River Day Tour from Manaus
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River Day Tour from Manaus
By Amazon Private Tours by Milton Fernandes
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The most complete river day tour with lots of activities like visiting the meeting of the rivers, a floating village, the Pirarucu fish farm, water lilies, an indigenous tribe, swimming with pink dolphins, a beach, etc. with a small group (maximum of 10 people) to give you a better experience.
All activities, lunch, and mineral water are included in the price (no surprises).
Pickup and dropoff from your hotel are also included.
Fluent English, Spanish, and Portuguese-certified tour guide giving you the VIP treatment you deserve.
Lowest price guaranteeReserve now & pay laterFree cancellation
Ages 0-99, max of 10 per group
Duration: 9h
Start time: Check availability
Mobile ticket
Live guide: Portuguese, English, Spanish
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- Landing and facility fees
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Private transportation
- Boat to take you for the activities
- Buffet with a wide variety of regional food with vegetarian food too.
- Mineral water included during the whole tour.
- Entry/Admission - Comunidade do Catalão Amazonas
- Entry/Admission - Parque Ecologico Janauary
- Entry/Admission - Comunidade Indigena Dessana
What's not included- We don't provide with alcoholic beverages but at the restaurant you can buy them (in Brazil, 18 years old and above can buy alcoholic drinks)
- You must bring you own towels, swimming suits, rain coat.
- Start:Multiple pickup locations offered.Pickup details
- We need accurate information about your hotel, hostel, or BnB for us to pick you up. If you prefer, you can send us a message, and we can agree on a good place for your pickup.
Hotel pickup offeredDuring checkout you will be able to select from the list of included hotels.Airport pickup offeredDuring checkout you will be able to select from the list of included airports.- Eduardo Gomes Intl Airport, Manaus, State of Amazonas Brazil
Port pickup offeredDuring checkout you will be able to select from the list of included ports.- Port of Manaus, R. Taqueirinha, 25 - Centro, Manaus - AM, 69005-420, Brazil
End:This activity ends back at the meeting point. - Not wheelchair accessible
- Pushchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Infants must sit on laps
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 121758P36- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not recommended for travellers with back problems
- Travellers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s cancelled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travellers
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 121758P36
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About the operator
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- Dainius670 contributionsGreat tour with Milton and Fabio!As we were looking for a 1 night tour with seeing as much as possible - this tour suited us very well. Tour organizer Milton Fernandes was very helpful. We were glad to meet tour guide Fabio, we learned a lot about the Amazon forest, changes between the dry and rainy seasons, got acquainted with flora and fauna (a bit :) ), etc. His sister was preparing simple, but very delicious food. We wish him all the best with his plans! So, if you have just a couple of days for Amazon and want to see what is possible, this tour is for you.Written 20 November 2024
- jodiannk20220 contributionsFun and memorable day in the AmazonHad a fun time with our tour guide Fabio. Took a nice hike in the jungle, long boat ride and swam with the dolphins. Lunch was excellent and even the fishing which I'm not a fan of, was fun. Great experience and worthwhile for those who can't spend days in the Amazon.Written 20 November 2024
- Chris I0 contributionsGreat TourThis day was packed with great activities. As a regular traveler who does these kinds of things, this was way above average for sure.Written 11 November 2024
- 896rajeevs0 contributionsAwesome tour - hard to beat !This tour is awesome and couldn't get better than this ! Special shout out to our tour guide Fabinho! a great guide who knows the jungle inside out. He really took care of us and making sure we were comfortable at every step. The lunch at the boathouse was awesome and is made fresh in camping style. Plenty of water provided...you'll need plenty too :). Milton our tour operator was excellent and very knowledgeable, he picked and dropped us off from hotel. We were looking to buy some water bottle on our way back ..Milton was kind enough and provided us with extra water bottles. Overall a memorable experience with a great tour operator.Written 3 November 2024
- 822eleanorg0 contributionsGreat experience with guide Fabinho!We had a great time with guide Fabinho. He was very kind, knowledgeable and went above and beyond to ensure a great experience. The communication prior to the tour was great and Milton was happy to answer any questions. Being in a small group like this tour was really nice and I would really recommend this over some of the mass tourism options out there. Everything we did was as described in the itinerary but a highlight was definitely the sunset and seeing the caimans in the dark on the way back. Would definitely recommend this tour!Written 11 October 2024
