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 Experience the Amazon at the Uacari Jungle Lodge, Mamiraua, Amazon, Brazil

DiscoverBrazil has selected the Uakari Lodge as one of its top 2 jungle lodge destinations, because of the abundant wildlife and the nature tourism experience it offers. The other top jungle lodge is the Amazonat Lodge . The Uakari Lodge is situated off a tributary of the River Solimoes, one hour by speedboat from the town of Tefe. Tefe is a little city, 1 hour by commercial airline due west – southwest from Manaus.

The Uakari Lodge is a component of the Mamiraua Institute, whose mission is 'to conserve the biodiversity of the Mamirauá Reserve with participatory management'. All of the income generated from the Mamiraua Ecotourism Project is reinvested in order to maintain this pioneer conservation project, the only one of its kind in the world.

Mamiraua is very special because of the following reasons:

• It is the largest protected area of flooded forest (Várzea) in the Amazon offering unique scenery and experiences;
• Mamiraua has an abundant variety of wildlife, including the endemic charismatic species - the white Uakari monkey;
• Is it the first sustainable development reserve where the communities actively participate in its management;
• It is a public conservation unit in Brazil managed by an NGO, through an agreement with the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Institute for Environmental Protection of Amazonas, and international agencies such as the Department for International Development and the Wildlife Conservation Society, among others;
• It is a large international research project, which assures that there is up-to-date information on the ecosystem and its species.

The 5 floating cabins (no air-conditioning) of the Uakari Lodge are strategically located so that it is an ideal place to observe wildlife without leaving the premises. This lodge offers a series of activities including canoe and boat excursions with local guides in river channels and lakes and walking trails in the rainforest. During your stay you will see the flooded forest, an abundance of birds, monkeys, black caiman and other wildlife. It also offers trips to a local riverine village in order to interact and get to know the Amazonian population and way of life. We recommend you do not miss the tour to Lake Mamiraua where you will see the pink dolphins jumping, silver fish literally jumping into your boat and the hundreds of caimans, up to 5 ft long. Articles about Uakari Lodge have recently been published in both the New York Times and National Geographic.

Visit the Brazilian Amazon and experience this incredible Mamiraua preservation project staying at the Uakari Lodge.