Everything was excellent, especially our guide Kenrick. Definitely will be back for one of the longer trips and deeper into the jungle hopefully.
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Accommodations in private cabins At Juma Floating Lodge with air conditions .
- Mineral water
- Droop Off Back to hotel our airport
Excludes
- Bar
- Tips for guide and Staff
- Hotel in Town
- Extra Transportation
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Traveler pick up offered
Itinerary
Day 1
1
Our day starts at 7am when we pick you up from your hotel in Manaus. We head to the Ceasa Port where you will board a speedboat along the Rio Negro. As we navigate the waters, the first stop on the trip is the floating village of Catalão. Here we will visit a fish farm where you can see the Giant Arapaima Gigas, the largest scaled fish in the world. You will be able to feed them and feel how strong they are! After visiting the fish farm, we proceed by speedboat to the meeting of the waters. Here the Rio Negro and the Solimões River meet but don’t mix. Afterward, we continue along the river to the Careiro village. From there we will continue by road for about an hour to Maçarico lake. The final leg is by speedboat and you will arrive at the lodge at about 11:30 am. At noon, delicious local cuisine will be served for lunch.
At 3:00 pm, we will head out on a canoe trip. On this trip, you’ll see the world-famous Amazon Pink River Dolphin, as well as an array of colorful birds. We’ll also get a chance to do some piranha fishing. We’ll stay out on the water until about 6:30 pm when we’ll watch the beautiful sunset, and at 7 pm we’ll return to the lodge for dinner. We head back on the waters at 8:30 pm in search of the fearsome Cayman. Your jungle guide will snatch a Cayman out of the water, allowing you to learn more about it up close, after which it’ll be carefully returned to its habitat.
Day 2
2
The second day of our trip starts early, at 5 am. We will depart from the lodge at 5:30 am on a motorized boat to a serene spot to watch the jungle waking up to a new sunrise. Afterward, we head back to the lodge for a hearty breakfast in preparation for our morning trek. During the walk, your jungle guide will share valuable knowledge about the Amazon. You will learn many interesting things, such as the medicinal plants of the Amazon, as well as all the insects that call it home. You’ll also have a chance to see many of the native wildlife, like cheeky monkeys! Once the trek has been completed, it’s back to the lodge for lunch.
At 3 pm our afternoon activities start. We’ll take a canoe to Várzea forest, an area flooded with many small channels and waterways. You’ll get a unique perspective of the Amazon, learning much about the flora and fauna found here. During the dry season, this trip is done on foot since there is no water from August to March. This is a good area for spotting animals like monkeys, sloths, and some birds. When we finish, it’s back to the lodge for dinner.)
Day 3
3
Our day starts at 7 am when breakfast is served. At 8 am we’ll head out and visit a local family that lives along the river. You will learn about their simple, but wonderful way of life. You will see how they grow their own food and have the chance to taste local fruits. On the way back to the lodge, you will have the opportunity to swim in the river, having fun the way the local Amazonian people do.
After lunch, at 3 pm, we leave the lodge to sleep out in the Amazon! Your guide will help you set up camp and prepare dinner in a remote part of the jungle. We will provide hammocks and mosquito nets. After dinner you will have the chance to do some spearfishing, then it’s back to camp for the night.
Day 4
4
In the jungle, you’ll have more opportunities to explore the magnificent Amazon Rainforest, either by trekking or canoeing. Your guide will teach you survival techniques and local knowledge related to the Amazon. Then we head back to the camp for breakfast and then get on the boat back to the lodge for lunch. At 1:00 pm we begin our journey back to Manaus with an arrival scheduled for 4:00 pm at your hotel or airport.
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Reviews
Amazing experience! I really enjoyed and I did everything the agency told me I were going to do. I spent my birthday there and they prepared me a beautiful cake. Couldn’t have spent a better birthday in the Amazon. Jordana always answered in a kind way.
This is a ecological place with absolutely complex scarcely resources. We are talking about infrastructure in the middle of the forest . So the experience, the people, the treatment was absolutely amazing and unforgettable. They are so careful with my family with make us feel like part of them. They have a total experience with foreigners and absolutely nail in terms of punctuality, plan and care. Again it’s a remote area , and i was positively impacted by such comfort . Totally recommended for families.