- Explore057019287170 contributionsYou should take this day trip! No regret and worth every penny!This is the day trip you should take! Greatest experience in the Amazon! No regret and wish I could do it again. If you have limited time to explore Manaus, here you go, the best day trip for you! The guide Fabinho is very knowledgeable, humble and friendly. Milton replies messages swiftly and has been very helpful. I think my stay in Manaus is noe complete with the Amazon jungle experience. Love every bit of the exploration!Written 21 September 2024
- Flyer374541782990 contributionsExceeded our expectationsWe had such an amazing time and the tour exceeded our expectations! Everything is very authentic and definitely not mass tourism. We really enjoyed it, thank you Fabinho!Written 4 August 2024
- murrayo5570 contributionsBucket list!They made all my Anthony Bourdain and Indiana Jones fantasies come true. This was the high light to my trip to Brazil and run my a great company. Our guide was phenomenal and showed us many animals as well as provided us with little interesting facts a long the way. This company is first class, you shouldnt have any issues. Please give them your business as they are kind of the little guys out there. It was a wonderful experience!Written 2 July 2024
- CamilleTTravel0 contributionsAmazing!Our tour guide Fabinho was fantastic! He gave such insightful information about the Amazon, indigenous customs + history, and the animals. No time was wasted and we did so much. Definitely choose this company for tours - good communication and great value.Written 27 June 2024
- LesleyGrayD0 contributionsDefinitely do this when ManausDefinitely worth doing! I loved my guide and learned so much. I was so happy that I did this my first day to get the lay of the land.Written 10 June 2024
- Suzie8600 contributionsGreat Introduction to ManausThis is a wonderful tour to introduce you to the fascinating city of Manaus, the banana market, the opera house, the amazing Negro and Amazon rivers and so much more! The guides were on-time, interesting and were very fluent in English. Lunch was delicious. The boat ride was fun. This is a great tour! So much to see and do. Well worth your time and money!Written 6 June 2024
- 885shilpag0 contributionsAmazon full day tour in Rio Negro from ManeusThis is a 5 star tour, organised by Milton, it is a perfect experience for the Amazon, I was in a small group of 5 people picked up from my hotel by Milton. Who then drive us to the Rio Negro area where we went by boat down the river, our guide was a local , so knowledgeable , spoke English so well that was a bonus point for me. We had a morning of trekking into the forests seeing the floating forests, small wildlife in the forest , what an amazing place and words don’t do it justice. We had a family lunch with Milton’s family on the the floating house , to witness gentle rain in the afternoon with small siesta! Then we sailed to a different part of the floating forest where we spent a few hours with a local family who are officially registered by the Amazon national rangers to feed the pink river dolphins and that was an amazing experience. Following which we went piranha fishing and we put all the fish back into the water safely, they were not hurt or damaged by our fishing. The last part was the night watching of wildlife in the floating forests by boat. What an experience, it was really the highlight of our day. We got back 12 hrs later to our hotels. Made new friends and had the most wonderful introduction to the vast Amazon in a sustainable, ecological, climate friendly way by local people who care for their environment while letting us see into their world. I would love to return and spend longer, I will definitely book with Milton and co. Highly recommended - 5 starsWritten 17 May 2024
- garymP5248PI0 contributionsAll day jungle and river experiences.Swimming with dolphims was the highlight, but really enjoyed the entire day including the jungle walk...where we saw a sloth and a tarantula, the lunch at the floating restaurant (where we saw another sloth), fishing for piranha (my wife and I each caught 2), and the ride back (watching the sunset and seeing caiman eyes reflecting our lights back at us). Our guide was Fabio and he was fabulous!Written 29 February 2024
- Boyemarq50 contributions‘A great whole day in the jungle’Feb 26, 2024 we all agreed in this trip that we have a very knowledgeable tour guide (I apologize for not remembering his name) to lead us in the most complex path of the Rivers, flora and fauna of the jungle., knowing the name of each plant, trees, insects, characters and benefits of each make him most valuable guide to this very worthwhile jungle day trip., all of that while blessed with a non stop rain!, Topped with a stop to actually swim with some dolphins (a highlight) and he showed our group how Amazonian caught fish for survival (some of us did caught) and also he searched and found alligator in the dark.Written 27 February 2024
- aniaY1379OQ0 contributionsSolo Travel - Never felt lonelylovelovelovelove! if I could, I would give 10 star reviews! I was alone but never felt lonely! the tour guides are amazing, the experiences that we did all safe and well organized! food, delicious! i would do it again tomorrow if I could. love!Written 20 February 2024
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Cindy P
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Sept 2023 • Friends
I HIGHLY recommend Amazon Private Tours. My friend and I were so impressed that we booked another tour with the same company for the following day. What I appreciate about Milton's tours are that they're in small groups (versus large tours that try to fit as many people as possible). It really was a private experience.
