Itinerary

They will arrange for transfers to the Hotel. You will be put up in a double occupancy room at the hotel for the night (included in the trip package).

After breakfast at the hotel, the host will pick up the group at the agreed time (usually around 5:30 AM) for transfer to the local airport, and then the charter flights to Rio Marie. We use 2 planes for groups of 12 anglers:

• For 8 anglers, we take the amphibious Cessna Caravan float plane around 6:30 AM in Manaus and fly directly to the Rio Marié (an approximate 3:30 hour flight)

• For 12 anglers, we take a second flight (turbo prop wheel plane) at around 8:00 AM from Manaus to São Gabriel da Cachoeira (an approximate 2:30 hour flight) and then a 30 minute flight with the Caravan Float plane to the Rio Marié.

The floatplane leaves 8 guests on the Rio Marié at the Untamed Amazon vessel and picks up those 4 who will return to Manaus via São Gabriel. From the Rio Marié to the São Gabriel da Cachoeira airport, the floatplane takes an average of 30 minutes to 1 hour depending on the location of the vessel on the Rio Marié.

When the floatplane arrives at the Sao Gabriel airport, the second plane (turbo prop wheel plane) should already be waiting or arriving. This stopover is easy and convenient. There’s an air-conditioned lounge where guests can relax and use the facilities while planes changeover during the stopover. Customers who are inbound to the Rio Marié take the Cessna Caravan float plane to the Untamed Amazon mothership while those headed back to Manaus take the turbo prop wheel plane.

Upon arrival at the Untamed Amazon vessel, you will be shown to your stateroom, and then greeted upstairs in the comfortable lounge where you will meet the guides and fishing team. You’ll have plenty of time to get situated in your suite. After a cold drink and lunch, you can relax and enjoy the amenities of the Untamed Amazon. It’s a good time for a siesta! According to the fishing plans the mothership will be moving upstream or downstream during the week.

Around 5:00 PM anglers will be presented to the entire Rio Marie crew and guides will give a brief explanation and orientation of the daily fishing plans, fishing strategies and schedule for the week. After dinner you can prepare your tackle for the next day's fishing with the assistance of the guides.

Each day teams of two anglers fish one of the beats in the Marié River (including tributaries and lagoons), with one professional English-speaking fly fishing guide and a local Indian guide, in brand new, specially designed fishing boats. These wide-bodied, 20-foot boats havetwo casting platforms (one at either end of the boat so both anglers can fish at the same time), a center console, and are powered by 90hp, 4-stroke motors, as well as remote-control electric motors.

In the morning, the group will have a leisurely breakfast and a couple of hours to relax and finish packing while waiting for the arrival of the float planes which will drop off the incoming group and transfer you back to Manaus.The plane will usually stop in Tefé (about an hour’s and half flight) to refuel before continuing on to Manaus, arriving back in Manaus in the late afternoon.
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Your staff driver will deliver you to the International Airport after a nice Brazilian BBQ dinner or to the Hotel for a quick shower if you choose to rent a day room. If you do not feel like taking the red eye out of Manaus that night, another night’s stay at the boutique Hotel can be arranged; this would not be included in the package, and we will need to know as far in advance as possible if you will need this extra hotel night. Should this be the case, the transfer driver will pick you up the following day, according to your flight departure time, and deliver you to the International Airport.