4 Days Amazon Jungle Adventure Tour

Simple but welcoming. great food. When you go into amazine you don't expect a 5 star hotel just fine this. In the middle of nature by the water. Not being afraid of spiders

Very sad and DE disappointed after a much less authentic experience than we expected. The activities take up exaggerated ENte little time a day and the rest of the day you can only lie EN a hammock because on the small island there is NO more to do (not even a guidebook with which to learn a little about the flora and fauna of the Amazon). It was wrong, we were taken DE camping on the first day (the excursion to spend the night consists EN a short boat ride to DEplane and hang the hammocks while the guides prepare a delicious dinner, with no interaction other than to see how they do it; this lasted like 2 or 3 hours). DE addition, even though the camping was supposed to be done on the third night, it was done on the first night, the only night that rained, it was very uncomfortable those hours EN "camp" because we could not go for a walk or sit on the ground. I think that time could have been enlivened DE some way by DE main guide, telling a little about the environment or culture (I recommend implementing something of this type for the future, sure the experience will be better for visitors). The activities included EN the package were EN general quite basic; NO matter how much we got to our EN challenge, we were taken for a boat trip to see the flooded forest (we really liked it). The active DE's that were really worth it, are paid extra. There was NO way out to see the sunrise, as recorded EN the program. EN regards to accommodation, it would be nice if a little DElight were given to the maintenance DE the rooms. We had something very basic, POR course, but there are things that with a little DE effort can be improved to make visitors feel a little more comfortable (POR example, put trash cans with lid EN the bathroom, so that toilet paper, which should NO be flushed POR the toilet according to team request, is NO unhygienic). Although communicating with staff was NO easy matter how much they speak Portuguese, it must be said that EN general they are all very friendly and willing to help. The only person who spoke English and Spanish besides DE Portuguese was the main guide; a shame that he showed NO desire ENdeavor DE make this experience memorable. I would have loved DE write a review talking about how wonderful this experience should have been, but unfortunately I can DO NO more. I DA very much to have travelled DE DE so far to have contact with the Amazon rainforest, even though I fully understand that neither the animals will appear at will nor you can really enter the jungle. It has been too shallow a contact and POR unfortunately would recommend it NO.

The tour ended up being an expensive nightmare. Fittingly, Amazon Amazing Tours did not respond to our criticism but rather blocked our phone number. Hence, we decided to warn future potential buyers of this trip here. - You're being ripped off. We paid 2000 Reais per person for this tour because it was supposedly more ecological and with "professional guides" compared to other agencies. Needless to say that we ended up in a group with people booking through other agencies (e.g. Encontró das Aguas, Safari ecología) and paying only 1400 Reais. Everything was exactly the same for everyone - there was no difference in accommodation or food options that could explain a price difference. - The agreed upon tour programme was not respected by the tour guides. There was a complete lack of organization - activities were done randomly and in a chaotic fashion. Paid for activities that were not delivered include an overnight stay at an indigenous community with spearfishing at night, processing of cassava/manioc flour, planting cassava, extracting rubber from trees, teaching of survival techniques, watching of pink dolphins - Persistent lack of communication by tour guide: he never mentioned what we were going to do and how we should prepare for it, resulting in us not bringing essential items to stay safe in a potentially dangerous rainforest environment (e.g. he made us get in the boat and go somewhere without telling us that we were headed to camp in the forest for the night) - Problematic alcohol addiction of tour guide: he was day drinking throughout the whole trip, often stopping at small floating kiosks to buy more beer or even asking tour members to buy him a beer. Especially while camping in the jungle, the guide was completely drunk, lying in the mud and mumbling random stuff - he certainly wasn't able to watch out for wild animals. The fact that he was carrying a machete while drunk made us feel extremely unsafe and we did not dare to confront him. - The tour was advertised as ecological, which turned out not to be true: guides and staff of the forest lodge were throwing plastic rubbish and cigarette buds into the river and forest. There also was a big pile of rubbish hidden just behind the lodge.