4-Day Amazon Jungle Tour from Manaus: Lodge & Overnight Camping

Sleep in the jungle, learn from locals, swim the Rio Negro

A 4-day Amazon tour from Manaus combines lodge-based exploration with one night of jungle camping. You'll fish for piranhas, walk the rainforest with a guide who teaches you about medicinal plants, visit a traditional Caboclo village, and swim in the tea-colored river before returning to the city. Hotel pickup and drop-off, three nights' accommodation, all meals and a bilingual guide are included.

Step-by-step itinerary

Day 1: Travel to lodge and explore

• Pick-up from hotel lobby
• Depart Manaus port by speed boat
• Travel by car to Paricatuba village
• Travel by motorized canoe to lodge
• Arrive at lodge and have lunch
• Canoe trip through creeks and piranha fishing
• Nocturnal wildlife expedition
• Dinner at lodge

Day 2: Jungle walk and canoe trip

• Breakfast at lodge
• Educational jungle walk for 2.5 hours
• Return to lodge for lunch
• Paddling canoe trip through channels or flooded lands
• Dinner at lodge

Day 3: Local village visit and camping

• Early sunrise tour
• Breakfast at lodge
• Visit local natives' home
• Return to lodge for lunch
• Depart for overnight jungle camping
• Learn sustainable rainforest living
• Wildlife observation and night sounds
• Dinner during camping

Day 4: Return to Manaus

• Breakfast in the jungle
• Jungle walk and travel back to lodge
• Lunch at lodge
• Free time swimming in Rio Negro
• Travel back to Manaus

The experience

The tour starts with a 8:30am pickup from your hotel in Manaus, then a 30-minute speedboat crossing of the Rio Negro to Cacau Pirera village, followed by a 50-minute drive and motorized canoe ride to the lodge, 75 kilometers upriver. You arrive by midday for lunch, then head out on a canoe trip through narrow creeks to fish for piranhas and a nocturnal expedition to spot alligators and other wildlife active after dark.

Day two centers on a 2.5-hour guided jungle walk where your guide points out medicinal plants and explains the dense forest ecosystem of the high rainforest. The afternoon brings a paddling canoe trip through the flooded channels and wetlands that shift with the season. Day three starts before sunrise with a visit to a Caboclo settlement (families who maintain traditional ways and farm using local techniques), then you return for lunch and depart for overnight camping in the jungle with a hammock and mosquito net. Your guide demonstrates how to extract what the forest provides without damaging it, and you'll hear howler monkeys and the chorus of night birds from your camp.

On the final morning, breakfast happens in the jungle before a walk back to the lodge. After lunch, you have free time to swim in the Rio Negro's distinctive dark water before the motorized canoe and car journey back to Manaus, arriving around 5:00pm. The tour includes three dinners, four lunches and three breakfasts across the four days. Rooms have no air conditioning, and a hammock is provided for the jungle night.

What’s included

• Hotel pickup and drop-off in Manaus.
• professional bilingual guide for all four days.
• three nights' accommodation at the lodge (rooms without air conditioning) plus one night jungle camping with hammock and mosquito net.
• three dinners, four lunches and three breakfasts.
• canoe trips through creeks and flooded lands.
• piranha fishing.
• nocturnal wildlife expedition.
• guided jungle walk with instruction on medicinal plants.
• visit to a traditional Caboclo village.
• free time to swim in the Rio Negro.
• bottled water throughout.

Options for this experience

2 options

Grand Adventure TourGuide in English, Spanish or Portuguese · 09:00The trip lasts four days of packed activities, with an overnight stay deep in the jungle. Pickup is included.

Air-conditioned roomGuide in English, Spanish or Portuguese · 09:00The accommodation is an air-conditioned room, and pickup is included.

You pick the guide language when booking.

You see the exact price of each option when you check availability.See dates & prices

Before you book

Days and timesEvery dayDeparts at 09:00

Book up to2h before

AgesAdult (20 to 75 years) · Child (2 to 19 years)

GroupUp to 15

Live guideEnglish, Spanish and Portuguese

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup included.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

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Good to know

Moderate physical levelNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Amazing Tours Agency

Is this one for you?The overnight jungle camping is what lets you experience the rainforest on its own terms (hearing the night chorus and learning directly from a guide how to live off the land), so book this version if you want immersion beyond the lodge. If you prefer staying in accommodation each night, choose the room with air-conditioning option and skip the camping component.

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Top questions

What languages is the guide in?

Live guide in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Child (2 to 19 years).

What happens if it rains?

It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund. Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start.

What exactly happens on the jungle walk on day two?

The morning walk lasts approximately 2.5 hours and covers the high rainforest where the guide teaches you about medicinal plants and the larger trees that thrive in the dense canopy. You return to the lodge for lunch, then paddle a canoe through small channels and flooded lands in the afternoon, depending on seasonal water levels.

Do I have to sleep in the jungle on night three?

Overnight camping in the jungle is part of the 4-day itinerary, but it is not mandatory. You sleep in a hammock with a mosquito net provided. If you prefer to stay at the lodge instead, that option is available.

What's included in the meals across the four days?

The tour includes three dinners, four lunches and three breakfasts. Meals are served at the lodge and during the jungle camping night, and bottled water is provided throughout.

How do I get from Manaus to the lodge on day one?

Hotel pickup happens at 8:30am from your Manaus hotel. You then take a 30-minute speedboat across the Rio Negro to Cacau Pirera village, a 50-minute drive to Paricatuba village, and finally a motorized canoe ride to the lodge, arriving around midday for lunch.

What time does the tour end on day four?

After breakfast and a jungle walk on the final morning, you return to the lodge for lunch and free time to swim. The motorized canoe and car journey back to Manaus takes the afternoon, with arrival around 5:00pm at your hotel.