Cathedral of Brasília Toucan, Amazon Rainforest
DAY 9 • Cruise the“ Meeting of the Waters” • Disembark ship • Fly to Brasília On our way back to Manaus, our ship will pause at the“ Meeting of the Waters,” a magical site where the pale waters of the Upper Amazon collide with the dark waters of the Rio Negro. We’ ll disembark in Manaus and fly to Brasília this afternoon. Meals: B | Windsor Brasília Hotel or similar
DAY 10 • Brasília • Optional outrigger canoe paddling tour • Home-Hosted Dinner Set off on a city tour of Brasília, whose futuristic architecture prompted UNESCO to designate the
ADVENTURE HIGHLIGHT entire city a World Heritage Site. This afternoon, you can join an optional tour to paddle an outrigger canoe along Lake Paranoá. This evening, enjoy a Home-Hosted Dinner with a local family in Brasilia. Meals: B, D | Windsor Brasília Hotel or similar
DAY 11 • Fly to the Pantanal Fly to Cuiabá, a city at the edge of the Pantanal, the largest wetland area on Earth. After transferring to our lodge, we’ ll have a talk on the Pantanal and enjoy dinner tonight. Meals: B, L, D | Pousada do Rio Mutum or similar
DAY 12 • The Pantanal • Horseback ride • Forest walk We rise before dawn today to enjoy the beauty of the sunrise from motorized canoes. Then, we’ ll take a horseback ride along wetland trails and a boat ride around the Pantanal. We return to our lodge for lunch, we’ ll off for a guided walk through the forest to further explore our natural surroundings. Meals: B, L, D | Pousada do Rio Mutum or similar
soup from the fish. After returning to our lodge this afternoon, we’ ll take a boat ride to try our hand at fishing for piranha— and see how close we paid attention to the local fishermen we met earlier. Meals: B, L, D | Pousada do Rio Mutum
DAY 14 • Fly to Rio de Janeiro After breakfast, transfer to the airport in Cuiabá for our return flight to Rio.
Meals: B | Porto Bay Rio Internacional Hotel or similar
DAY 15 • Rio • Sugarloaf Mountain • Return to U. S. This morning, take a cable car ride to the top of Sugarloaf Mountain, one of Rio’ s most iconic landmarks, where we can take in panoramic views of the city. Later this afternoon, we’ ll head to the airport for our return flights to the U. S., or to begin your optional post-trip extension to Iguassu Falls: Thundering Cascades of Argentina & Brazil.
Meals: B, L
On Day 13, spend A Day in the Life of a remote fishing community in the Pantanal, a region of flooded grasslands that is home to the highest concentration of wildlife in South America.
DAY 13 • A Day in the Life of a Pantanal fishing village After breakfast, we visit a fishing village to share A Day in the Life of this small community in the Pantanal. We’ ll meet three generations of village residents, and local fishermen will show us how they catch piranha and make
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90 Brazil in Depth: Rio de Janeiro, Amazon Cruise & the Pantanal