Max, the founder of the lodge, lived all his childhood in this region, grew up contemplating the beauties of the Amazon, listening to birds singing, learning from the beginning the importance of living in community and producing sustenance from daily activities common to the people that lives around the rivers such as: hunting, fishing, planting and harvesting.
Our journey to becoming part of the Amazon tourism industry has been a long one that began 65 years ago, when the Maia family arrived in the Mamori River region. It was the place chosen by the family leader, Manuel Maia, to raise his children, as the other families that live there.
Our story was marked by the examples of our parents in their daily chores. We grew up learning how to work the land and respect nature. We were taught to fish only what was necessary, taking only what we needed to sustain ourselves. Dona Ozana Maia, our matriarch who still lives in the region, and our late father, taught us and encouraged the habit of planting seedlings in all the areas near our house, our home and our backyards. Today we are grateful for all that we have learned. Me, Max Maia, and my brother and business partner Gerson Maia, cultivate the habits of our ancestors, passed down from generations, and we continue to protect, love nature, and plant seeds of hope for the future.
It was the continuous observation of the customs of his family that helped him to create the sustainable projects, and activities that today are selected to compose the ecotourism packages of the lodge, inserting the knowledge of the communities around and the expertise of them in agreement to our projects, giving them and empowering them to do so, was rewarding. Revealed talents and brightened the services provided by the team.
Our team is formed by people from the communities and families that work in tourism. You can meet them as reception, cooks, waiters and room maid, all of them have an effective contract and are residents of nearby communities.
Our visitors leave the lodge, happy out and delighted with the simplicity and promptness with which they are served and received during the experience in our lodge.
All activities are conducted by our specialized guides, but our “mateiro” jungle guides from the communities around the lodge, is always together, guiding, helping, collaborating with the experience and taking care that everything is presented naturally, because one of our mission is that our guests have the most authentic amazonian experience.
Every detail of our lodge is designed to provide our travelers with conecction with nature and experience the Amazonian lifestyle. We have spaces that can be enjoyed by our guests during breaks, before or after the activities:
The restaurant has a rustic design, with two areas, all covered in the shape of a hut. Meals are served buffet style with the best of homemade Amazonian cuisine. The comfortable environment also has a TV room on the upper floor.
In recent years, we have been careful to form partnerships with families from nearby communities, and with this we have acquired seasonal fruits from our neighbors’ backyards , fresh fish purchased directly from local fishermen, and many fruits harvested from our orchards, such as cupuaçu, mango, passion fruit, and acerola.
We are located in a privileged area of primary jungle with a rich biodiversity and vast options for ecotourism, bird watching, adventure and leisure. The trip from Manaus to the lodge is the first part of the adventure, you will see different ecosystems, natural beauty and encounters with the routine of the local natives, cattle flocks and stilt houses that adorn the “sides” of the roads, families that move in small boats along of the rivers and the fisherman in his stillness and calm waiting for a good day of fishing.
The total journey time is 03h30min between land and river navigation, with a strategic stop at the famous meeting of the Negro and Solimões rivers. The journey continues to Careiro da Várzea port, where the route by land begins, via the famous highway BR-319 – until the dirt road km 14, a 17 km ride on unpaved road, total of 57 km. The trip ends on the shores of river Mamorí, where another boat awaits the visiting travellers to proceed to their final destination to the Lodge.
The state of Amazonas is home to a large part of the forest and its most important rivers. From the junction of the most famous rivers, Negro and Solimões, the Amazon River is formed. And, on the banks of the Negro River, a few kilometers from the meeting of the rivers, is the city of Manaus, capital of the state of Amazonas. We are located in Lago do Tracajá, fed by the Mamori River, in the southeast region of Manaus, in an area of primary forest.
Flood season | Period: March to August – Due to the rainy season, the water levels increase ranging from 10 to 15 meters. This is the ideal period for tours in the igapós (flooded forest), carried out in motorized canoes. The tours are stunning and ideal for the contemplation of the Amazonian Fauna and Flora evident in this environment.
Dry season (ebb) | Period: September to February – It is the period in which the region presents greater intensity of heat, the level of the rivers reaches its lowest point, generally the igapós dry up and we start to use the terrestrial paths (ecological trails) to carry out walks on land, as well as exploring the paths of the igarapés (small arms of rivers).
