点评:A few notes about a vacation in the Amazon river (amazonas) 2023
A. Do not contact travel agencies. You finance the brokerage fee for the guids they hire. Directly contact the guids whose names are published on the various websites.
Regardless, haggle. In practice, it turned out that we paid half the price of other tourists. The method here is to ask for a very high price when tourists make contact from abroad by email and see if they agree... Start by mentioning the fact that you read that a vacation cost more... (in my case 1000 per person for 4 nights 5 days, but you may find even cheaper).
B. Amazon Great Tours agency - really not recommended. It is expensive and the attitude is not the most pleasant. The head of the company is (2023) Claudio and he brings other guides with the travelers paying the brokerage gap.
The financial treatment was also not very honest. When they wanted dollars instead of reals they demanded $30 more saying the exchange rate was different. I opened three websites and showed them the exact amount and only then tey gave up. Upon arrival, they demanded the remaining amount beyond the 20% paid in the first place, before leaving the area. When we saw what we got later - we understood why they were afraid they wouldn't pay the rest...
C. As far as the guide/manager named gilmar is concerned - I highly doubt if I would recommend him:
On the one hand, his treatment was unpleasant and dishonest (he is kind of subordinate to Claudio): the attitude was unpleasant, the lodge he organized was of a very low level (see below), he planned two activities a day: between 08:30-10:00 and between 15:00-16:30 and that's it. He claimed that this was acceptable...only when I explained him that it was out of the question and that I wanted significantly longer activities that would fill the day (luckily the other part of the group were co-operated ) - it turned out that it was also possible to do things until 11:30 etc. The boat we traveled with was very slow and had no cover from the sun (unlike others, although most of them didn't).
When there were problems with the rooms, it turned out that they pretty ignored him. From the beginning he presented a picture of an almost Olympic size pool in the lodge, in reality it was tiny.
His behavior really destroyed the atmosphere
On the other hand, outside the lodge he behaved professionaly, even if some of his explanations were nonsense ("rubber doesn't come off the tree now because during these hours the rubber climbs up...". After two minutes and another blow the rubber drips from the tree...).
d. Make sure where you are taken to sleep. The lodge pausada mamori amazonas is not recommended in any way. Make sure you are not sent there: countless cockroaches and ants in the rooms. Some of the rooms smelled like toilet ("it is from thr rain"...), others leaked when it rained (and rained) the cooking - wasn't very good and repeated itself, the cook who run the place not nice at all, the air conditioners do not cool, an electric shower head electrifies with three modes: cold, cold or cold, termites bite in the rooms, they did a favorur to put toilet paper in the dining room, VIP only if you pay, only a few vegetables, they lock the air-conditioned dining room after the meal so there is nowhere to sit while outside was full of mosquitoes. The rooms are not cleaned at all, the sheets are barely cover the mattresses.
E. When you communicate with someone, ask for a detailed plan of activities and the duration of the activities. demand that each activity will last 3-3.5 hours. In the morning at least until 11-11:30. They will say that it is hot at noon. you can still go out for an activity, even if not right after lunch.
F. I offer to ask for the following activities: walking in the forest for at least 3 hours, Pyrenean fishing (actually, we do it for 30-45 minutes until everyone succeeded), night observation of caiman crocodiles, sunrise tour (require to enter the trees. We were simply guided to the middle of the river to watch the sun rise. I offer to demand both), a bird watching and pink dolphins tour and more. They will offer to go to a local school or a local house. It does not justify half a day but barely half an hour.
G. We recommend guide named Frank, a guy from Biafra, who accompanied us one day instead of Gilmar. He tried very hard. Here too, according to his questions, we understood that the issue of prices is very flexible. Where they can - they charge double the price. His number is 9291036682 with area code 55+
H. We paid 3000 for three people for five days (in practice this means we arrived on the first day afternoon and on the last day we left at noon) including activities, 3 meals and water.
I. In retrospect, 5 days were far too much if you come only for activity (not to rest).
J. Keep in mind that the road from Manaus is long and bumpy, ant it takes about five hours of crossings between cars, boats and ferries to the lodge.
