From Manaus: Mamori River Dolphin Lodge Stay with Transfers, Air-Conditioned Chalet and Full Board

Explore the Amazon Mamori River from Manaus with a 3-day A/C chalet stay, full board, and an English-speaking local guide.

Getting started

Begin your journey with round-trip transfers from your Manaus hotel by van and speedboat. As you travel toward the Mamori River, the route crosses the Meeting of the Waters, where the Rio Negro and Solimões run side by side. After arrival at Dolphin Lodge, you check in to your air-conditioned chalet and meet your English-speaking guide to review the 3-day plan.

What to expect

Meeting of the Waters

This natural phenomenon marks the point where the dark Rio Negro meets the sandy-colored Solimões before they form the Amazon River.

Features

• During your speedboat leg, you cross the Meeting of the Waters and can watch the two rivers flow side by side without mixing for several kilometers, creating a clear line between dark and light currents.
• Round-trip transfers from your Manaus hotel by van and speedboat are included, so the crossing is built into your journey without extra planning on your part.

Dolphin Lodge on the Mamori River

Dolphin Lodge sits on the wild Mamori River and is your base for exploring the surrounding lakes and flooded forests.

Features

• You spend 3 days and 2 nights in an air-conditioned chalet at Dolphin Lodge, with double occupancy providing a comfortable retreat between outings into the rainforest.
• Full board is included, with all meals at the lodge provided, so you can focus on activities rather than arranging food.
• Your expert English-speaking local guide stays with you throughout, explaining the region, planning daily excursions, and helping you spot wildlife around the Mamori River.

Canoe trips and pink dolphin spotting

Canoe outings take you into quiet channels, flooded forests, and lakes where wildlife gathers.

Features

• On guided canoe trips, you navigate through flooded forests and calm lakes, watching for movement along the banks and in the water around you.
• These canoe trips include pink dolphin spotting, giving you the chance to look for pink river dolphins in their natural habitat while you move through quieter stretches of the Mamori River.
• Piranha fishing is part of the program; you try your luck at catching piranhas from the canoe under your guide's supervision, using simple tackle provided on site.

Night caiman spotting and jungle walk

After dark and during the day, you head into the forest to experience two very different sides of the jungle.

Features

• At night, you go out by boat to spot caimans by flashlight; the guide sweeps the beam across the water surface so you can see the reflected eyes of these nocturnal reptiles.
• A jungle walk with a native guide introduces you to medicinal plants and basic forest survival tricks, with explanations of how local communities use the rainforest for daily life.

Sunrise canoe and riverside family visit

The final key part of your stay focuses on early-morning light and local culture.

Features

• A sunrise canoe outing lets you experience the river as the day begins, with softer light, morning sounds, and calmer water during this early excursion.
• You also visit a riverside caboclo family, where your guide introduces you to everyday riverside life and helps translate questions so you can learn about local traditions.
• Across all these activities, your 3-day stay in the A/C chalet with full board and an English-speaking local guide ensures the core experiences, from canoe trips, pink dolphin spotting, piranha fishing, and night caiman spotting to the jungle walk and the riverside family visit, are all included in one package.

Wrapping up

At the end of your 3 days on the Mamori River, you leave Dolphin Lodge by speedboat and van using the same included round-trip transfers back to your Manaus hotel, closing the loop on your Amazon jungle stay.