Our tour guides were AMAZING (Fabinho on the first day, Denis on the second). Denis was so kind to take photos of us throughout the day with his professional camera. The highlight was definitely swimming with the pink dolphins (and again, because the tour group size is small, it was often just my friend and I swimming with them).
On the first day, we went on the jungle tour (a 2-hour hike in jungle, swim with pink dolphins followed by a delicious fresh fish lunch, swim by the beach, fishing for piranhas, searching for alligators, watching the sunset). The following day we did the river day tour (meeting an Indigenous tribe, sampling their foods, swimming with pink dolphins, visiting floating houses by the river and having a buffet lunch there, meeting some of the animals in the jungle like monkeys, bird watching and discovering the huge lilly pads, and of course the meeting of the two Amazon rivers).
Both tours were so different and unique that I'd recommend both (the jungle hike tour is probably for those who are more physically active). Doing both will give you a totally different experience and you'll come away wowed.
Thanks again to Milton and the entire crew!
Our tour guides were AMAZING (Fabinho on the first day, Denis on the second). Denis was so kind to take photos of us throughout the day with his professional camera. The highlight was definitely swimming with the pink dolphins (and again, because the tour group size is small, it was often just my friend and I swimming with them).
On the first day, we went on the jungle tour (a 2-hour hike in jungle, swim with pink dolphins followed by a delicious fresh fish lunch, swim by the beach, fishing for piranhas, searching for alligators, watching the sunset). The following day we did the river day tour (meeting an Indigenous tribe, sampling their foods, swimming with pink dolphins, visiting floating houses by the river and having a buffet lunch there, meeting some of the animals in the jungle like monkeys, bird watching and discovering the huge lilly pads, and of course the meeting of the two Amazon rivers).
Both tours were so different and unique that I'd recommend both (the jungle hike tour is probably for those who are more physically active). Doing both will give you a totally different experience and you'll come away wowed.
Thanks again to Milton and the entire crew!
Written 20 September 2023
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Thank you for your feedback,
Hope to have you back one day.
Milton Fernandes
Written 24 September 2023
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Vicki R
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Jul 2024 • Family
The river day tour from Manaus was incredible and worth every penny! I’d give it 10 stars if I could. From the moment we booked and were contacted by Milton we felt well cared for. The trip is so well planned and each experience was wonderfully interactive and interesting. Milton, our driver, and our guide all spoke English making the experience so much better for our family. Our guide was so informative and friendly and attentive. I grew up in the area and still learned so much and did several new things I’ve never done - like swimming with a pink dolphin! Amazing! From pick up at our hotel to drop off we loved our day! This trip is perfect for young and old - we had from a 6 year old to an 80 year old in our group and everyone had a great time! The cherry on top was the next day when Milton contacted me that our child had left something behind, he immediately drove nearly 30 min to our hotel and dropped it off for us! Incredible! I can’t review this highly enough! Book with Milton and I promise you will not be sorry!
Written 24 July 2024
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Thank you so much for your feedback,
It's really important for us.
Best regards,
Milton Fernandes
Written 18 August 2024
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GARY P
36 contributions
Mar 2024 • Friends
It was a dreary raining morning on the Amazon, and our tour was starting late because of our ship’s late arrival. Our guide Dennis started with a recommendation that we go downriver first instead of later, and save the swim with the pink dolphins for the afternoon. It turned out perfectly as we avoided most of the weather and enjoyed everything that was on the agenda ! It was a great day !
Written 15 March 2024
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Thank you for your feedback.
Hope to have you visiting us again.
