Jungle Lodges Listing

The Visit Manaus Jungle lodges listing (see also - how to choose your lodge)

We have no statistics to prove it, but experience suggests that the so-called Jungle Lodge is currently the preferred option for a majority of tourists visiting the Amazon. For this reason we devote considerable attention to them in our guidebook, and here we give you our current listing. We are also introducing our own reviews of individual lodges, based on our experience. The first review is already available (see the link from the Anavilhanas Lodge listing below). We hope you find it useful, and will be adding further reviews in future.

We have indicated in our list with the use of icons those facilities which we believe may be of particular interest to readers - namely: the type & nature of any electricity supply, the availability of air-conditioning, the presence of a restaurant, bar, swimming pool, shop, and internet access and the availability of free water from a water fountain. We feel this last one is (or should be) important - the provision of free water (even if potable rather than mineral) potentially reduces pollution caused by the disposal of thousands of plastic mineral water bottles, helps ensure visitors drink enough water, and ought to make it easier for both the lodge and the guest - however we also feel that an addition to lodge prices for this facility is perfectly reasonable 

Most lodges, cruises and excursions offer some or all the following in their programmes: caiman spotting, piranha fishing, a jungle walk, and a visit to a local village. Due to their location (or route), some also include a visit to the meeting of the waters, and where this is the case we have indicated it.  

We have tried to include as many operators as possible in our listing, but the actual situation remains fairly fluid and you may find new operators entering the market or existing ones leaving. We should also say that there are probably a large number of operators in addition to those we have listed, but who do not have any website or independent advertising or marketing. You will only find these by talking to agents in Manaus. While quality, service and price are likely to be extremely variable for these operators, you might strike it lucky.  

The distance of the lodges from Manaus in our listing is the geographical (straight-line) distance - note that some lodges advertise their distance based on the actual route they use (tsk, tsk). To get an idea of where one of the lodges is in relation to Manaus, you might have a look at our map here.

Finally, our facilities information is based either on information provided by the lodge itself, in response to our enquiries, or on other publicly available documents where the lodge failed to respond (basically, those lodges which supplied a photo are the only lodges which replied to our enquiries).  

As always, we welcome comment on our ratings, or if any operators would like to advise us of changes which may affect our assessments, please do get in touch. And remember to check out our 10 Tips for choosing your jungle lodge, as well as our forum and blog.

Good luck!