Luxury honeymoon - Salvador, islands and the rainforest

Your English-speaking guide and a driver will be waiting for you as you get off the plane to drive you to your hotel in downtown Salvador.

n.b. : 45 minutes’ drive
In the evening, your English-speaking guide will come to pick you up at the hotel to go to the Miguel Santana Theatre. You will watch the magnificent folkloric ballet of Bahia perform songs and dances about Afro Brazilian divinities worshiped in Salvador.
After the show, you will go to a restaurant taste Bahia traditional dishes.
You will go back to your hotel at the end of the night.

Night at the hotel Villa Bahia****
Included : english speaking guide, transfer arrival, dinner (no drinks), entrance fees, private transport, room & breakfast

After your breakfast, your English-speaking guide will come to pick you up at the hotel lobby to visit the so called “Black Rome”, nicknamed like so because of the African culture influences on its traditions.
Your will start your city tour by the Ordem Terceira de São Francisco church, that has been built in the XVIIIth century.
You will then walk through the famous Pelourinho square, surrounded by colorful Portuguese colonial mansions.
You will go up the Ladeira do Carmo street to reach Santo Antonio neighborhood, and go through the Terreiro de Jesus square to the huge Art deco style Lacerda elevator. Don't resist the temptation of a refreshing “picolé” (ice cream)!
The second part of this tour will be dedicated to the “low city” at the foot of the elevator. The first thing you will see is the Mercado Modelo, a neoclassic building which was used to receive the slaves arriving from Africa. It burnt to the ground in 1986 and has then become a handicraft market.
You will finish this tour by the Bonfim church, see its railings embellished by rainbow-colored ribbons called “fitas” and enter the Miracle Room, where people bring ex-voto hoping to heal wounded family members and friends.
In the evening, your driver will bring you back to the hotel.

Night at the hotel Villa Bahia****
Included : english speaking guide, entrance fees, excursion (private), room & breakfast

You will spend the day in the Recôncavo, the inland region of Bahia.

Departure early in the morning for a 2 hours ride to Cachoeira and São Felix, two villages facing each other on both sides of the Paraguaçu river.
During its golden age, Cachoeira was well-known for its cigar production. You will have the opportunity to visit a cigar factory and even smoke a cigar if you wish.

You will be told the villages history while walking through them with your guide. Among the colonial buildings you will visit is the Third Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church.

You will go from Cachoeira to São Felix by crossing an old ironbridge.

In the afternoon, ride back to Salvador da Bahia.

Night at the hotel Villa Bahia****
Included : english speaking guide, entrance fees, private transport, room & breakfast

In the morning, transfer from Salvador to Morro de São Paulo Island.
Your driver will pick you up at the hotel and take you to Salvador harbor, where you will embark and cross the Bay of All Saints. You will then take a vehicle and a fast boat to reach the island, where a local guide will take you to your hotel.
n.b. 2 hours transfer.

Night at Vila dos Orixas****
Included : private transport, room & breakfast

Free day in Morro de São Paulo to enjoy the hotel facilities and the surrounding natural pools.

Night at Vila dos Orixas****
Included : room & breakfast

Free day in Morro de São Paulo to enjoy the hotel facilities and the surrounding natural pools.

Night at Vila dos Orixas****
Included : room & breakfast

In the morning, departure by boat for Boipeba Island.
You will take a 4 hours’ tour around the Camamu Bay. The Camamu Bay gathers an archipelago with islands very close to one another.
You will then visit Moreré and Cueira beach, before reaching your hotel in the afternoon.

Night at Pousada Mangabeiras****
Included : local guide, shared transport, room & breakfast

At the end of the day, you will go to Sueli’s home to learn how to cook a good “moqueca”, a traditional dish from Bahia. Sueli and her family will teach you the secrets behind this delicious dish. Around 7 p.m. you will have dinner with the family.

Night at Pousada Mangabeiras****
Included : dinner (no drinks), english speaking guide, room & breakfast

Free day to enjoy the peacefulness of the island.

Among the possible activities are: boat rides in the surrounding mangrove, hiking and swimming in the natural pools of Moreré.

Night at Pousada Mangabeiras****
Included : room & breakfast

Return trip to Salvador: you will take a motorboat to Valença, where a driver will be waiting to drive you to Salvador airport or to your hotel.

n.b. 5 hours and 30 minutes’ transfer.

Your driver will come to pick you up at Manaus airport to bring you to your hotel.

Night at the Tropical Manaus Ecoresort****
Included : private transport, shared transport, room & breakfast

Your English-speaking guide will pick you up at the hotel for a half-day city tour.
The Amazon State capital could be a common city if it wasn’t situated in the heart of the rainforest: its air is saturated with humidity and the huge Rio Negro (river) is impressive wheather it is seen from the Ponta Negra beach or from the floating harbor. A few kilometers ahead, the Rio Negro joins the Rio Solimões to form the Amazon River, before it becomes one with the Atlantic Ocean.
The first stop will be the Amazon Theatre (closed on Mondays), on the ceiling of which you will see the Eiffel Tower viewed from the ground.
Then, you will reach the floating harbor designed by English engineers at the beginning of the XXth century: a real technological achievement at the time.
Finally, the guide will bring you to the market, where you could be tempted to go back by yourself in the morning, to witness the dockers discharging fruits, vegetables and especially huge fishes.
Return to the hotel after the city tour.

Night at the Tropical Manaus Ecoresort****
Included : english speaking guide, entrance fees, excursion (private), room & breakfast

Your English speaking guide will pick you up to start your journey in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, at the gate of the Anavilhanas Archipelago National Park.

During your stay, several activities will be organized by the lodge:
- canoeing through the igapós and igarapés (Amazon canals)
- visit of the local community
- Anavilhanas archipelago nocturnal sightseeing
- recognition tour on the archipelago
- hiking on dryland forests
- visit to pink river dolphins and the handicraft fair in Novo Airão
- recreational piranha fishing and sunrise contemplation.

Night at the lodge.
Included : room & breakfast, lunch (no drinks), dinner (no drinks), transfer arrival, excursion (shared), local english-speaking guide

During your stay, several activities will be organized by the lodge:
- canoeing through the igapós and igarapés (Amazon canals)
- visit of the local community
- Anavilhanas archipelago nocturnal sightseeing
- recognition tour on the archipelago
- hiking on dryland forests
- visit to pink river dolphins and the handicraft fair in Novo Airão
- recreational piranha fishing and sunrise contemplation.

Night at the lodge.
Included : room & breakfast, lunch (no drinks), dinner (no drinks), excursion (shared), local english-speaking guide

During your stay, several activities will be organized by the lodge:
- canoeing through the igapós and igarapés (Amazon canals)
- visit of the local community
- Anavilhanas archipelago nocturnal sightseeing
- recognition tour on the archipelago
- hiking on dryland forests
- visit to pink river dolphins and the handicraft fair in Novo Airão
- recreational piranha fishing and sunrise contemplation.

Night at the lodge.
Included : room & breakfast, lunch (no drinks), dinner (no drinks), excursion (shared), local english-speaking guide

After lunch, the lodge driver will take you to Manaus airport.
Included : transfer departure, breakfast