Juma Jungle Lodge is located
100km (62 miles) south of Manaus City and can be
reached through two ways. Dry season: paved road
by air-conditioned vans and through the river with
comfortable high-speed motor boats. Flood season:
direct from Manaus with comfortable high-speed motor
boats. In both seasons the whole trip takes two
and a half hours. The trip can also be made by a
hydroplane (25 minutes) upon request.
The Juma region is remote and relatively
untouched. It is a “flooded forest”
environment, with low jungle seasonally flooded
by the rising river. Like the Negro, it is also
a “black water” system, making for minimal
mosquito problems.
At the hotel is a buffet-style
restaurant with good option of regional food. The
dining area is a circular “moluca” structure
also on stilts, and the tables (and benches) are
long and curved, creatively carved out of a light,
blond wood. The reception building has two floors,
with reception on the bottom and a lounge area on
top. Both floors have floor-to-ceiling screens and
are minimally decorated (hammocks, some nice lounge
chars) but are distinguished by beautiful polished
wood floors.
There
are 05 bungalows, offering a total of 08 guest rooms,
accommodating maximum three guests in each accommodation.
All rooms are equipped with private bathroom, fan,
balcony and optional a mini-fridge. The lodge is
built on solid ground, over stilts, facing the silent
waters of the Juma River. With roofs covered by
dry tree leaves of Babaçu, and row materials
used in its construction, abundant in the region,
have been carefully extracted of the proper forest.
