After 2 weeks on a Viking Ocean cruise up the Amazon where almost nothing went well or as scheduled what a pleasure this full day tour was on our final... read more day in Manaus with Amazon Private Tours by Milton.
All details arranging the tour via email were always promptly handled and our pickup could not have been better. We had arranged to be picked up at the port and then dropped off at the end of our tour at the hotel. Like most things on the Viking Cruise, all the disembarkation info we were provided was incorrect but one quick call via WhatsApp and we were immediately contacted by our tour driver who made schedule adjustments to accommodate us.
A quick tour thru the town and our driver, Thales, dropped us off at the marina where we boarded our boat with our guide for the day, Luce. The tour progressed exactly as advertised heading first to swim with the pink river dolphins where our guide literally took a hundred pictures of us in the water. Next stop was the indigenous Desana village followed by a return trip back down the Rio Negro for a delicious lunch at a floating restaurant by January Park featuring local specialties. We walked the boardwalk from the restaurant into the park to view the Amazon's giant lilly pads and even spotted a caiman.
Next stop was the floating village and a visit to a piracu fish farm to "fish" for these monsters - lots of fun. We headed out to view the Meeting of the Waters before quick riverfront tour of Manaus' harbor and return to the marina. Our tour guide was pleasant, informative and provided an amazing experience!
Our driver, Thales, was once again waiting to pick us up and transport us to the hotel while providing local information and restaurant recommendations. With all the confusion over our departure from the cruise ship earlier in the day he even offered to return us back & forth to the port if there was any issue with our luggage - fortunately it had been delivered by the cruise line as promised.
With only a very short time in Manaus this full day tour hit all the highlights and was a perfect ending to our Amazon excursion.

  Well organized tour with lots included but when we arrived we decided we wanted to stay for 2 nights. Nothing was too hard and was changed easily which we were... read more grateful for.
Our tour guide FABIO is FANTASTIC!! Very happy guy who’s always smiling and making funny jokes. He welcomed us to his village where we stayed and made us feel welcome and comfortable.
Hope to see you again one day!

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  First, we booked this 4-hour historical tour with Milton to visit the main attractions of the city (the opera house, the municipal market, and the city center surroundings). Milton is... read more extremely knowledgeable about his city, very polite and was extremely patient about all our questions (and we had a lot of them!). We loved every second with him, and then we decided to hire Milton for the afternoon as well to go to MUSA, a nice local restaurant, and the next day to go the Museu do Seringal (where he took us in his boat, and it was so nice to learn about the rubber period of the city!). Milton was excellent! We couldn’t have chosen a better guide to learn about Manaus and its history.

  Amazon Jungle Experience - June2025  - Booked the overnight experience over the Amazon. Milton has been very responsive with all queries. On the first day, our guide, Fabio, took us through the wet and drylands of... read more Rio Negro, swam with the pink dolphins and showed us some fauna while trying to catch pinranhas, and we were lucky to spot some monkeys, a cayman and different birds. Lunch was served buffet style in a floating house, while dinner and breakfast next day were served homestyle, all healthy local food. The stay over room is a cozy place that has a shower, airconditioning unit and decent bed, and guess what - WIFI. On the second day we were lucky to have good weather again so Fabio took us to see the sunrise over Rio Negro and came back to have breakfast. After breakfast, we had a new guide, Carla who could speak several languages apart from English and Portuguese. We went to see a local tribe, watch their different dances and tried their local food. We then had a sumptuous lunch served buffet style at a floating restaurant, got to see more birds along Solimões River and then went to see the confluence of the Rio Negro and Solimões River before ending the day 2. It was a nice experience overall and highly recommended.

  Being our first time in the Amazon I would highly recommend this tour. We thought 12 hours might be a lot but Fabinho our tour guide did a fantastic job... read more showing us parts of the rainforest and teaching us about its different occupants. He's an amazing tour guide. We got to hike through the Amazon, fish for piranhas, see pink dolphins who were rather playful (some of us swam with them), and hold baby alligators. The tambaqui fish for lunch was very good. Our driver Milton was nice and picked us up on time tat 8am at the hotel. He even answered a bunch of our questions about the area. Overall we had an amazing experience in the Amazon and Fabinho did a superior job guiding us through it.