This was a great tour. Our guide was knowledgeable and professional. Over all we were very happy with the tour. The only reason we did not give a 5 star review was because in the last day when we returned from the tour they needed to switch guides. The new person that came with us did not speak English and it felt like they just wanted to “get rid” of us to start their next tour. We took an old van with pathetic ac to get back to Manaus and my daughter got heat sickness. I understand that having a perfect trip is hard, but these little issues were avoidable with better administrative planning
I did a lot of research on different operators and was very glad we selected Joshua’s Amazon Expeditions. Jordan’s was very helpful advising us on the right tour option for our family. Our Amazon experience was unforgettable thanks to Kenrick Lacruz (aka Jungle Boy)—he’s incredibly knowledgeable about the rainforest, wildlife, and local culture, and shares it all with real passion. He is kind, funny, and makes every adventure feel safe, welcoming, and exciting. We couldn’t recommend Joshua’s Amazon Expeditions more highly.
What an excellent experience! My friend and I completed the 4D 3N tapiri lodge stay. The transport from our initial accomodation in Manaus out to the lodge was seamless. Our guide Marcos was friendly, professional and knowledgable. For two young women we felt very safe. All the people that work to make the expedition happen were very accomodating. The food provided was great as well! We were able to see such rich wildlife from birds to sloths and caymans. There was a nice stretch of downtime at the hottest part of the day and then out for a different activity on the boat. It was a great adventure, I would recommend this trip with friends or family. I would definitely return!
Everything was amazing. The different activities we were taken on. The food was incredible. I am gluten free, and they made sure to accommodate my diet into the included meals. I would recommend this place to anyone wanting to explore the Amazon. They pick you up from the hotel, and they reached out to me before hand asking if I had any accommodates they needed to know about as well as my for sure pick up destination, and then they take you back to the hotel of your choosing.
Our trip and stay at the Amazon floating lodge was an extraordinary experience. From hotel pick up in Manaus and travel to deep inside the Amazon to the floating lodge, and then back to Manaus was seamlessly organized. The lodge was comfortable, the food was simple and very tasty, the staff were polite and helpful, and to top it all our extremely knowledgeable guide (Cobra) for the canoe trips. Cobra's English speaking skills were very impressive, and we told him that. He accepted that with great humility. If you want an English guide - ask for Cobra. We had a great experience. The only area that needs attention - our toilet flush was not working very well, but we managed after borrowing a bucket.
An excellent experience with an amazing guide, Kenrick Lacruz. He grew up here and so understands the rivers, the jungle, and the wildlife. One of the highlights for me was a night in hammocks in the jungle with fish & ‘jungle’ rice cooked over a fire. Toucans chattered away. A nighttime spearfishing expedition yielded several fish, including a bass, which we had for lunch the next day. Highly recommend this trip and Kenrick!
Amazing tour. Very well organized. We did 4days 3 nights tour at the Tapiri floating lodge with one night stay in the jungle. The itinerary was swapped a little bit between the multiple days, but they made sure they covered everything that was advertised. My tour guide was Toniel and he was pretty good. And the entire staff in the company are pretty good and caring, including the captains that drive the boats, and the cooks that prepared the meals. They all make a good team, helping each other out - just like one big family. I don’t speak Portuguese and thought it would be difficult during the trip; but they coordinate so well for the activities and everything would be so seamless and effortless. I have requested for a different drop off location and it was immediately accepted and honored. Full marks for customer service. I would definitely recommend this tour.
We had an absolutely incredible experience, we were so fortunate with not only the animals we saw but our guide Jamal had so much experience and was able to work really well with our driver João who took us to all the best parts. So many memories, but having the monkeys board our boat was fantastic, Piranha fishing was great fun and sleeping in the jungle with lightning going on in the background awesome.
This is a wonderful introduction into the Amazon rain forest. Everyday was a different experience either hiking in the jungle; boating through the water flooded bunches of trees; boating down the river looking for and finding all kinds of birds, dolphins both grey and pink. In addition there was opportunity to swim in front of our cabins and visit a working farm close to the lodge. The cabins and their furnishings and acutriments were basic but did the job needed. The AC worked well. The food was also basic fare, but healthy and abundant which wasn't a bad thing for us! Our guide Ken was most knowlegeable about the Amazon and its flora and fauna in addition to other various topics. Gustavo was a great navigator on the water and found animals particularly sloths hanging out in the trees. He seemed to have a sixth sense about these things. ' Overall a very enjoyable experience and would recommend to anyone I talk to. There was good value for the price paid to have this experience.
