MAUES - CITY of GUARANA
Maués is one of the most beautiful city in the Amazonas
and known as the GUARANA city. The beautiful sandy beaches are famous for their festivals (Maues summer festival and
Guarana festival). Already the first inhabitants, the mundurucus and maues indios cultivated the Guarana fruit, which
is the basis for the famous brazilian softdrink.
Maues means ¨talking parrots¨ and is originated from one
of the indian clans in the region. Maues has 22.000 inhabitants with another 20.000 natives spreaded along 140 river villages.her
20.000 people distribuited within 140 villages spreaded along the rivers. Maués is located on the side of Maués-Açu
river and can be reached from Manaus (267 km away) by regional boat (18 hours), fast boat (7 hours) or plane (1
hour).
Maues is an ideal starting point for adventure trekking including visit to the Amana waterfall, old goldmines, caves,
exploration of primary jungle with indian guides and visit to the Uraira developing reserve.
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Jungle Adventure Expedition Maues - Barreirinha
Start in Maues far away from usual tourist paths a real jungle adventure
with overnights in primary jungle, visits to phantastic waterfalls, caves and old goldmines (garimpeiros), hunting and fishing
and living with indigenous communities.
The tour will be acompanied by an experienced bi-lingual guide and
local hunter. Price ALL INCLUSIVE (transportation, accommodation in hammocks in the jungle or jungle houses, guide,
hunter, all activities, motorized canoe, food, water, insurance, equipment) from R$ 180.- per person/day.
Information and Reservation:
Amazonriders Tours. Co.
phone: (092) 3877-0062/81759747
Live one week with Natives
Backpacker
promotion DIRECT CONTACT: Live a few days with an indigenous family deep in the jungle near Sao Tome (40 km
from Maues). They will show you around (their plantations, jungle, indigenous communities), explore with you the flooded jungle
areas by canoe and go hunting and fishing with you.
The price is R$ 100.- per day (for one or
two persons) including accommodation in jungle house, activities, food and water. Extra costs: Regional boat from Manaus
to Maues (R$ 50.-), transfer to jungle house (from R$ 10.-) and optional rent of motorized canoe rabeta (R$ 25.- per day).
Compared to the adventure expedition, there will be only a portuguese-speaking native guide and all nights will be spent in
the jungle house.
Information and Reservation:
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Recommended Pousada in Maues:
Pousada Waikyru
Av. Perreira Barreto, 635
phone: +55 (92) 8133-7420
MAHATU JUNLGE
HOUSE
Most Manaus tour agencies operate in areas near
this large industrialized cit, where nature has been widely explored by humans, and tourist jungle camps are located sometimes
just a few hundred meters from each other.
Far away from this mass jungle tourism, AMAZONASLIFE
has created an alternative jungle house run by a native familiy, a few miles from Maues at the Rio Apocuitava between
the indian communities Ponta Alegre and Sao Tome. Guest will experience the ¨REAL JUNGLE¨ with animals including jaguar
spotting and joining natives on their hunting and fishing expeditions. Due to our good contacts with the Municipality, we
can organize visits to indigenous communities in the area Parintins, Maues. Barreirinha and
Itaituba.
The adventure expeditions are marketed by AMAZONRIDERS TOURS. CO, a leading Tour
Operator registered by EMBRATUR (AM.1007903359/0001-18) with office in the Rey Arthur Hotel, Rua 10 de Julho 685, Centro,
Manaus.
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