K. The amazonas experince is great.
Enjoy
翻译:关于 2023 年亚马逊河 (amazonas) 度假的一些注意事项
A. 不要联系旅行社。您为他们雇用的指导提供经纪费。直接联系姓名发布在各个网站上的向导。
不管怎样,讨价还价。实践证明,我们付了其他游客一半的价格。这里的方法是当游客通过电子邮件与国外联系时要一个很高的价格,看看他们是否同意...首先提到你读到的假期花费更多的事实...(在我的例子中是每人1000) 5 天 4 晚,但你可能会发现更便宜)。
B. Amazon Great Tours 旅行社——真的不推荐。它很贵而且态度不是最好的。该公司的负责人是(2023)克劳迪奥(Claudio),他带来了其他导游,并与旅行者一起支付经纪差价。
财务待遇也不是很诚实。当他们想要美元而不是雷亚尔时,他们会多要求 30 美元,理由是汇率不同。我打开了三个网站并向他们展示了确切的金额,然后他们就放弃了。抵达后,他们要求在离开该地区之前先支付 20% 以外的剩余金额。当我们看到后来得到的东西时 - 我们明白为什么他们担心他们不会支付其余的费用......
C. 就名叫 gilmar 的导游/经理而言 - 我非常怀疑我是否会推荐他:
一方面,他的待遇令人不快且不诚实(他是克劳迪奥的下属):态度令人不快,他组织的分会水平非常低(见下文),他每天计划两次活动:08之间:30-10:00 和 15:00-16:30 之间就这样了。他声称这是可以接受的......只有当我向他解释这是不可能的并且我想要更长的活动来充实这一天时(幸运的是该小组的其他部分进行了合作) - 事实证明我们乘坐的船速度非常慢,而且没有遮挡阳光的地方(与其他船不同,尽管大多数船都没有)。
当房间出现问题时,事实证明他们完全忽视了他。从一开始,他就展示了旅馆里一个几乎奥林匹克大小的游泳池的图片,但实际上它很小。
他的行为实在是破坏了气氛
另一方面,在小屋外面,他表现得很专业,即使他的一些解释是无稽之谈(“橡胶现在不会从树上掉下来,因为在这些时间里橡胶会爬上去......”。两分钟后,又是一次打击)橡胶从树上滴下来......)。
d.确保您被带到哪里睡觉。无论如何都不推荐 pausada mamori amazonas 旅馆。确保你没有被送到那里:房间里有无数的蟑螂和蚂蚁。有些房间闻起来像厕所的味道(“是下雨的原因”……),其他房间在下雨的时候漏水(下雨了),做饭的味道不太好,而且还是这样,经营这个地方的厨师不太好。所有,空调不制冷,电动淋浴喷头具有三种模式:冷,冷或冷,房间里有白蚁叮咬,他们帮人在餐厅里放了卫生纸,只有付费才能享受VIP,只有一些蔬菜,他们在饭后锁了空调餐厅,所以外面到处都是蚊子,所以没有地方可以坐。房间根本没有打扫,床单几乎盖不住床垫。
E. 与某人交流时,询问详细的活动计划和活动的持续时间。要求每次活动持续3-3.5小时。早上至少持续到 11 点至 11 点 30 分。他们会说中午很热。即使不是午饭后,您仍然可以出去活动。
F. 我提出要求参加以下活动:在森林中行走至少3小时,比利牛斯山钓鱼(实际上我们做了30-45分钟,直到每个人都成功),夜间观察凯门鳄,日出游览(需要进入树林。我们只是被引导到河中央看日出。我提出要求两者),观鸟和粉红海豚之旅等等。他们会主动提出去当地的学校或当地的房子。它不能证明半天是合理的,但仅仅半小时是合理的。
G. 我们推荐一位名叫弗兰克的导游,他来自比夫拉,有一天他代替吉尔玛陪伴我们。他非常努力。在这里,根据他的提问,我们了解到价格问题是非常灵活的。只要有可能,他们就会收取双倍的价格。他的电话号码是 9291036682 区号 55+
H.我们三人五天的费用是3000(实际上是第一天下午到达,最后一天中午离开),包括活动、三餐和水。
一、现在回想起来,如果只是来活动(不休息)的话,5天实在是太长了。
J. 请记住,从马瑙斯出发的道路漫长而崎岖, 乘汽车、轮船和渡轮到达旅馆大约需要五个小时。
K. 亚马逊的体验很棒。
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