My partner and I had an incredible time on this trip and truly an experience we will never forget. The journey there was an adventure in itself from boat to land to boat again, but all worked very efficiently and smoothly. A special thanks to Yamal for the guidance and activities we did, it was a great balance of adventure and relaxation. Also kudos to him for his extensive knowledge on all the animals, plants and birds!! The Amazon is a special place. Also João was a brilliant local guide, expertly using his machete to take us through the jungle. The floating lodge itself was in beautiful surroundings with river dolphins! The room itself was large + had air con which was glorious due to the outside heat. The family who ran the lodge made us some lovely meals, so thanks to them as well. Brilliant few days all round but would highly recommend to do a night in the jungle to round off the experience! Thanks to everyone involved in making the trip happen!
Great Amazon experience that was exactly what we were looking for. Yamal was great and knew alot about the jungle which made for great chats during the activities. There was also plenty of downtime to just disconnect and reset away from the hustle and bustle of life. All made even more blissful if staying in the floating lodge where you can watch the rain hit the river and the dolphins and monkeys playing around.
This experience was amazing from beginning to end. Great communication from the start. Had enough time to relax a well a having busy schedule. Accomodation was great, as was the food. Dolphins outside cabin. Saw lots of caiman, some monkeys, water pig and lots of birds. Slept in jungle and saw local villages as well as piranha fishing. Knowledgeable and entertaining guides made it. Thank you Paulo and Julio as well as the other staff.
Awesome trip, awesome price... Our guide Daniel was very nice and accommodating... You need to do this tour....
This was a one of a kind experience to be integrated so fully within the Amazon jungle! We were collected from our hotel promptly by Joshua and straight away felt comfortable, which was good because for the remaining 4 days, our movements were out of our hands! We were driven to the meeting of the waters, picked up by someone else to be driven to the Amazon river, and collected by someone else who took us on a boat to the lodge we would stay at. Just getting to the lodge was already an adventure and took about 4 hours! Once we got there, we were in the hands of our two guides, one English and one Portuguese. Our English guide Yamal spoke perfect English so we could have a memorable tour. We learnt a lot about the jungle, the water, the animals. We did activities including caiman hunting, piranha fishing, canoeing, jungle trekking, swimming with pink dolphins and visiting a local village, and even spent a night in the jungle sleeping on hammocks! The guides took total care of us, and we didn’t have to lift a finger as they set up our camp and cooked dinner for us. The boat became our mode of transportation to each activity, and when we had some downtime we pulled onto the shores and either went to a local spaza shop for a beer or took a walk on the beach. The lodge we stayed at was the Tapiri lodge and the stay was comfortable with a room that felt like a treehouse, surrounded by trees. It has an en-suite bathroom and air conditioning. The meals served were delicious! There was always a salad, rice, pasta, beans, fruit, local fruit juice, meat or chicken and usually fish. Either stewed or fried. We did have fried eggs for most breakfasts and a cake of sorts with tea and coffee. The only downside is that we didn’t see as many animals as we were hoping! So adjust your expectations as the jungle is so dense that it makes it almost impossible to spot anything! Most animals don’t want to be seen and probably won’t be spotted! All in all 10/10 and I would recommend it to someone wanting a real jungle experience! We felt completely safe in the hands of our capable guides and thank them very much!