    - This one day event was definitely worth it, the local guides spoke English and were very knowledgeable about the jungle, explaining the plants and animals we encountered during the hike,... read more serving a very tasty buffet-style lunch with fish from the river and cold beverages from the bar. A lot of activities were packed into this one-day trip and I can highly recommend this family-owned trip organizer. They even came to your hotel to pick you up and drop you off late in the evening. Several travelers stayed the night at their lodge in the forest, doing all the activities like visiting the dark and brown water of the Rio Negro merging with the Rio Solimões, feeding and swimming with the pink dolphins, etc. Afterwards, go to have dinner at the excellent Tambaqui de Banda restaurant near the Teatro Amazonas. Since most locals don't speak English, bring your iPhone with a translation app. this is a trip to remember.

  The tour of a lifetime!! Thank you so much Milton for being so accommodating! I arrived at the MAO airport at 3pm and at the last possible minute, wondered... read more if I had enough time to squeeze in the Meeting of the Rivers that same afternoon prior to my Full Day Tour in the jungle the following day. Milton was extremely responsive and was able to conduct a tour where the guide picked me up from the airport and took me straight to the boating docks to see the meeting of the rivers. Not only that, I was also able to ride around the river to see the Floating Villages and also feed their famous fish, the Pirarucu, in their fish farm! Once the quick tour ended, they took me to my hotel.

As for the Whole Day in Jungle Tour, I could not have asked for a better guide. Fabio was extremely intelligent, having great knowledge of the Amazon and was very personable. Thank you Fabio, I truly enjoyed spending my entire day with you! I loved every part of it, from the experiences to the lunch! Probably the best fish I have ever eaten! My absolute favorite part was the 45 minute break after lunch to just relax and with that, I was able to swim in the river with the Pink Dolphins! (This was after the pink dolphin experience that is already a part of the tour!!) I truly felt like I was living a great life, swimming freely in the river while the dolphins circled around me.

I had a flight leaving at 9:15pm, the same night of the whole day tour, and with prior arrangements with Milton, they were able to complete the tour and drop me off at the airport without rushing any of my Amazon experiences. Thank you so much!!! You have given me memories that I will cherish forever. I couldn't have asked for a better company to take care of me and my travel itinerary! I am truly honored to have found this tour with this company!

  Great tour with Milton and Fabio! - As we were looking for a 1 night tour with seeing as much as possible - this tour suited us very well. Tour organizer Milton Fernandes was very helpful. We... read more were glad to meet tour guide Fabio, we learned a lot about the Amazon forest, changes between the dry and rainy seasons, got acquainted with flora and fauna (a bit 🙂 ), etc. His sister was preparing simple, but very delicious food. We wish him all the best with his plans! So, if you have just a couple of days for Amazon and want to see what is possible, this tour is for you.

  My brother and I took this 8 hour caves and waterfalls day tour and had a fantastic time! Our small group of five people (including our guide Mario) was a... read more perfect size. The tour started with being picked up from our hotel and driving almost two hours outside of Manaus to reach the first waterfall. The waterfall was impressive, with a huge volume of water and strong current. We were able to jump/dive into the water and swim around in a safe location under the watchful eye of Mario. We then walked around one kilometer to the next waterfall which was equally impressive. After that we hopped back into the car and drove into the town to have lunch. Following lunch we drove out to a spectacular grotto where we spent time taking pictures, walking through the beautiful surroundings and enjoying the waterfalls and caves.
Insider tip, if you want the waterfalls and grottos to yourselves, book your tour for a weekday not a weekend. This will ensure that you do not have other people crowding your pictures and ruining the tranquility of the nature.
Mario was a great guide, giving us information about each place we visited as well as local flora and fauna.
We arrived back to our hotel around 18:00 tired but happy with our experience. If you want a true Amazon experience complete with nature, swimming, and a whole lot of knowledge than I would reccommend booking with this company and asking for Mario.