Favourite Amazon Tour

Three-toed Sloth

Wattled Jacana

Hoatzin

Hoatzin

Our Captain

Water Buffalo

Savana Hawk

Anhinga

Osprey

Our Guests

Red and Green Macaw

Red and Green Macaw

Gould's Toucanet

Full Moon

Our Guests

Our Camp

Frog

Piquia Tree

a monstera moth

Fruit

Moth

seed pod on the forest floor

Tapajos National Forest

Pink Dolphin

Black howler monkey

Three-toed sloth

The crew

Black-collared hawk

King Vulture

King Vultures

Lunch on the boat

Our Guests

Lunch in Alter-do-Chão

Travellers's Choice 2020

New Review

A night in the jungle, psychedelic river gardens and a never ending hospitality

Gil has been endorsed by so many more knowledgeable, more famous and more interesting people than me that I was hesitating for a while before starting to write this post. That being said, I think the more people know about his hospitality and expertise, the better for this world. First things first, Gil speaks fluent English (better than me, for sure), he was born and grew up in this very area of the middle Amazon, and not only knows its secrets, but also enjoys to help you to find those treasures. He took me, together with some truly entertaining companions, to a two-day trip. Probably the most condensed version possible in this region full of natural-cultural wonders. On the first day we trekked and camped in the forest enjoying all its otherworldly sounds during the night and learned about the history of rubber plantations, the expansion of soy fields, and the sexual life of insects, among other things. On the second day, we cruised out to a wonderful floodplain on the Maica river (lake?), spent the night on the boat in hammocks, ate piranha for dinner, had a very close encounter with a sloth, and saw all kinds of birds whose names I cannot remember (sorry Gil!), but the ones on the water buffalos’ backs were probably the most memorable. In early morning, we visited a forest in a small boat. We literally had to cut through our way across bush and liana to get to this forest, which is half under water with small human-made canals and garden-like ponds where birds follow the “footsteps” of monkeys who chase insects on the trees. An experience somewhere between an Indiana Jones movie and a psychedelic journey. The whole trip was just breathtaking, and if you happened to forget about it, Gil will always remind you of this by his emblematic “Aieeeee” scream of amazement. He also helped me a lot with medicinal plants (my hobby and research and work) from the market to a garden to the forest. If you’re out for a tailor-made, exciting and truly Amazonian adventure spiced up with historical and personal anecdotes and some (for others maybe “many”) Caipirinha, this tour is perfect for you. Muito obrigado, Gil! You’re the best.

Latest My dream trip (Floodplain X)

Getting ready

My honourable guests

A baby sloth

Horned Screamers

Pink Dolphins

The Meeting of the Waters

Wattled Jacana

Savanna Hawk

Marquinho, a friend of mine I met during a fishing mission

Hoatzin

Toco Toucan

A male sloth

A pregnant three-toed sloth

A juvenile three toed sloth

Another pregnant sloth

Our boat

Just got home after a very successful of what I call My dream Trip! Amazing views of King Vultures, sloths, hoatzing, Pink Dolphins. It is rainy season and luckly during our overnight in pristine rainforest almost no one rain drop dropped. My guests were composed of a fun and highly educated and extremelly polited family from Lyon. I can not wait to see the pictures were taken by Ciryl as we plan to add some to my next version of my little wildlife book.

Thank you all who made this tour quite memorable, including Tio Celso Serique,  Marcio, Cap Edson, Loic and Pierre Herin.

Enjoy the pictures taken by Loic and myself. I am about to check the films done by camera tracks.

Cheers

Gil Serique