From Manaus: Amazon Mamori River 4-Day Dolphin Lodge Expedition with A/C Chalet, Jungle Camp, Full Board

Explore the Amazon Mamori River on a 4-day expedition with A/C chalet stay, jungle camp night, full board, and an expert English-speaking guide.

Getting started

Begin with round-trip transfers from your Manaus hotel by van and speedboat, traveling out toward the wild Mamori River. Along the way, you cross the Meeting of the Waters, where the Rio Negro and Solimões run side by side without mixing. After arrival, you check in to your air-conditioned chalet at Dolphin Lodge and meet your English-speaking local guide to review the 4-day itinerary.

What to expect

Meeting of the Waters and journey to Dolphin Lodge

You travel from Manaus toward the Mamori region, transitioning from city to rainforest as you approach Dolphin Lodge. This first leg sets the scene for your 4-day Amazon Mamori River expedition that combines a chalet stay with a jungle camp night.

Features

• The journey includes round-trip transfers from your Manaus hotel by van and speedboat, so you move smoothly from the city to the lodge and back at the end of the expedition.
• En route, you cross the Meeting of the Waters, where the Rio Negro and the Solimões flow side by side, a visible line in the water that marks the start of your time on the wild Mamori River.
• Your expert English-speaking guide is with you from the start, introducing the region and outlining the plan for the full 4-day itinerary, including activities such as canoe trips, pink dolphin spotting, piranha fishing, and night caiman spotting.

Dolphin Lodge on the Mamori River

Dolphin Lodge sits on the Mamori River and serves as your base for most of the expedition. You spend 2 nights here in an air-conditioned chalet while you explore nearby flooded forests and lakes by canoe.

Features

• Accommodation is in an air-conditioned chalet at Dolphin Lodge in double occupancy, giving you a fixed base for two of your three nights on the Mamori River before and after your jungle camp night.
• Full board at the lodge covers all meals, so you return from each outing to prepared food without needing to arrange anything yourself.
• From the lodge, you head out on canoe trips through flooded forests and lakes in search of pink river dolphins, sloths, and macaws, using the quiet boats to get close to wildlife-rich channels.
• Your English-speaking local guide leads activities as per the itinerary, including a jungle survival trek and a sunrise canoe outing that starts right from the lodge’s riverside setting.

Jungle camp night in hammocks

One night is spent deeper in the forest at a jungle camp, where you sleep in hammocks and experience the rainforest away from built structures. This night in the jungle is a key contrast to your time in the chalet.

Features

• Accommodation for this night is in jungle camp hammocks at a forest camp, which lets you sleep surrounded by rainforest sounds instead of lodge walls.
• Full board continues at the jungle camp, so all meals are still included while you are away from Dolphin Lodge.
• After dark, you join a night caiman spotting outing from the camp, using the quiet river to look for caimans and listen as the rainforest comes alive at night.
• Earlier or later in the program, you also try piranha fishing from a canoe and take part in a jungle survival walk with your guide, who shares practical techniques used in this environment.

Sunrise canoe and riverside family visit

A dedicated morning focuses on calm water and local life along the Mamori River. You start early on the river and later meet residents who live on its banks.

Features

• A sunrise canoe outing lets you be on the water at first light, an ideal time to look for pink river dolphins again and to listen for bird species such as macaws starting their day.
• During the itinerary, you visit a riverside caboclo family, giving you a window into everyday life along the river, with your English-speaking guide facilitating conversation and context.
• All these activities, from canoe trips to wildlife watching and the family visit, are part of the 4-day Amazon Mamori River expedition with chalet stay and jungle camp night, so you do not need to arrange any separate excursions.