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DAYS / 3 NIGHTS PROGRAM DETAILED
DESCRIPTION
- Day
1
Early morning at 08:30 our staff
will pick you up in the hotel
to catch the boat to the Lodge.
The boat trip to the Reserve
takes one and a half hour. On
the way, you can enjoy the breeze
and the magic scenery. You might
even be able to spot wildlife,
such as pink river dolphins
at Lake Tefé and tucuxis
in the Solimões river.
You will arrive at the Uakari
Lodge at around 10:00. Our staff
will be waiting for you. There
will always be an English-speaking
person at the lodge. Our staff
will give you rapid recommendations
and explanations on the running
of the lodge (meal times, solar
power, water, no swimming, etc)
and you will be asked to fill
in the visitors registration
form. At this time you will
be able to meet all the employees
responsible for making an excellent
stay.
At around 10:30 you can start
getting ready to go out. You
will be taken with your whole
group to do an Interpretative
Trail – this means your
English-speaking guide will
accompany all of you in the
trail to give you explanations
on the ecosystem.
Lunch will be served from 12:30
to 13:00. After lunch, you can
rest in a hammock, watch a video
about researches done at Mamirauá
or an award-winning BBC documentary
on Mamirauá, grab a fishing
hook and fish some piranhas
on the shade, read a book, or
just chat - outings will only
be carried out when the sun
goes down a little.
At around 15:30 you will be
taken in a motorized canoe to
Araça or Apara lake (depending
on the season), in the heart
of the forest, where you will
have the opportunity to view
various species of birds.
You should start thinking about
whether you would like to pay
a visit
to a local community
or not, so the staff can inform
the village in advance.
- Day
2
Animals in the forest wake up
at sunrise, so if you are interested
in sighting as much wildlife
as possible, you have to wake
up early (breakfast is served
from 06:30 until 7:30 a.m.)
and be ready to go on a walk
(during the dry season) in one
of the trails. Our trails are
designed not to be physically
straining and most of them can
be walked in three hours at
the longest.
During the flood all trails
will be done in a small paddle
canoe (your guide will paddle
you through the trail). All
outings have to be accompanied
by a local guide and you must
listen to the their recommendations
at all times, specially those
regarding your own safety.
When
you return from the trail, you
will have the opportunity to
hear a talk about the ecosystem
from the naturalist guide.
If you chose to visit
a local village,
the afternoon is the time to
do it. You need to set out earlier
than the afternoon before because
the villages are a little further.
The Ecotourism program has had
plenty of discussion with the
local communities about those
visits and agreed an informal
itinerary with a series of attractions
they would like to show and
talk about. A person from the
community will meet your group
and show you around (please
see the detailed information
sheet about village visits).
Depending on the village, you
might have the opportunity to
buy locally produced handicrafts
- take small change with you.
After the visit, you will go
back to the floating house,
sighting wildlife on the way
and enjoying the sunset.
If you chose not to visit a
village you will be taken on
a motorized canoe to another
beautiful lake in the heart
of the forest, where you will
have the opportunity to view
various species of birds.
On Thursdays we usually invite
a couple of neighboring researchers
for dinner, if they are available
that evening. So you might have
the opportunity to meet a researcher
for an informal chat about his/her
work. However, this is not guaranteed
as it depends entirely on researchers’
availability.
- Day
3
You will go on another trail
this time, still with your guide.
You will be now a little more
used to the forest, if you are
really quiet and set out early
enough, you might see even more
wildlife like capuchin monkeys,
howlers, uakaris and squirrel
monkeys, three toed sloths,
hoatzins, etc.
This time you will be back a
bit earlier because there will
be a presentation at 1100, on
the Mamirauá Sustainable
Development Institute –
its work, its research, etc.
If you wish further explanation
about the Project, our staff
will be prepared to give you
more information and reading
material.
This afternoon you will be taken
on a motorized canoe to lake
Mamirauá, a beautiful
lake inside the total preservation
area of the Reserve. At the
lake you will probably have
memorable encounters with pink
river dolphins, hoatzins and
perhaps the pirarucu fish. You
will stay there until the sunsets
and on your way back you will
spot nocturnal fauna.
- Day
4
Your last day in the Reserve.
This time you will have the
opportunity to go for traditional
harpoon fishing with your guide
OR you will go on another trail.
At 1400 you will have the opportunity
to go on a short paddling trip.
You will leave to Tefe at 16:30
because we cannot travel during
night time. Before leaving,
we would be grateful if you
could fill in an evaluation
form. It is very important for
us to know your thoughts about
the trip; in this way we can
always improve our services.
You will be dropped at the hotel
in Tefe and will be picked up
again at 2330 for your airport
transfer (dinner not included).
Your flight leaves at 0055.
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