Amazon Brazil Tours and Trips

It is a very tiring trip. My so of law did this trip nearly 20 years ago, he told me how tedious the fights are, I was all prepared. There's no way around, but you can elaborate about it, It is a big country especially for us from UK!!! We had a wonderful group, people make or ruin the well prepared trip (by you). Marcello was wonderful.

Great trip especially the Amazon. Diego was a great tour leader and Victor was also excellent. its quite expensive though. last year I had to cancel the same trip at the last minute and was disappointed that explore did not give me any credit or repayment as I am a regular and loyal customer. the group was small and i would have preferred a bigger more lively group ideally. But Brazil is fab.

Initially, I was reluctant to visit Iguazu as I thought its just another waterfall, but when I saw the beauty of this waterfall I was speechless. You have to visit this place to experience the beauty and enormity. The Macuco safari & boat trip to under the waterfall I am not going to forget ever. Since I was unable to visit the Argentina side of the waterfall, I was able to spend the day at the Itaipu Dam and also the 3 fronteiras (borders). What a memorable trip.

Everything went perfect. From the time I was picked up from the hotel in Manaus, the boat ride crossing the Negro and Amazon rivers, the drive from the pier to the boat ride to the resort. I was in awe of the beauty and enormity of the forest. While boating through the flooded path amidst the trees, I fell in love with the Amazon forest. Definitely coming back again.

Luciana gave us a very positive vibe - it's as simple as that! Everything was excelent and she did it great! We loved all of it. But the Amazon was great! Our best activity was Paragliding in Rio and the best lodge was Turtle Lodge in the Amazon. The only thing we didn't like were the mosquitos and the hotel in Manaus!

I booked this holiday as from my research it was the only one that really covered Brazil. I had originally thought that perhaps the wildlife side of the holiday might be a bit too much but I actually think the amount of time spent in the Amazon and Pantanal was perfect. Our tour guide was great, he made us all feel welcome and gave us good advice along the way. The only negative would be the flights. We all felt that direct flights would have been so much better. They were available but we felt this is where Explore was being cheap! One of the days we had to sit at the airport for 5 hrs!! If direct flights are an absolute no, then instead of sitting 5 hrs, perhaps the guide could have shown us around nearby!