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Day 1
Arrive in Santarém, a city with a mild climate and pleasant breezes, located at the confluence of the Rio Amazonas and the Rio Tapajós. We will meet you at the airport and if arrive on one the early morning flight, you will be taken to a hotel so that you can shower, relax, and walk around town (hotel stay is not included in the cost of the package). Once everyone else arrives in the afternoon, the group will travel by bus for approximately 3 hours to Jamaraquá you'll have dinner and meet your hosts and many members of the community.
Day 2–Day 8
The majority of the trip will be in and around the small community of Jamaraquá, located in the Brazilian national forest FLONA Tapajós. We have a wide variety of activities available for you to chose from each day, including:
Help Build Sustainable Communities
- Visit the Couro Ecologico workshop, a worker-owned workshop producing handbags made from locally-produced rubber
- Offer your market feedback for a variety of locally produced artisan and tourism products
- Help out local residents with some of their daily chores and projects
- Participate in a "Town meeting" (with an interpreter) to discuss local initiatives
Leisure
- Visit pristine beaches and lagoons
- Hike through the rain forest, kayaking and canoeing
- View exotic flora and fauna in their natural habitat
- Play and listen to the guitar and learn local songs
- Fish for your own dinner
- Sleep on hammocks
Get to Know the Local Way of Live
- Participate in the Daily Routine of the Community
- Hang out with locals
- Play and list to the guitar and learn local songs
- Learn popular Brazilian and local traditional dances
- Play soccer
- Relax and mingle at an authentic piracaia (party on the beach)
Please note that we 'll spend time with you either before the trip or when you arrive in order to learn more about your specific interests and what you would like to get out of the trip.
You will be served lunch and have a mid-day break. At the end of the day, you'll have dinner and debrief the day's activities and discuss the next day’s schedule.
Day 9
After breakfast we’ll leave for Alter do Chão, which is about 2 hours away, Alter do Chão is located on the freshwater Rio Tapajós and known as one of the most beautiful river beaches in Brazil. Along the way you will pass by several beautiful river beaches, and you’ll be able to stop and enjoy one of them. After eating lunch at Alter do Chão, where you can explore the beach town and find plenty of souvenirs or just unwind on the the renowned Ihla do Amor (Island of Love) beach,
If you have a flight early in the day we'll provide you a ride to the airport on the way to Alter do Chão.For those with afternoon flights, we'll leave after luch. For the rest of the group, you'll return mid-afternoon to Santarém for sightseeing, and shopping.
Please consult Travel Dates to view the next schedule dates for the trip.
For reservations please complete the reservation form.
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