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Tucano Amazon Cruise in the Heart of the Amazon

2011 Rates (From Dec 1, 2010)

***All rates are per person, in US dollars and subject to change at any time. Itineraries are subject to change at any time and for any reason.***

The Heart of Amazonia

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The Tucano experience is fun and fascinating and takes place in the last great wilderness on earth. The Amazon cruise vessel Tucano has comfortable cabins with large beds and private baths, and is air-conditioned throughout.

Trips on Tucano are not luxury cruises! But at the same time you can be comfortable and focus on the forest and its magnificent wildlife. Tucano allows us to do that, in style. The tour program is sophisticated. With our small groups (Max. 18 people), trained naturalist guides, and thoughtful itineraries, we offer a genuine, thrilling experience with the REAL Amazon rainforest. Tucano operates trips on regular fixed departure dates and also group charters.

A Spacious Design
The Tucano is a big boat, over 80 feet long. There is plenty of space to spread out, study the forest nearby, and contemplate the wonders of nature.

The Tucano Amazon River Cruise from Manaus

A Generous Living Room
The Salon is enormous. It is a good place to observe the forest, read or relax. From this large space, filled with windows and situated at the front of the boat, you can see the fantastic forest around us. It is also a delightful place to dine and listen to our evening discussions.

Tucano Amazon Cruise Salon

Large Observation Deck
The top deck is open and has a large sun canopy – a wonderful place to spot wildlife or soak in the vastness of the Amazon. There is also space to catch some sun and watch the Macaw parrots screeching across the afternoon sky.

The Tucano Amazon Cruise Sun Deck

Balcony Facing Forward
The middle deck has a wide balcony around the entire front of the boat. Passengers can see where we are going and observe monkeys jumping from one vine to another.

The Tucano Amazon Cruise Balcony
Cabins

All of the cabins are comfortable and all have private baths. The Tucano has 9 passenger cabins. While all of the cabins have bunk beds, four of these cabins have a queen size mattress below and a double size mattress above. The remaining cabins have double mattresses above and double below.

All of the cabins have large windows all of which open. You can lie on your bed and watch the rainforest from your window while reading a novel of exploration, one of the great and unexpected pleasures of the Tucano experience. The sheets are fresh and the cabins scrubbed daily.

Each of the cabins has its own air-conditioning controls so f you would like it cool as New England, turn down the thermostat as cool as you wish. All of the cabins have large windows and you can open them if you wish.

The Tucano Amazon Cruise Cabin

Beautiful Woodwork
All of the walls in the cabins have solid wood raised paneling… varnished and absolutely superb. Lovely Decks: The decks in the cabins and living room are a deep brown natural finished wood that is kept highly polished.

Dining On Tucano
Our meals are not gourmet, but wholesome, filling and delicious. We also serve many types of Amazon Fruits. Our cooks rise before dawn to make a large breakfast and there is always a tantalizing scent coming out of the Galley.

Itinerary:

Days 1-3 In our well equipped expedition boat The Motor Yacht Tucano, we explore far up the least inhabited river in the Amazon, The Rio Negro. We explore the forest by foot or in our launches, go for swims in the cleanest water in the world, visit with local settlers that live deep in the forest, and spend a great deal of time hunting for and observing the greatest collection of wildlife on earth.

Tucano Amazon Cruise in the Heart of the Amazon!

Day 4 We arrive at extraordinary river called the Rio Jauaperi and spend the day in this unspoiled and lovely rainforest area.

Days 5 Today we proceed down the southwestern bank of the Rio Negro observing the different wildlife found on this side of the river. Our walks and explorations of the forest continue and our list of creatures observed gets larger and larger.

Day 6 Today we visit the village of Novo Airão. We will walk through the streets and marvel at how the 19th Century thrives in this remote corner of the globe. We travel through the night to the confluence of the Amazon and Negro Rivers.

Day 7 This morning we visit the Lago Janauari Ecological Park where the thick brown water of the Amazon flows swiftly through the forest. This area is thick with life and we are almost guaranteed to see monkeys. We then travel to the “Encontra das Aguas” the stark several mile long line where the world’s two largest rivers, the Amazon and the Negro, join in a turbulent maelstrom. In the evening we will return to Manaus and overnight on the boat.

Day 8 After breakfast passengers will disembark from the Tucano and in the afternoon or evening, transfer to the international airport.

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