Activities

On arrival to lodge, your first contact with nature will be travelling through the waterways by motorized canoe. Guests will have the chance to observe flocks of parrots, flowering orchids and between the months of November and January sand beaches are formed near the Rio Negro.

Travelling through the streams of the Rio Negro on wooden canoes, your guide will take you to the best fishing spots to find the famous piranha. In this activity you will have the opportunity of seeing the three main types of Piranha found in the Amazon: Caju Piranha ( the most aggressive and common), Black Piranha and Silver Piranha. The best time of the year to go fishing starts in September through to March during the dry season.

Navigating the channels in small wooden canoes, you shall experience the jungle by night with only the moon, stars and flashlights to orient you. Your guide will track down and catch by hand alligators that are abundant in this region, then return them to their natural habitat. This is a unique chance for you to appreciate this animal’s beauty and elegance in the wild.

Trekking through the Amazon rainforest is a fantastic experience recommended to all visitors. Take a hike to the core of the jungle to see nature at its finest. Step through the Amazon, observe the diversity of the animals, plants and insects; feel the natural heat and humidity of the rainforest. Your guide will lead you on a journey through the Amazon while teaching all types of knowledge of the surrounding environment. There are a wide variety of medicinal plants, different types of trees and insects often used by the natives. Tourists will have the opportunity to see many kinds of vine and the Samaumeira, which is amongst the largest trees in the Amazon rainforest. During the walk the guide will also explain about the rich and lush biodiversity typical of this region.

Visit a native floating platform where your guide will call the famous pink Dolphins by using vibrations from hitting the water. This special activity gives you the chance to swim, feed and interact with the wild Dolphins. You will also have the opportunity to film and photograph these magnificent animals.

Explore the jungle in a wooden canoe, paddling through streams and / or flooded forest (only in the wet season); this is one the most spectacular features of this region. The animals which live in this region ranging from fish to reptiles and mammals adapt incredibly to these flooded areas, which are inundated for almost 7 months of the year. We hope the visitors will be able to enjoy the incredible sounds, landscapes and animals that nature has to offer.

Among our cultural attractions, visitors have the opportunity to experience the day-to-day life of the Indigenous: Dessana, Tukano, Tuyuka and Tatuia Uanano; who still live in a traditional way. You shall visit the “Oca Dessana” located in the area of the protected nature reserve Tupé and appreciate their lifestyle and practices that keep their culture intact. The indigenous maintain their customs and traditions, which include flags rules, religious and political values. They are also self-sufficient as they grow their own food and medicines. Their skills include making handicraft items such as headdresses, necklaces, baskets, mats, pots, etc.

Traveling by motorized canoe and camping overnight in primary forest on the Rio Negro. In this activity your native guide will teach you how to survive in the Amazon using only natural resources without damaging the ecosystem. He will prepare dinner and breakfast over an open fire. At night you will warm around the log fire and sleep in hammocks which will be provided by Anaconda Amazon Island. Also, you will enjoy the endless noises of the Amazon and countless stars in the sky. After breakfast you shall trek through the forest and have the chance to swim in the river before returning to lodge.

Depart to visit native families “Caboclos” or “Riverside” people who stay in the forest still living by their indigenous traditions. You will experience their lifestyle where they only use natural resources to feed themselves and build their homes. There will also be the chance to see how they produce their own homemade flour and be shown around their Cassava plantations, regional fruits and medicinal plants too.

The Paricatuba Ruins are full of historical moments from the Belle Époque period, and, due to these contexts, this monument ended up being a tourist attraction in Amazonas. The Ruins of Paricatuba in 1898 were a hostel for Italian immigrants, who did the extraction of latex and from 1916 it was used as a prison and later it was a hospital Leprosário. At the time of ebb and dry, a beach is formed at the edge of the village, in addition to being a beautiful viewpoint for the great Rio Negro.