The Anavilhanas Archipelago is an Ecological Station managed by the Brazilian Institute of Environment - IBAMA. It’s approximately 100km from Manaus and it’s one of the biggest archipelagoes in the world, that by the way, dispute it position with Mariua Archipelago, situated more above the Black River. It posseses an area of 350,018 hectares in the Amazon Northeast part on the Black River, between Novo Airao and Manaus city. In summer, a lot of islands and beaches appear in the river. The archipelago is uninhabited and accessible by boat through the Black River. During the full station, many islands are total or partially flooded.
NOTE: The "Anavilhanas Islands" destination for watching birds in Amazon is new for our Company, and few people have had the privilege to visit these islands. Exactly our team of specialists guides in observation of birds doesn’t know them well because a few time before the Brazilian Institute of the Environment - IBAMA, didn’t allow the access to that area. To visit the Islands it’s necessary to get authorization and payment of tax for Conservation. The daily itinerary for the Anavilhanas islands will be improved and adjusted as far as it goes.
Tour Itinerary:
Days 1, 2 and 3: We´ll leave from Manaus and our trip until the islands will be made using "Bomerangue", a small boat sailing up the admiring pretty landscapes, traveling during approximately 5 hours until arriving at the comfortable Forest Hotel "Apurissawa Lodge", that will be our base. The Apurissawa, is located on the edges of Cuieiras River, a Black River tributary, close to the Anavilhanas Archipelago. Arriving at the Lodge we’ll fix up and went to have lunch, in the afternoon of the first day we’ll leave to observe birds in the flooded forests “igapós” existing in the Anavilhanas islands. In the following days, we’ll leave at 5:00h o’clock in the morning, taking snack and lunch with us, to look for birds in the islands and igapos. We’ll go to search: Zimmers’ Woodcreeper
(Xiphorhynchus necopinus), Ash-breasted Antbird (Myrmoborus lugubris) and Black-chinned Antbird (Hypocnemoides melanopogon), Blackish-gray Antshrike (Thamnophilus nigrocinereus), Leaden Antwren (Myrmotherula assimilis), Snethlages’ Pygmy-Tyrant (Hemitriccus minor) and Klagess’ Antwren (Myrmotherula klagesi), this last one endemic of islands. With good luck we might see Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus ornatus) and many others. After supper we’ll meet to make the Checklist compilation. Every time we go out we’ll return to the Lodge for lunch and will continue the tour in the afternoon. Other wise, if every body agrees, we can take snack and lunch with us in the morning and we pass the whole day out observing birds in the islands. We’ll return only at noon for supper, make the Checklist compilation and go to rest.
Days 4 and 5: In these days we also leave at 5:00h o’clock in the morning, taking snack with us, we go to observe birds in the Firm Land forests nearby Apurissawa Lodge, region of the Cuieiras River.
We’ll walk in silence on the trails inside the bush in search of Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata), Red-fan Parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus), Trush-like Antpitta (Myrmothera campanisoma), Great Black-Hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga), Scaled Pigeon (Columba speciosa) and with good luck, it’s possible to find King Vulturei (Sarcoramphus papa) and many other species. During two nights, we will make a nocturnal tour using canoe and special lanterns to focus species of nocturnal habits in the side of the flooded forests "igapos".
Day 5: We’ll leave early to watch birds only in the morning and return to the Lodge, before the lunch schedule, when we’ll go back to Manaus in the "Bomerangue" boat. During the trip we’ll have lunch and make the Checklist compilation, finishing our Birdtour. Our passage from the Lodge until Manaus will take, approximately 5 hours and transfer by car to the urban hotel or airport.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Included: Tour start in Manaus, 04 overnights at Apurissawa Lodge, full board, outings as described, transportation Manaus/Tour/Manaus, Birding guide and translator, accommodations and all regular meals.
Not Included: beverages, medical costs or hospitalization, insurance, personal expenses as laundry, phone calls and Ecological Station Anavilhanas Conservation Fee (US$25).
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