This is a very special photographic safari, prepared with great care. We will be in the heart of the Amazon, in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, staying at Uakari Lodge, an initiative in Community-Based Tourism in the Brazilian Amazon that seeks to be the best example of ecotourism in the Amazon. In addition to discovering and being enchanted by the preserved nature of the Reserve, learning how to use the equipment in the best possible way, recording species of fauna and incredible landscapes, we will also be in contact with the culture of traditional communities and, in addition, contributing to the conservation of local biodiversity.

Before arriving in Mamirauá we will spend two days in Manaus, a full day in Presidente Figueiredo with lots of birdwatching and two days in Tefé, getting to know and photographing every corner of this incredible bioma.

- Visit to the MUSA Tower - Amazon Museum - to see the sunrise

-Birdwatching in Presidente Figueiredo

-Visit to the indigenous community in Tefé

-Visit FLONA in Tefé, one of the 65 Conservation Units in Brazil

-Photographic immersion at Uakari Lodge, within the Mamirauá Sustainable Reserve, with observation of terrestrial mammals, amphibians, reptiles, butterflies, snakes and different species of birds, many of which are only found in the region

-As we will be in the flood season, we will do a lot of sailing

-Detailed organization following the "Slow Travel" concept

-Coordination and daily monitoring of photographers specializing in nature and wildlife

-Photographic workshop during departures and when returning to the accommodation, with tips for using your equipment better and getting the best photos, and also when we return, editing photos, and answering questions

In Manaus: Juma Opera Hotel

In Mamirauá: Uakari Floating Lodge

Includes all meals with non-alcoholic drinks / Vegetarian, vegan and tacc-free options

We do not include air tickets from your main destination to Manaus in our packages, but we can if you prefer. Do not hesitate to contact us requesting the options available.

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- Arrival in Manaus where we will be waiting for each member of the group at the - airport to take them to the hotel

- Transfer to hotel and check in

- Welcome dinner with presentation of the group and photographers

- Breakfast at 5 am and leave 5:30 am for the MUSA - Amazon Museum - which is inside the Adolpho Ducke Forest Reserve, to wait for dawn at the top of the Tower

- We will spend the whole morning walking around the Museum and the forest, there is a lot to see and photograph

- We leave 10:30hs to Adolpho Lisboa Market, where we will see a lot of typical amazon artcraft and a lot of information about culture and gastronomy. It´s an amazing place to take pictures and also buy something

- Lunch at 1pm 

- Free time from the moment we are back to the hotel up dinner time

- We meet at 7pm for dinner

- Breakfast at 5am and departure at 5:30am to Presidente Figueiredo

- We will be able to see many species of birds, including if we are lucky the beautiful Galo da Serra, as well as many other specie

- The place is known as the capital of waterfalls, so we will have material for many landscape photographs as well

- We have lunch and have two hours of free time to rest and, perhaps, take a dip in the waterfall

- Return to Manaus at 3pm

- Free time until dinner time

- We meet at 7 pm for dinner

- Check out and departure to the airport at 5:00 am (breakfast in Tefé)

- Flight to Tefe

- Arrival in Tefé at 8:40am

- We leave our bags at the hotel and go have breakfast, waiting for check in time

- Returned to check in at the hotel at 10:30am

- Free time until 12:30 pm, lunch time

- After lunch we leave for the Solimões river barrier and visit the Ticuna indigenous community

- Return in the late afternoon with free time until dinner time

- Dinner at 7pm

- Departure very early

- Navigation to FLONA - National Forest - of Tefé, organized based on community tourism, where we will have a regional breakfast

- Trails within the forest, on foot and/or with navigation, depending on the height of the flood in the river

- Visit to local communities

- Lunch followed by free time with a river bath for those who wish

- Return to Tefé at the end of the day

- Dinner at 7pm

- Ready 7:30am and heading to the port of Tefé, we will have breakfast at destination

- River transport to the Mission Community

- During navigation we stopped to photograph and observe the waters and the dolphins meeting

- Regional breakfast in the community

- Immersive trail in the region with regional fruit tasting

- Visit to the indigenous tribe of Barreira da Missão

- Navigation to Sitio Vale Encantado 

- Regional lunch and free time with the possibility of swimming in the river

- We returned to Tefé at the end of the day

- Dinner at 8pm

- Breakfast in Tefé at Casa do Caboclo at 7am

- Check out and leave at 9:30am for the Mamirauá Sustainable Reserve

Navigation of approximately two hours until we arrive at Uakari Lodge, inside the reserve

- Check in and introduction of Uakari staff

- Lunch at 12pm and free time until snack time

- Snack at 3:30pm

- At 4:00 pm we make our first boat tour in Mamirauá

- We returned to the lodge at the end of the day

- Dinner at 7pm

- Breakfast at 5:00 am

- Departure at 6:00 am

- Return to the hotel between 10:00 and 11:00

- Lunch at 12:00pm

- Rest until 3:30pm

- Departure at 4:00 pm

- Return to the lodge at the end of the day

- Dinner at 7pm

- We will do night boat tours on two times after dinner

- Breakfast 5:00am

- Check out and return to Tefé at 6:30am

- Flight to Manaus at 9:30

- End of expedition