amazon jungle trips
Sep 16th, 2014, 02:49 PM
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We are beginning to plan a trip to the Amazon for 2015. Anyone have experiences with the lodges such as Sacha, Napo, or La Selva? Is basing yourself at a lodge better than booking a boat cruise from one area to another? Does anyone have first hand experience with a cruise they loved or hated?
Oct 5th, 2014, 03:47 PM
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Oct 8th, 2014, 11:03 AM
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If it's "real" cruising one wants...you're right..but to travel the smaller tributaries and get to meet the locals was priceless...yes, we enjoyed it immensely....3 passengers and crew of five. Admittedly, the pics are only a selected few as I dd not scan many others somewhat worthy of it. Lodges and regular cruising aren't our kind of thing.
If it's "real" cruising one wants...you're right..but to travel the smaller tributaries and get to meet the locals was priceless...yes, we enjoyed it immensely....3 passengers and crew of five. Admittedly, the pics are only a selected few as I dd not scan many others somewhat worthy of it. Lodges and regular cruising aren't our kind of thing.
Oct 8th, 2014, 07:29 PM
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Stu, I agree with your style of travel. I've been watching your comments on Fodors for years. I am in the planning stage of a SA trip for next year and am deciding on what to do about the Amazon. Your mode of travel looks great and I will consider that among others. I am also a big nature fan and want to meet locals. I was just asking because it looks like a lot of brown water and a few trees and lily pads with a small group of people in the middle. Sometimes the experience and view doesn't translate in photos. I wanted to know if you enjoyed it. Thanks for answering. That's enough to convince me to keep the Amazon in my plans.
Oct 9th, 2014, 09:25 AM
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@sdtravels- regarding Brazil, if you really want to meet locals, start now to learn as much Portuguese as you can. Few people speak anything but.
Consider doing the Amazon from Peru.
Consider the northern Pantanal for wildlife.
Other natural areas in Brazil to consider include Fernando de Noronha, Lencois Marahenses from Santo Amaro, Chapada Diamantina, mountains of Minas Gerais state with Colonial towns, Abrolhos marine park, Jericoacoara, among others.
Consider doing the Amazon from Peru.
Consider the northern Pantanal for wildlife.
Other natural areas in Brazil to consider include Fernando de Noronha, Lencois Marahenses from Santo Amaro, Chapada Diamantina, mountains of Minas Gerais state with Colonial towns, Abrolhos marine park, Jericoacoara, among others.
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SD...sorry so late in responding...yes, we thoroughly enjoyed the Amazon, "our way"...my wife even measured many other later trips we took, by the "kick" of the Amazon. Now that she's gone, I keep looking back to my memories of a trip she loved so well.
