Jungle tour operators are not difficult to find in Manaus, but it is quite hard to identify the best and most trusted operators and guides just by meeting them at the airport or in the streets of the downtown area. If you can, it’s much better to book in advance, easily done on the […]

Manaus is the obvious place in the Brazilian Amazon to find a jungle river trip to suit most people’s need. Although located in the heart of the world’s biggest rainforest, you have to be prepared to travel for at least a few days out of Manaus if you are serious about spotting a wide […]

Airlines BRA, at Av. Eduardo Ribeiro 893 T92/3652-1507 or 3631-0007 www.voebra.com.br offer the cheapest flights from Manaus to major destinations in Southern and Central Brazil, but they only fly a few times a week; Gol, at airport T92/3652-1634; Lloyd Aereo Boliviano, Av. 7 de Setembro 993 or at the airport T92/3652-1513; Penta (covering […]

Like most large port towns, Manaus is busiest in the early mornings and again at night, with plenty of bars, clubs and other venues that are worth exploring if you’re in town for a few days; Friday editions of Amazonas Em Tempo carry fairly comprehensive listings of what’s going on.
The rowdiest bars are bunched […]

There are very few places in Manaus where you can sit down and enjoy any peace, and even the cafés and bars are too full to give you much elbow room. One advantage of the crowds is that there’s street food everywhere, especially around the docks, the Mercado Municipal and in busy downtown locations […]

The most popular and widely touted day-trip around Manaus is to the meeting of the waters, some 10km downstream, where the Rio Negro and the Rio Solimões meet to form the Rio Amazonas. The alkaline Solimões absorbs the much more acid Rio Negro over several kilometres.  For this distance the waters of the two […]

It’s not hard to get used to the slightly irregular layout of Manaus, and, apart from the Teatro Amazonas and many of the museums, most places of interest are relatively close to the river in the older parts of town. From the Estação Hidroviária and floating port where the big ships dock, riverboat wharves […]