Milton Fernandes
Written 16 March 2024
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Elvis A
1 contribution
Jul 2024 • Friends
The tour was amazing and exceeded all my expectations. From the first contact until the end of the service, everything went perfectly. The staff was extremely attentive, with a special emphasis on the guide Ana Cristina, who was excellent and very careful throughout the tour. I highly recommend Amazon Private Tours.
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Written 30 July 2024
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Muito obrigado pelo feedback
Agradecemos por confiar a nós seu tempo na Amazonia.
Até breve.
Milton Fernandes
Written 18 August 2024
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Dross18
Maidenhead, UK70 contributions
Sept 2024 • Solo
The high spot of my trip to the amazon! having been sorely disappointed with a trip on the Grand Amazon expedition boat by Iberostar, this more than made up for 3 days of disappointment. It did what it said it would and did not fail to deliver. our Guide was wonderful and she was well versed in all of the activities. Milton was a star and could not have been more helpful. My only regret is that I did not do the jungle tour with him. it was all very well executed. I would definitely recommend to anyone wanting to a have a full experience with little time available.
Written 5 October 2024
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Thank you so much for your evaluation,
It was a pleasure to meet you and hope to see you again.
Milton Fernandes
Written 8 October 2024
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Eliza Vasconcelos
Italy19 contributions
Oct 2024 • Family
If I had had more time, I would have stayed for more days.
What a place, what a sensational experience!!
Our guide was named Fábio and he was very courteous in answering all the questions, showed us everything, with a wealth of details. It gave us security and confidence. I am sure I will return again to this magical place!
What a place, what a sensational experience!!
Our guide was named Fábio and he was very courteous in answering all the questions, showed us everything, with a wealth of details. It gave us security and confidence. I am sure I will return again to this magical place!
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Written 16 November 2024
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Muito obrigado por sua avaliação,
Sua opinião é muito importante para nós.
Até breve.
Milton Fernandes
Written 18 November 2024
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Haleiwa, HI2,830 contributions
I contacted this company to inquire about the river day tour and swim with the dolphins online. Milton responded promptly with prices and confirmed my reservation. He contacted me by WhatsApp the day before the tour to provide pick-up time and other information. We were picked up at the hotel on time and were driven to the boat dock. The caption and guide were both excellent. They took us safely around Rio Negro. The boat was clean and well maintained. Lunch was included. The buffet was quite good. This full day tour is excellent. They delivered as promised. No hidden fees. A must do when visiting in Manaus.
Written 26 September 2024
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Thank you so much for your feedback
Hope to see you again.
Milton Fernandes
Written 30 September 2024
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Donna R
24 contributions
From start to end this was an amazing experience for the day. I stuffed up and got my dates wrong. Milton was very accommodating and came to get me anyway to join the trip. We had a swim with the pink dolphins in the wild they just came to us. They seem to love humans even though they are the apex predator in the Amazon. No fear of piranha in the water as they stay away from the dolphins. Had a lovely lunch at a floating restaurant. Tried fishing picarucu at a fish farm ( species of prehistoric fish) no hook just bait no pain for the fish. Saw stilted village floating village meet with indigenous people in their malacca, ending the day at the meeting of the waters. Really well organised with lovely Christina our guide for the day. Couldn’t have asked for more it was magical
Written 24 September 2024
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Thank you very much for your review.
Your opinion is really important for us
Milton Fernandes
Written 30 September 2024
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Amy
Enid, OK4 contributions
Aug 2023 • Family
This was our favorite day and great way to end our trip here. You will spend a lot of time in the boat, but the views are beautiful! Lunch is local and delicious. Swimming with the dolphins was an incredible experience. The guides spoke English and were very informative.
Written 5 August 2023
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Thank you for your evaluation
Best regards,
Milton Fernandes
Written 7 August 2023
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Amandeep
Hyderabad District, India2 contributions
Jul 2023 • Family
Milton and his tour were amazing. The way he explained everything in English made the trip even more delightful. His river day tour was extremely delightful and well planned!! We got an opportunity to get the ultimate experience at the Amazon..
Written 29 July 2023
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Thank you very much for your kink words,
I feel happy to know that you enjoyed your time.
Best regards,
Milton Fernandes
Written 1 August 2023
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