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Wildlife in Manaus is one of the prime attractions of this area. Many tours to the Amazon rainforest start from this Brazilian city. Manus lies in the heart of Amazonia, and hence is the center of tours to the rivers and the jungle. Visit the city to have a taste of the colorful and exotic wildlife at Manaus.
Manaus wildlife tours offer you a scope to see many exotic plants and animals in their natural habitat. Numerous Brazilian and international visitors visit this place for its proximity to the Amazon rainforest. The boat and land trips into the surrounding provide countless chances to explore the great diversity of wildlife present here. This place is also home to the Pied tamarin, one of the most endangered primates of Brazil.
You can spend a day or a week investigating the wildlife at Manaus. You will go past the backwaters, the less inhabited river areas or the tiny jungle streams, the igarapes. Many tour agencies offer trips to the jungle. They also offer to pick you up from the hotel, airport or the ports. You have a choice of boats for the boat tours, ranging from canoes to expensive power boats.
An insight into the wildlife in Manaus can be had from the one day excursion to Encontro das Aguas, the meeting point of the waters. A side trip to Lago Januario for a short guided jungle walk is also part of the tour. Here you can go fishing for the piranha and looking for a jacare or crocodile by torchlight. The farther you move from Manaus, the more intense the jungle becomes.
You can also undertake 3 to 6 day boat trips to survey the wildlife in Manaus. These trips take you way up the rivers, seeing abundant flora, wildlife and caboclos along the way. But do not expect to see any remote Indian tribes, as they choose to remain elusive.
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