In the heart of Brazil’s Amazon Jungle, an exciting place waits for you “The Amazon Lodge”. Inaugurated in 1982, it was the first floating lodge in the Amazon, being rebuilt recently in order to provide the guests more comfort and pleasure. The Amazon Lodge is located about 4 hours away (80 km or 50 miles ) from Manaus, Southbank of the Amazon River,on the Parana do Mamori River system, upstream Rio Juma.

The Amazon Lodge consists of a central "open air" floating lodge, where the “central service area” is with 3 showers and 3 toilets for common use. There are 6 more floating lodges for the accommodations – providing a total of 18 guest rooms, all protected with mosquito nets. The rooms are simple with two single beds and have no private bathroom, only a washbasin and a fan.

Reception and Bar - with comfortable sofas, hammocks and chairs, perfect for relaxing before and after excursions, or a chat with new friends accompanied by a local drink. The “Roof Top” Restaurant has a great atmosphere for experimenting delicious local cuisine – built in a typical architecture of rustic style, and all environments are protected by mosquito nets. Recreation Area has a large sun deck, where you can swim, sun bath, read and relax with nature. At the lodge there is a generator with 110V energy available for a few hours at night only. Alternative sources of energy are also being used. No hot water is available (water temperature is usually 26-32 degrees Celsius, all the year around). The lights for the rooms, as well as the recreation area are supplied by alternative 12 V batteries.

All excursions leave by wooden canoe from the main deck. Many of the excursions are done in paddle canoes for 2 guests only. The transfer from Manaus to the lodge or vice-versa is divided in the following parts:

Daily departures with a total transfer time around 4 hours.
1) Manaus (AIRPORT OR HOTEL) - Ceasa port: 1/2-hour trip by van or microbus.
2) Ceasa port to Careiro town by boat, around 45 min, via the “Meeting of the Waters “phenomena.
3) Careiro town to Araça by van over dirt road , around 45 min.
4) Araça to the lodge by speedboat, through channels and creeks ,around 1 1/4 hr.
Daily return transfers to Manaus (AIRPORT OR HOTEL).

NOTE: No guarantees of air conditioning on any of the transports, not even the vans. There are NO mosquitoes in the region, because of the waters high acidity (pH 3.9), mosquitoes and viruses, which cause cholera, dengue, malaria and yellow fever, do not proliferate in the area.