Episode 3 | Amazon River, Brazil | November 7-16, 2019
Come along with us on Amazon Nature Tours’ 6-night “Voyage to the Heart of the Amazon” aboard the M/Y Tucano!
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:30 Manaus Tour
1:35 Boarding the M/Y Tucano!
3:06 Boating on the river
3:57 Into the jungle!
5:28 Catching Piranhas!
7:18 Shooting Blowdarts
7:38 Fish that bite
8:05 Day 3: back in the Jungle
8:50 Life on the Amazon River
9:47 Exploring flooded jungle
10:38 "Meeting of the waters"
11:13 Aaron's reflection
11:46 Departing
12:37 Smelly fish market!
13:07 Outro
We’re not the most adventurous travelers, but when Amazon Nature Tours invited us on a river cruise in the Amazon, we immediately said yes! It didn’t hit us that we’d be going “off the grid” until we received our packing list… hiking boots and hats with mosquito netting?! What would we need those for?!?
SPECIAL THANK YOU TO AMAZON NATURE TOURS FOR HOSTING US! Head to www.naturetours.com to choose your own adventure 🗺
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Helpful info:
🇧🇷 Brazil’s official language: Portuguese
💴 Brazil’s official currency: Brazilian real
TIPS FOR YOUR OWN AMAZON ADVENTURE:
✈️ Fly into Manaus, the main city inside the Amazon Rainforest
🛶 You’ll actually cruise the Rio Negro (the least inhabited river in the Amazon) NOT the Amazon River—but it’s all within the Amazon rainforest!
🍹 One of the last nights on the boat is caipirinha night, when you’ll get to learn how to make delicious Brazilian caipirinhas (and maybe even try a little samba on the top deck)
🌐 There’s absolutely no WiFi or cell service once you depart Manaus. Put your OOO response on and ENJOY IT!
🦜 Watch Rio on Disney+ before you go! 😏
AMAZON NATURE TOURS’ DESCRIPTION OF THE TRIP BELOW 👇🏼
“This is a true expedition voyage and we explore far into the wilderness into some of the most untouched rainforest in all of the Amazon. We venture far up the least inhabited major river in the Amazon Basin on our expedition vessel, the Motor Yacht Tucano. Weaving in and out of small channels on the Rio Negro, we explore areas very rarely visited and seek out the mysterious life of the wilderness that stirs in the forest and in the heart of wild nature.”
Expect to see…
🐊 lots of amazing Amazonian wildlife… toucans, monkeys, caimans, pink river dolphins, maybe even a boa constrictor (and a cute lil agouti if you’re lucky) 🦫
🎣 lots of piranhas if you go fishing
🌿 serene, pre-historic feeling landscapes untouched by man
💧 the Meeting of the Waters
🏘 the floating city in Manaus
You’ll explore the Amazon forest by foot or in daily canoe launches, go for swims (in the cleanest water in the world!), visit local settlers who live deep in the forest, and spend a lot of time exploring and observing the greatest collection of wildlife on earth.
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