Trip Itinerary

Day	Schedule
Friday	Guests fly into Manaus, Brazil where they will spend the night at a hotel or private residence that River Plate provides.
Saturday	6:00 am - have breakfast and be transported to the Caravan turbo-prop charter plane to fly 1– 2 hrs to your mobile Safari Camp, arriving at 8:00 am and fishing for the day.
Sunday - Friday	Breakfast at 6:30 am and then depart at 8:00 for the day fishing & touring, returning to the safari camp at 5:00 pm for hors d'oeuvres and dinner.
Saturday	9:00 am depart Safari Camp by Caravan charter aircraft, arriving in Manaus at 11:00 am where you will be transported to the international airport to catch your flight home or to Caesar Business Center Hotel for the day if you're leaving later.

Note: American Airlines flies daily non-stop routes between Miami and Manaus.  As the flights sometime arrive and depart around midnight, it's important that you make sure you are arriving Friday night or early Saturday morning so that you can catch the 6 a.m. charter flight out of Manaus to your safari camp.  You will be delivered back to Manaus by noon on Saturday so your flight home must be after noon on Saturday (which may mean leaving early Sunday morning).

A valid U.S. passport and a valid Tourist Visa are required for entrance into all South American countries. Make sure your passport is valid and does not expire within 6 months of the time you return to the United States. It takes up to a month to process a new passport, so please plan accordingly.  The Visa is valid for 10 years from your first entry into Brazil.

Entry into Brazil requires a Tourist Visa. Please allow at least 2 months for processing your VISA.  You will need the following information when you apply for a VISA.

• Flight information (copy of your ticket)
• Your passport
• Your destination contact information (see below)

We strongly advise you to contact an expediter for help in acquiring a Brazilian Tourist VISA. Alternatively, you can fill out the application online and then take the required documents to the nearest Brazilian General Consulate. Go to http://washington.itamaraty.gov.br/en-us/brazilian_consulates_in_the_us.xml to see where the Brazilian consulate that services your location is located.  Then click on VISA to fill out the online application.  Follow the directions for a tourist Visa. 

We utilize the following passport service:
Same Day Passport
Visas Expedite Services, Inc.
www.samedaypassport-visa.com
Los Angeles - 310.402.1619
Chicago - 312.228.0189
Arlington, TX - 817.801.3232

Contact us with questions.
 
Contact Info
Hotel address in Manaus:
Hotel Caesar Business Manaus
Av. Darcy Vargas 654, Manaus, AM - 69050-020 - Brasil.  / Tel. +55 92 3306 4700

New app to expedite going through customs:
You may want to check out the mobile passport app (http://www.mobilepassport.us/) to shorten wait time through customs.   
Travel Insurance
We suggest you consider trip insurance as trip payments are non refundable unless the client can provide a replacement angler.  Global Rescue, among others, provides trip insurance as well as medical evacuation services in case of an emergency.
Shots required to enter Brazil?
There are no shots required to enter Brazil from the US but we suggest you talk to your doctor about getting a yellow fever shot and/or other vaccinations as a precaution.  You can read about world health information at the Centers for Disease Control at http://www.cdc.gov.

Flight Options

Be sure to be in Miami at least 3 hours before  the flight to Manaus on Friday.. You must make the flight Friday to Manaus in order to be able to catch the 6 a.m. flight to your camp on Saturday and you want to leave plenty of time for your luggage to make the flight.   On the return trip, connecting flights home should be planned no sooner than 2 hours after arriving into Miami to allow time to go through customs. Martin Travel (954.748.6881) out of Florida books many of our clients and is very familiar with our trips and the flight schedule required.

Suggested packing list

Polarized sunglasses
Passport and photocopy of photo page
Airline tickets
Personal medications
Three long-sleeved tropical shirts
Two tropical-weight pants
Swimsuit or shorts
Sneakers or deck shoes
Casual travel clothes
Fishing hat
Quality lightweight raincoat
Lightweight cotton fingerless fishing gloves
Sunscreen (spf 30)
Chapstick
Small flashlight
Camera
Waterproof pack or gear bag
Lures (if you're not booking our deluxe package;  All lures are included with the deluxe package)
Cash for tipping guides and staff (we recommend $500 per client per week preferably US currency)