City Zone:
Amazon Lodges
Property Style
Lodge
Rooms:
16
Located three hours away from Manaus by boat (or 25 minutes by hydroplane), the trip to the lodge is a spetacular tour by itself. Juma's region is remote and relatively untouched. The Juma Lodge is a small and comfortable hotel designed to be totally integrated to the Amazon Jungle. The construction and operation of the lodge comply with and respect the limitations of the environment, which is the very reason for the hotel to exist. Includes: Accommodations, All Meals, Guided Tours, Round trip transfers from Manaus.
Round trip transfers from Manaus in shared basis
2 night accommodations
All Meals (mineral water and fruit juice included during meals)
Guided Tours on a shared basis.
Hotel Taxes
Transfer details:
Transfer IN to the lodge (3 and a half hours): Daily pick up around
6:30 am from the airport and 7:30 am from the hotels (centrally
located) or 1 pm from Airport and 1:30 pm from the hotels (centrally
located).
Exact pick up time at the hotels in Manaus will be informed the day
before;
Guests on the afternoon transfer will miss lunch and afternoon activity
of the first day;
Flights with delay arriving at the airport later than 01 pm will
require that the guests overnight in the city of Manaus, departing to
the lodge in the following morning.
In these cases, Juma will not be responsible for any extra expenses.
Transfer OUT: 8:30am, with arrival in Manaus at 12:00pm to board
flights departing after 02 pm. For earlier flights, please consult the
rate for a private transfer.
1st day -
Departure from a hotel in Manaus early morning. The trip takes about
three hours by speedboat, van, and speedboat again. On the way to the
lodge, stop to see the amazing Meeting of the Waters, where the muddy
waters of the Solimões River and the black waters of the Negro River
run side by side, without mixing, to form the great Amazonas River.
Enjoy the first contact with the jungle during the transfer and observe
the giant water lily. Arriving at Juma Lodge around 11 a.m., a welcome
juice, prepared with exotic fruits, followed by check-in and lunch. The
afternoon activity is a canoe tour through the igarapés (Amazonian
creeks) and the igapós (flooded forest). Along the way, some river
dolphins might be observed. Return to the Juma Lodge and have dinner
around 7 p.m. After dinner, go out in canoes for alligator spotting.
Alligators are spotted because their eyes shine like small red lights.
2nd day - Early in
the morning, around 5:15 am, leave for a sunrise excursion, witnessing
the transformation of the dark water of the Juma River into a mirror
and listening to the sounds of the waking birds (our guides have
binoculars and are trained in birdwatching). Breakfast with typical
fruits and regional food will be served on the return to the lodge,
around 7 a.m. Around 8:30 a.m., leave for a jungle hike. Once inside,
the Amazon Forest feels its charm and greatness. A lodge guide leads
all tours with great knowledge of the area and will pass along
important concepts about jungle survival. Return to the lodge for lunch
around noon. After lunch, around 2:30 p.m., go on a tour around the
hotel. Juma was built all on stilts, and during this tour, it will be
seen from another angle: from below. It's very interesting to
understand how the hotel was built. The tour is by boat (during the
rainy season) or on foot (during the dry season). After the tour,
around 3 pm, we will board a wooden boat, the same kind the local river
dwellers use, to catch the famous Piranha and other fishes in the
region. While enjoying the sunset, return to Juma. Dinner will
complement the fish caught earlier, cooked the Amazon way. Later,
around 8 p.m., one of the guides will perform an informal speech about
his life (guides are all natives) and the customs and legends of the
river dwellers.
3rd day - Breakfast around 7
a.m. Transfer back to Manaus, arriving approx.at 12:00 p.m. at city
hotels and following to the airport.
SUGGESTED PACKING LIST:
Light
wear clothing (T-shirts, shorts, pants, skirts, etc), sandals with no
heals, tennis shoes, hiking boots, bathing suits, hats, sun block, sun
glasses, toiletry, medications that are taken on a regular basis.
Please Note that luggage restrictions will apply depending of drought
conditions.
Obs:
- Maximum baggage
allowed: 22 lb per person (the heavy luggage can be stored at Juma
Opera Hotel in Manaus).
- For safety reasons, the lodge does not allow children under 16 years
old to stay without a responsible adult.
-Use hats with long brim and dark sunglasses for protection from the
intense heat;
-Use sunscreen and always carry bottled water;
-Wear comfortable closed shoes or boots and light colored clothes made
from light weight fabric.
The lodges are trying to minimize the inconvenience caused by these
walks. The hotel's staff will carry the luggage to reception.
Furthermore, some programs were substituted/modified due to difficulty
of access.