True wilderness
Amazon Survival Experience
Learn practical rainforest skills with Antonio, supported by the local community. Raw, respectful and shaped around your ability and ambition.
Led by Antonio · Licensed local Amazon guide · English & Portuguese
The full picture
What this journey
is really like.
This is a genuine multi-day camping programme, not a staged survival demonstration. Antonio leads the journey with support from the local community: guests carry their belongings into the forest, sleep in hammocks and learn how to make fire, establish camp, prepare food and recognise useful and medicinal plants.
Three-, four- and five-day versions are possible. Longer programmes add a second forest camp, waterfalls, a riverside camp, piranha fishing, nocturnal wildlife observation and paddle-canoe exploration of seasonally flooded forest.
The experience
A journey shaped
by the living forest.
Leave your Manaus hotel at 07:00 and travel about 2½ hours to Rio Preto da Eva. Visit the local market, continue by motorboat to the lodge and have lunch. Around 15:00, carry your belongings into the forest, establish a hammock camp and begin learning fire, food and camp preparation.
Prepare breakfast at camp, hike in search of wildlife and natural food sources, then cook lunch. Dismantle camp and continue to a forest waterfall for a swim before setting up the next hammock camp and preparing dinner.
Walk back toward the lodge while learning about trees and medicinal plants. After lunch, travel by motorboat to a riverside camp for piranha fishing, dinner and a night excursion for caimans and traditional bow-and-arrow fishing.
Return from the riverside camp to the lodge for a shower and lunch, then travel to Manaus. In the longer programme, stay at the lodge and explore the flooded forest quietly in wooden paddle canoes.
Begin with sunrise observation, take another forest walk to a second waterfall, then return for lunch and depart around 14:00 for Manaus or the airport.
Real moments
A closer look at
the journey.
Photographs from Águia Amazonas journeys show the places, activities and atmosphere that make this particular experience distinctive.
Plan with confidence
The useful details.
Included
- Expedition planning
- Antonio as your expedition guide
- Essential camp equipment
- Transport and expedition meals
Not included
- Alcoholic drinks
- Specialist personal clothing and footwear
- Personal travel insurance
- Optional gratuities
What to bring
- A personal packing list is supplied
- Durable closed footwear
- Long quick-drying clothing
- Personal medication
Good to know
- The route and length must be agreed with Antonio according to fitness and experience.
- Participants should be comfortable carrying personal equipment and sleeping in hammocks.
- Weather, river conditions and safety may require programme changes.
Your next step
Tell Antonio three things.
Your dates, the number of travellers and what interests you most. Antonio will help shape the right route for the season and your group.
- 01 Travel dates
- 02 Group size
- 03 Interests