Amazônia Gold Overview
Photo courtesy of Freeway
Freeway created the Amazônia Gold tour based on feedback from Brazilian and international tourists. The six-day land and river tour encompasses some of the key experiences travelers can enjoy in the Amazon.
The program includes daytime and nighttime canoe tours with piranha fishing and alligator sightings; guided jungle trekking amidst gigantic trees and a profusion of orchids and bromeliads; a stay at Hotel Tropical, on the Negro River; a stay at the Amazon Ecopark Jungle Lodge; visits to riverside communities; and a tour of the meeting of the waters, where the reddish Solimões River and dark Negro River meet and run alongside each other as they form the Amazon River.
Prices start from R$ 3,908 (see the daily dollar-real exchange rate).
Amazon Clipper Premium
Photo courtesy of Freeway
River excursions in the Amazônia Gold tour are taken aboard the Amazon Clipper Premium, a boat hotel with a capacity for 32 passengers, comfortable cabins and English-speaking crew members.
Land Accommodations
In Manaus, travelers will stay at Hotel Tropical, the best hotel in town. Amazon Ecopark, one of the top Amazon Jungle Lodges in Brazil, is in charge of jungle accommodations and tours. The lodge is famous for the Monkey Jungle, a center for the rehabilitation of primates where visitors are allowed to see the animals up close in their natural habitat during feeding time.
Amazônia Gold Day by Day
Photo of the meeting of the waters courtesy of Freeway
Day 1
São Paulo-Manaus flight; transfer to Hotel Tropical.
Day 2
After lunch (not included), transfer to Amazon Ecopark Lodge. Dinner; canoe tour and alligator watching. Night at the lodge.
Day 3
Jungle trekking. Visit to local communities; piranha fishing. Meals and stay at the lodge.
Day 4
Monkey Jungle. Transfer to Manaus; boarding of the Amazon Premium Clipper. Tour of the meeting of the waters and islands. Canoe tour. Boat anchors at Lake Janauacá for the night.
Day 5
Bird watching. Visit to lakeside communities; trekking. Lunch on the boat. Fishing. Nighttime canoe tour. Boat trip down the Solimões to Lake Janauari.
Day 6
Janauari Ecological Park. Return to Hotel Tropical. Transfer to the airport; flight to São Paulo.
About Freeway
Created in 1983, Freeway is a pioneer in the Brazil ecotourism scene. Founded by Edgar Werblowsky, one of the company’s directors, Freeway offers a wide array of ecotourism tours in Brazil and abroad. The company is actively involved in voluntourism, sustainable travel and in the fight against child sex tourism in Brazil.
In June 2009, the company will launch a new division: Freeway Diving, which will open with seven great diving destinations in Brazil, including Fernando de Noronha.
Freeway offers accessible tours. Contact the company for more information.
