, or try to spot alligators. ...read less

Today we'll visit the "botos" or pink river dolphins, as well as trekking and boating through the "igarapes" and "igapos" of Novo Airao.

We can have lunch at Kuarup Restaurant or on the rooftop buffet. A presentation on the fish of Amazonia will be given. After lunch, we take boat trips through lakes and "igapos" from Archipelago Anavilhanas.

Have a night of leisure listening to music or looking at the stars.

After breakfast on the upper deck or in the restaurant, we will visit an indigenous community at Rio Cuieiras.

A lecture on the birds of Amazonia will be given before lunch. We will take a boat excursion through the lakes of Rio Negro, where we can fish for piranha and watch birds. We will have a special farewell captain's dinner at the restaurant. We will also watch a regional folklore show with music and dance, with the rooftop bar open.

Enjoy a sunrise lovers-breakfast and watch the meeting of the waters or "encontro das aguas," the meeting of Rio Solimoes and Rio Negro. Relax as we glide into Manaus and check out.

Upon arrival at the pier, a Yampu representative will meet you for your private transfer to the airport to take the flight home.