(No availability) 5 Day Jaguar Expedition Wildlife Tour in Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, Brazil

Visitors will be received in Tefé Airport. If chosen by the visitor, it is possible to fly over Mamirauá Reserve (optional service, directly hired by the visitor himself), to track the jaguar’s VHF signal and appreciate the beautiful landscape in the company of Iauaretê Project researchers. After that, visitors will be transferred to the port, where a boat will take them to the Uakari Lodge. After a one-hour and a half boat ride through the mighty Solimões River, visitors will arrive at the Uakari Lodge. Along the way, they may see aquatic mammals such as the Pink River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) and the Grey River Dolphin (Sotolia fluviatilis).

The Uakari Lodge is strategically located in a wildlife-rich area close to the Mamirauá Lake in the core of Mamirauá Reserve. This gigantic reserve protects more than two-and-a-half million acres of forest, rivers and lakes and is home to many rare and threatened species, some of them only found in the Reserve or in the surroundings. Among these are the beautiful Uakari Monkey (Cacajao calvus calvus) and the Black-headed Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri vanzolinii). Mamirauá Reserve is not just a successful conservation story, but also a pioneer model of conservation that involves local people and allows them to benefit from biodiversity conservation.

Day 1:

After check-in, visitors will have a chance to explore the surroundings of the Uakari Lodge to adjust to the Flooded Forest and help the researchers set trap cameras on the trails to capture images of the jaguars. These images will later be presented to you at the end of the program. After dinner, there will be a small presentation about Mamirauá Reserve, the Uakari Lodge and the Iauaretê Project. In the end, they will talk about their schedule for the next few days.

Day 2:

After breakfast, the group will go on a field trip to look for jaguars. The researcher will lead the work in a separate canoe with a VHF receiver. Visitors will be able to use a VHF receiver and help track the elusive jaguars. A safety distance is asked and must be respected. The goal is to contemplate the largest wild cat of the American continent, take photos, contribute to the research and learn about the jaguars.

During the afternoon visitors will be involved in regular research activities, for instance inspecting camera-traps installed on the treetops. The goal is to capture animal images or signs of the animal, such as leftovers and other animal carcasses. After dinner, the documentary “The Trapper” will be screened.

Day 3:

After breakfast, the group will go on a field trip to look for jaguars. In the afternoon visitors will go to Mamirauá Lake to observe the incredible sunset of the lake. Cruising towards the lake, visitors will be on the lookout for the Uakari Monkey (Cacajao calvus calvus), Black Caimans (Melanosuchus niger), Horned Screamer (Anhima cornuta), Hoatzin (Opistocomus hoazin), Tui Parakeet (Brotogeris sanctithomae) and many other birds.

Day 4:

After breakfast, the group will go on a field trip to look for jaguars. In the afternoon, the group will visit one of four communities: Boca do Mamirauá, Caburini, Sítio São José or Vila Alencar, which regularly receive Uakari Lodge visitors. While in the community, they will have the opportunity to observe firsthand how traditional communities of Amazonia conduct their daily activities. During these trips visitors will be on the lookout for Three-Toed Sloths (Bradypus variegatus), one of the main jaguar prey. After dinner, visitors will look at images from camera-traps with the researchers.

Day 5:

This is the last morning and there is still time for a short outing after breakfast. Visitors will check-out from the lodge and be transferred back to Tefé, in order to be at the airport on time to catch the flight back to Manaus

Schedules can change according to weather conditions and jaguar locations and movement.