Travel

Travel to Brazil

There are many travel options to consider when flying to Manaus International Airport. There are non-stop flights from Ft. Lauderdale, Panama, Lisbon, Bogota, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo to Manaus.

Plan to arrive in Manaus at least one day before your scheduled departure to Rio Marié.

We strongly recommend booking your international flights to arrive in Brazil with ample time to make your connection to Manaus. If you arrive in Manaus later than Sunday at 5:00 a.m., you will miss the scheduled charter flight to Rio Marié and will need to arrange a private floatplane transfer — at an additional cost of approximately US$9,000.

Remember, all arriving guests must collect their luggage at their first point of entry into Brazil for immigration, customs clearance, and re-check to their final destination.

Your bags will not be checked directly to Manaus if it is not your first landing point in Brazilian territory.

Once you arrive at Manaus International Airport, our host will be waiting for you for immediate transfer to Juma boutique hotel located in a very nice part of the town.

Charter flight to Rio Marie

Untamed Angling will be chartering Cessna Caravan fitted with amphibious floats to directly transport guests from Manaus to the Untamed Amazon mothership, more than 500 miles from Manaus. The total flight time is a little over 3 hours each way, and the plane will usually stop in Tefé to refuel on the return trip. Each aircraft will accommodate eight anglers. The turboprop comfortable and deliver anglers directly to the heart of the fishery and the waiting mothership, avoiding the wheel-plane and boat transfer combination.

This actively-mobile fishing model, with the mothership positioned in the most productive areas of the reserve, will allow us to fish and explore the entire Rio Marié Reserve - more than 680 kilometers (425 miles) of the main river, its two major tributaries, and the dozensof lagoons and back bays. It also allows us to manage the fishery by rotating between 5 river sectors - Upper Turi, Lower Turi, Upper Marié, headwaters of Marié, and Lower Marié, all within the protected 650 kilometers of the Rio Marié Preserve.
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The use of the float planes with direct access to the most productive fishing areas and the mobility of the shallow-draft Untamed Amazon will put anglers on some fantastic water that has only been explored in the past and never included in the itinerary. Quick and easyaccess to the fishing grounds and utilization of the entire fishery is the name of the game.

Visa

Starting April 10, 2025, citizens of the U.S., Canada, and Australia will need a visitor visa to enter Brazil. But don’t worry—it’s now 100% online, quick, and valid for 5 years!

Apply here: https://brazil.vfsevisa.com/

Processing time: ~3 business days

Valid for: 5 years / multiple entries / 90 days per visit

Vaccine

A Yellow Fever Vaccination Certificate is recommended to enter any indigenous Territory in Brazil but is no longer required.

Insurances

We strongly recommend securing insurance that covers medical contingencies while abroad and cancel for any reason travel insurance.

Baggage

Please do not bring unnecessary weight to the vessel. We use small planes for air transfers to and from the yacht and we strictly enforce weight limitations. You will be able to leave items not needed at the vessel with the hotel concierge in Manaus if you are returning to the hotel at the end of the week. We recommend this for travelling clothes, etc.

The vessel has daily laundry service, so bringing a lot of clothing is not necessary. There is a strictly-enforced 40-pound weight (in total) restriction per person for the 8 passenger Turbo-prop Cessna Caravan flights divided as follows: one 10 lb. carry-on piece of luggage and one 30 lb. checked bag soft duffle bags with no rigid bottom (except for rod cases). (If you have only one soft duffle bag it must be no bigger than: length: 30in; Width: 22in; Height: 11in in Soft duffels. NO HARD BODY LUGGAGE PLEASE.