Day 1: Manaus - Janauari Lake - Meeting of Waters
Monday, boarding at 10am at Marina do Davi (near Tropical Hotel). Everybody aboard, we will make a brief meeting to explain the safety procedures, navigation and the routes for the next days. After delivery of the cabins, we will embark on a speedboat that will take us to the first tour of the day.
We begin to sail to the East, where we can see the coastal area of Manaus, the Ponta Negra beach, the dome of the Amazonas Theater, favelas, the Adolpho Lisboa Municipal Market and the colossal engineering work of the Floating Port to name a few. We continue sailing through the Rio Negro up to the ecological reserve Lake Janauari, place of the floating houses. Lunch will be on a floating restaurant, where you can enjoy the Amazonian cuisine at its best. After lunch, we will walk along a suspended walkway, from where it is possible to play with wild monkeys and observe various other species of animals and plants, including Victoria amazonica, the famous Vitória-régia.
The climax of the day is yet to come. It is when we follow the spectacular natural phenomenon, unique in the world, the Meeting of Waters. Along many miles, two rivers, Negro and Solimões, run side by side without blending. What a spectacle! But the day is not over yet, and we will still visit a floating house where there is a fish farming of giants Pirarucu (Arapaima gigas), an Amazonian iconic fish. Back on board, we will sail on Rio Negro heading West, while watching the sunset. At dusk, we will be arriving inside Rio Negro Sustainable Development Reserve, gateway to Anavilhanas Archipelago. At the beach of Palmeiral land reserve, we'll settle down for the night.
