Expedition Amazon: lifeline and legendary route - Belem to Iquitos

The Expedition Amazon: lifeline and legendary route - Belem to Iquitos is a 18-night South America cruise aboard HANSEATIC Inspiration, operated by Hapag-Lloyd Cruises. Departing Belem on April 11, 2027, the voyage visits 8 ports. Fares start from $21,109 per person.

Length: 18 nights
Departs: Apr 11, 2027
Returns: Apr 29, 2027
Ports of call: 8
Days at sea: 9

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$1,172 / night per person, incl. taxes & fees

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Itinerary

Day 1 Apr 11, 2027 Belem Departs 22:00 The busy port of Belém, Brazil is the gateway to the Amazon, and it is laden with jungle riches like hardwoods, orchids, nuts and minerals. It is known as the Metropolis of the Brazilian Amazon region, or Cidade das Mangueiras (city of mango trees) due to the number of those trees found in the city. Belém offers colorful markets, including indigenous handicrafts and quartz jewelry. Nearby is the emerald world of the Amazon’s Guama River.

Day 6 Apr 16, 2027 Parintins The small village of Parintins lies on Tupinambarana Island, which is part of a large river archipelago in the mid-Amazon, 250 miles east of Manaus. In existence for two centuries, Parintins is rich in Indian culture that is represented in the celebrated annual Boi-Bumba festival. It is a ritual of magic, mystery, passion and faith that has been held here for over 80 years, inspired by local legends. View less A stadium, the Bumbódromo, was built in 1988 to accommodate the over 40,000 spectators that come and take part in this festival each year. The Boi-Bumba is listed on the official Calendar of Events to be one of the highlights in Amazonas State. As a special treat, Silversea has arranged an exclusive performance, enacting the show for you with all the exuberance and vibrancy normally displayed in the real Parintins festival.

Day 9 Apr 19, 2027 Manaus If ever a city were a model for boom and bust, it would be Manaus, which lies at the confluence of Brazil’s Amazon River and Rio Negro, more than 1,450 kilometers (900 miles) from the Atlantic Ocean. Like in America’s Old West, great fortunes were amassed in no time here and vanished just as quickly during the boom years of rubber production in the late 19th century. The most enduring memorial of that time is the great opera house and theater that are still in use today, and whose existence in the Amazon helped inspire the 1982 movie Fitzcarraldo, about one man’s maniacal obsession with bringing opera to the jungle. These days, Manaus is downright huge—perhaps surprisingly, it’s Brazil’s seventh-largest city. A swank new soccer stadium was added for the 2014 World Cup, and a three-kilometer-long (two-mile-long), cable-stayed bridge opened in 2011 across the Rio Negro. The Ponta Negra suburb has modern high-rises, buzzing restaurants and beaches that rival those of any town on the sea. But within minutes, visitors can find themselves in the watery jungle, the source of the Amazonian specialties like pirarucu fish and acai berries on the menus of Manaus’s restaurants.

Day 10 Apr 20, 2027 Manaus If ever a city were a model for boom and bust, it would be Manaus, which lies at the confluence of Brazil’s Amazon River and Rio Negro, more than 1,450 kilometers (900 miles) from the Atlantic Ocean. Like in America’s Old West, great fortunes were amassed in no time here and vanished just as quickly during the boom years of rubber production in the late 19th century. The most enduring memorial of that time is the great opera house and theater that are still in use today, and whose existence in the Amazon helped inspire the 1982 movie Fitzcarraldo, about one man’s maniacal obsession with bringing opera to the jungle. These days, Manaus is downright huge—perhaps surprisingly, it’s Brazil’s seventh-largest city. A swank new soccer stadium was added for the 2014 World Cup, and a three-kilometer-long (two-mile-long), cable-stayed bridge opened in 2011 across the Rio Negro. The Ponta Negra suburb has modern high-rises, buzzing restaurants and beaches that rival those of any town on the sea. But within minutes, visitors can find themselves in the watery jungle, the source of the Amazonian specialties like pirarucu fish and acai berries on the menus of Manaus’s restaurants.

Pricing

Lowest fare we've tracked over the observed 31-day span: $21,109 · range $21,109–$21,109

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$1,172 / night

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$1,172 / night

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$1,367 / night

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Lowest Oceanview $21,109 01 Outside Cabin $21,109

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Lowest Balcony $24,607 03 French Balcony Cabin $24,607 04 Balcony Cabin $26,884 05 French Balcony Cabin $24,937 06 Balcony Cabin $27,159 07 Balcony Cabin $27,984 08 Balcony Cabin $30,712

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Outside Cabin	01	Oceanview
Panoramic Cabin	02	Oceanview
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Junior Suite with Balcony	09	Suite
Grand Suite with Veranda	10	Suite
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