Booking in advance on the internet is likely to secure you a good guide. Be sure to ascertain in advance the exact itinerary of the tour, that the price includes all the meals, that guides are knowledgeable.

Note: There are many hustlers at the airport and on the street (specially around the hotels and bars on Joaquim Nabuco and Miranda Leão) and even at the hotels. Don´t go with the first friendly face you meet, there are many cases of bad guides, whose use to stell tourists and disappear with the jungle tour money, When you leave your lugagge in any office NEVER leave your personal documents such as credicards and passport toguether. We from On Road Travels, don´t work in the airport and also not on the street, we work directly from internet, then if somone tell you that work for us, Don`t belive! It is not true.

Flights over the jungle give a spectacular impression of the extent of the forest. Opposite to Manaus, near the junction of the Rio Negro and the Rio Solimões, lies the Janauari Lake, a small nature reserve. This is where all the day or half-day trippers are taken, usually combined with a visit to the metting of the waters, Will be possible to see some birds and with luck, dolphins. In the shops and Bars there are captive parrots and snakes. The are is set up large number of tourists, which ecologist agree relieves pressure other parts of the river. Boats for day trippers leave the harbour constantly throughout the day, but are best booked at one of the larger number of tourists, wich ecologists agree relieves pressure on other parts of the river. Boats for day trippers leave the harbour constantly throughout the day, but are best booked at one of the larger operators. Remenber that in the dry season, one day tour may not offer much to see if the river is low.

About 15 km from Manaus is the confluence of the yellow-brown Solimões (Amazon) and the blue-black Rio Negro, wich is itself some 8km wide, commonly known as the meeting of the waters. The two rivers run side by side for about 13 km without their waters mingling. You can see this natural phenomenon in a range of ways, depending on time and budget.

The Arquiélago de Anavilhanas is the largest archipelago in a river in the world, is in the Rio Negro River, some 100 km upstream from Manaus, near the town Novo Airão. There are hundreds of islands, covered in the thick vegetation. When the river is Low, white send beaches are revealed, as well as the roots and trunks of the trees. Tour companies arrange visits to the archipelago.

What to bring?

Long Sleeves, Long trousers, shoes and insect repellent are advisable for treks where insects are voracious, bring also sun block, a hat for the canoe trips.

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