Our Amazon tour in Tapiri Floating Lodge was amazing! We travelled there in the middle of march and experienced four days packed with adventure, sightseeing and good company. Our main guide Marcus was the man with the plan. Such an awesome guy and rich of knowledge. Also as our guide we had Juan, which was the ultimate badass, being born and raised in the jungle. One of the best activities was our hike through the jungle and the constant knowledge sharing. Trees that walk through the jungle, seeds monkeys use as combs, tree sap which works as nature's paraffin and much, much more. The guides were also really patient with us regarding our wish to go look for animals. We saw dolphins, sloths, monkeys, Tucans, kaymans and many more. We also slept outdoors in the jungle one night which was somewhat scary, but the guides made us as safe as possible, arranging their hammocks on either side of the tourists'. Listening to sound of the jungle, the wall like thickness of it, and the smells. Incredible. In addition our accommodation at Tapiri Floating Lodge was really good. We fell in love the food, especially tasting Pirarucu for the first time. The air condition worked well, wifi was supreme and the bathroom was clean and tidy. The comfortable accommodation really mattered to be able to relax and get the most out of the adventures. All in all a perfect introduction to the jungle with awesome guides and great accommodation. Peace and love from Nora and Odin :)
One of the biggest highlights of our entire South America trip was spending 4 days in the Amazon with Joshua’s expeditions. Our jungle guide, Toniel and captain João were the real deal. Toniel was born in the jungle, catches caiman with his bare hands and tells you campfire stories about his encounters with jaguars. Hearing about his way of life and getting to see his passion for the jungle was inspiring. Everything was super well organised and never felt rushed. Staying at Tapiri lodge was excellent. The food in camp and facilities were top notch with a diet of fish they catch daily from the same river you spend your days navigating. The family running it are super friendly and have some unusual pets, Felipe the caiman was our favourite. I’ll never get bored of sitting on the deck watching river dolphins jumping out of the water just outside your room. Could not recommend more highly.
Firts of all, if you're planning to go to the Amazon rainforest, be aware that you need a trustworthy counterparty to book your trip. You don't want some random, non professional guide leading you throught the jungle! This is why we ABSOLUTELY reccomend Joshua and his team. Everything was excellent. The transfers, the lodge, our meals, our guide... We could't ask a more pleasant experience. If you're visiting Brazil, Joshua's tour in the Amazon is a must do.
My wife and I booked the 4 day and 3 night stay in the Amazon with Toucan Lodge accommodation. I’m not really one to write reviews - but the whole experience blew our mind from start to finish. Our guides Julio and Kenedy could not have been better and the Amazon is a truly special place to unwind in nature and try out some new activities. Many of the fellow guests at Toucan were envious of the service we received from Julio and Kenedy which speaks volumes of how good they were. We could not recommend it more. G&C
I am usually not writing reviews but I really enjoyed my time. First the guide Cobra (you cannot invent this one!) was outstanding, understood that we wanted a real experience, not touristic bs. As a native, he adapted and went out of the ordinary. The activities are very cool with a wow moment for each but 3-4 days is just the right time. The housing is comfortable enough, clean, with good showers and ACs. The food was surprisingly very good and all local. The team is very welcoming and helpful Only point,if you decide to sleep outside, it can be pretty hot so it is not that easy. All in all, warmly recommended and thanks again to the team.
Fantastic experience inside the Amazon jungle, I traveled with my 15-year-old son, we love!! Do not expect luxury!! Expect a real immersion in the Amazon rainforest!! Our guide João is a spectacular Cover, Nilson the owner does everything to make your stay the most perfect of all!! Homemade food , without any luxury , but that reminds that little meal of vó!!
Experiencia increíble en el Amazonas. Navegar por el rio, caminar por la selva, observar aves, delfines, monos..., capturar y tocar caimanes, dormir en la jungla... Han sido unos días para el recuerdo. Muy buena organización y servicio de Joshua's Amazon Expedition. Y el guía Yamal y el barquero Gustavo con sus explicaciones y su ayuda han hecho que este viaje haya sido top.
Absolutely fantastic.We couldn't have imagined it better. Good organization.We were taken from the airport to the hotel and picked up from there back to the lodge.The lodge was well maintained and we could make ourselves comfortable on the hammocks.The food was perfectly good and sufficient but the greatest was our guide (Osmar).The excursions were a dream come true!We saw caimane (Aligator), bird spiders, sloths, monkeys, dolphins and much more. It couldn't have been better!e couldn't have imagined it better. Good organization.We were taken from the airport to the hotel and picked up from there again to the lodge. The food was completely good and sufficient but the best was our guide (Osmar).The excursions were a dream come true! We have seen caimane (aligator), bird spiders, sloths, monkeys, dolphins and much more. It couldn't have been better!
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