Tabatinga Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Boat

Slow boats to Manaus (hammock R$150; three to four days) leave from the Porto Fluvial on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday afternoons. Arrive in the morning to stake out good hammock space, as boats can be quite crowded.

Speedboats operated by AJATO (Porto Manaus Moderna 3622 6047, 9984 9091, Tabatinga 3412 2227; 8am-5pm Mon-Fri, 8am-noon Sat) leave Tabatinga for Manaus (R$360, 31 hours) once a week, usually in the morning. The boats have airplane-style seating and TVs playing movies, and good meals are included. Call for more information.

To get to Tefé, take Manaus-bound slow boat to Fonte Boa or Jutaí, and transfer to a regional boat that enters Tefé proper. AJATO has a once weekly speedboat service to Tefé (R$300, 20 hours).

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Air

Between Rico (reservations 92/4009 8333; www.voerico.com.br) and TRIP (reservations 0300 789 8747; www.airtrip.com.br) there are flights every day from Tabatinga to Manaus (R$500 to R$625), always via Tefé (R$345). Some TRIP flights make additional stops at the towns of Carauari and Coari.

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