After a week in the city of Manaus, we traveled a few hours up river by van to the spend a week at the Anavilhanas Jungle Lodge. The lodge was on the edge of the Rio Negro and across from the Anavilhanas National Park, where we explored by river boat, kayak, and by foot. The […]
Swimming in the Amazon River
During our stay at Anavilhanas Lodge near Manaus, there was a dock, just off the resort. It had a bar, chairs, and paddle boards. We were all scared out of our minds when we found out the swimming area wasn’t gated in a specific area. We’d just be swimming in the wild amazon river. Still, […]
Piranha Fishing in the Amazon
Of course we opted for a Piranha fishing excursion at the Anavilhanas Jungle Lodge on the bank of the Rio Negro. We took a small boat to a treed area of the river. The river height surges in the summer, and so we were fishing in the flooded treetops. We used cane poles with diced […]
Arrival and First Day in Manaus, Brazil
We traveled thousands of miles from Punta Arenas, Chile to Manaus, Brazil. It was a difficult day and night of travel. We flew from Punta Arenas to Santiago, Santiago to Sao Paulo, and Sao Paulo to Manaus, a city of 2.5 million people living in the Amazon. We arrived at the airport well after midnight, […]