Trekkers wading a jungle stream deep in the Amazon rainforest

Trekking and Survival

The Raw Amazon, on Its Own Terms

For adventurers who want the real thing. Camping and canoeing deep into the forest, learning jungle survival skills from professional guides, sleeping in a hammock under the canopy.

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Duration

3 to 6 days

Start / End

Manaus

Lodging

Hammock camps, tents

Physical level

Demanding

Style

Small group, pro guides

The Experience

Everything you need, carried on your back

This is the Amazon stripped back to essentials. You trek through primary forest, paddle black-water channels, and make camp where the day ends, stringing a hammock between two trees and cooking over a fire. Your guides are the real thing, people who read the forest for water, food, and direction, and who teach you to do the same.

It is hard, hot, and utterly absorbing. You learn to build shelter, find safe water, fish and forage, and move quietly through the trees. Nights are loud with insects and alive with eyes in the dark. You come out tired, filthy, and changed, with skills and stories that stay with you for good.

Trip options

From a first taste of wild camping to full survival

Each runs as a small group with professional survival guides. Fitness and a taste for roughing it are essential.

3 days, 2 nights

Wild Camp Trek

Your first taste of the raw Amazon. Trekking, canoeing, hammock camps, and the core jungle skills, with guides close at hand.

Hammock camp
Canoeing
Core skills

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4 to 5 days

Jungle Survival Course

A deeper program built around real survival training. Shelter, water, fire, fishing, and foraging, further from any help.

Shelter building
Fire and water
Foraging

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6 days

Deep Forest Expedition

The full expedition, deep into remote forest for travelers who want the most demanding, most rewarding version.

Remote forest
Full expedition
Advanced skills

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Day-by-day

One example of a survival trek

One example, every trip is tailored.

Day 1
Manaus to the trailhead

Meet your guides in Manaus and travel by road and boat to the forest edge. A first walk in, then set up your first hammock camp and learn to cook over the fire.
- Transfer in
- First camp
- Campfire cooking
Day 2
Trekking and core skills

A full day on foot through primary forest, learning to read the trees, find safe water, and build shelter. Camp again wherever the day ends.
- Primary forest
- Finding water
- Shelter
Day 3
Canoe, fish, and forage

Paddle a black-water channel, try traditional fishing and foraging, and practice moving quietly to spot wildlife on its own terms.
- Canoeing
- Fishing
- Foraging
Day 4 · Finale
Break camp and return

A final morning putting your skills together, then trek out and travel back to Manaus, tired, filthy, and grinning.
- Skills recap
- Trek out
- Return Manaus

What's included

Included on every expedition

Professional survival guides

Experienced jungle guides trained in survival, first aid, and safe travel in remote forest.

Camp equipment

Hammocks, mosquito nets, tarps, and cooking kit for every night in the forest.

Meals in the field

All meals on expedition, cooked over the fire, supplemented by what the forest provides.

Skills training

Hands-on instruction in shelter, water, fire, fishing, and foraging.

All transfers

Every road and boat transfer between Manaus and the trailhead is arranged for you.

Safety first

Small groups, clear limits, and guides who know exactly when to push and when to hold.

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Life on the trail

Honest expectations

This one is genuinely hard

Be honest with yourself about this style. It is hot, wet, and physically demanding, you will be dirty, bitten, and tired, and comforts are minimal by design. Nights in a hammock take some getting used to, and the forest is loud after dark. But if that reads as a promise rather than a warning, this is the most rewarding way to meet the Amazon, and our guides keep the challenge firmly on the right side of safe.

Good to know

Frequently asked questions

How fit do I need to be? +

Genuinely fit. You will trek for hours in heat and humidity, carry a light pack, and sleep rough. If you hike, run, or train regularly you will be fine. If in doubt, start with the shortest option or ask us.

Is it safe? +

Yes, within its nature. You travel in a small group with professional guides trained in survival and first aid, clear limits, and constant judgment about conditions. The wildness is real, and it is managed carefully.

Where do we sleep? +

In hammocks with mosquito nets and tarps, at camps you help set up, or in tents where the terrain suits. All equipment is provided.

Do I really learn survival skills? +

Yes. Shelter, water, fire, fishing, foraging, and moving through the forest are taught hands-on by guides who use them for real.

Can beginners do this? +

Keen beginners with good fitness can start on the shortest trip. It is challenging by design, so the more remote programs suit those with some outdoor experience.

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